YSRP | Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project

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.

March 24, 2021
Care Not Control, News & Events

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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.

March 23, 2021
Mr. Ligon Media Coverage, News & Events

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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."

March 20, 2021
News & Events

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Youth Leaders Share Why They Need Care, Not Control in Penn Live

Youth leaders Rodney Gardner and William Bentley express why youth need Care, Not Control in a powerful op-ed featured in Penn Live, published on February 8, 2021.

March 5, 2021
Care Not Control, News & Events

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YSRP’s Co-Directors on Care, Not Control in The Legal Intelligencer

YSRP's Co-Directors wrote an urgent piece about the demands of the Care, Not Control campaign in The Legal Intelligencer published on February 19, 2021.

March 2, 2021
Care Not Control, News & Events

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YSRP and Philadelphia Welcome Home Mr. Joe Ligon, the Nation’s Longest-Serving Juvenile Lifer, after 68 Years of Incarceration

YSRP is thrilled to welcome home Mr. Joe Ligon and navigate his freedom with him.

February 20, 2021
News & Events

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YSRP in The Washington Post: He Was Locked Up at Age 15. Now, at 83, He’s Finally Free — and Reentering an Unfamiliar World

YSRP’s work supporting Mr. Joe Ligon, the nation’s longest-serving Juvenile Lifer, is featured in reporter Karen Heller’s Washington Post profile of Mr. Ligon.