Youth Leader Calls on PA Legislators to End Youth Incarceration in The Inquirer
Read this powerful op-ed by Briannah Stoves, a Youth Leader in the Care, Not Control campaign.
YSRP Welcomes Interim Executive Director, Bianca van Heydoorn
On February 15th, 2022 YSRP welcomed its Interim Executive Director, Bianca van Heydoorn. Bianca comes to YSRP as an established, respected, and trusted leader in the Criminal Justice field.
YSRP Receives Support From The NBA Foundation
YSRP receives support from The NBA Foundation to implement meaningful reentry work, in partnership with youth, in and around Philadelphia.
YSRP Co-Director presented with Uplift Solutions’ Changemaker Award
YSRP Co-Director Joanna Visser Adjoian was presented with the Changemaker Award at Uplift Solutions' Hardship to Hope reception.
YSRP’s Intergenerational Healing Circles featured in The Philadelphia Citizen
Reporter Jo Piazza of The Philadelphia Citizen details the power of YSRP’s Intergenerational Healing Circles in her August 5, 2021 article.
PA Juvenile Justice Task Force Issues Recommendations
The PA Juvenile Justice Task Force issued its final recommendations to overhaul the juvenile justice system on June 21, 2021.
John Pace on NPR’s All Things Considered
YSRP Reentry Coordinator John Pace was interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered with Ari Shapiro on April 22, 2021.
YSRP Co-Director Lauren Fine and Partners Join PennLive Town Hall
YSRP’s Lauren Fine joined Rep. Rabb, Josh Glenn of YASP, and Secretary of Pardons Brandon Flood in a PennLive Town Hall on March 23, 2021 about the need to stop charging children as adults in PA.
YSRP Client-Partner Joe Ligon is interviewed on CBS This Morning
Joe Ligon, the nation's longest-serving Juvenile Lifer and YSRP client-partner, is interviewed on CBS This Morning.
The American Bar Association features YSRP’s Co-Directors in March Spotlight
The American Bar Association features YSRP's Co-Directors Lauren Fine and Joanna Visser Adjoian as March 2021's "Fearless Children’s Lawyers of the Month."