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.
Youth Leader Calls on PA Legislators to End Youth Incarceration in The Inquirer

Briannah Stoves
Photo By: Naomieh Joven
Through partnership in the Care, Not Control campaign, YSRP’s policy team is making real progress in efforts to enact legislative reform in Harrisburg. Young people with lived experience are driving the demands of the Care, Not Control campaign, like Briannah, a youth leader in the campaign. They continue to call on the Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice Task Force to adopt Care, Not Control‘s demands, including ending the carceral state for youth in Pennsylvania, divesting from youth incarceration, and reinvesting in communities. YSRP is proud to be led in this work by young people like Briannah to end the incarceration of young people in Pennsylvania. Read Briannah’s powerful op-ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer, and sign onto the Care, Not Control campaign demands here.