
Lifetime Parole Forces Families to Live with Invisible Shackles | Opinion
The Inquirer: Ramona Harris - April 30, 2021 I finally met Bobby Harris in May of 2019, but I say we were destined to meet because we...

After Supreme Court Decision, John Pace of YSRP Discusses What A 2nd Chance Meant to Him
NPR: Courtney Dorning, Connor Donevan, Ari Shapiro - April 22, 2021 The Supreme Court just made it easier to sentence juveniles to life...

Opinion: We Must Stop Unjustly Punishing Kids Entangled in the Legal System
The Columbus Dispatch: Sarah Denny - April 29, 2021 We have a deep and recent history in this country of punishing children and teens in...

Funding Opportunity: Youth Participatory Action with Children of Incarcerated Parents
The Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention have issued a Call for...

Call for Applications with Juvenile Law Center's Youth Advocacy Program: Youth Ages 16-22
Juvenile Law Center is recruiting Youth Advocates for their Youth Fostering Change and Juveniles for Justice groups in the Youth Advocacy...

YSRP Looks to Hire Development & Operations Coordinator
The Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project (YSRP) seeks a Development & Operations Coordinator, a full-time position that will work remotely...

As COVID-19 Spreads, Advocates Ask PA Supreme Court to Release Vulnerable Youth from Detention Cente
For two weeks, the 16-year-old was locked in a cell at George W. Hill Correctional Facility, in what the staff called “quarantine," but...

Urban Youth Alliance International Hiring PhillyConnect Director
PhillyConnect’s mission is to keep youth out of jail for life. We accomplish our mission by supporting justice system impacted youth and...

Juvenile Justice Information Exchange: How Juvenile Justice Systems Must Balance Risk Assessment wit
Fredrick Butcher and Jeff M. Kretschmar - February 4, 2020 As the juvenile justice system has evolved, the use of statistics and data to...

In 2019, 143 Young People in Philadelphia Had Cases That Started Out In The Adult System; Rising fro
For many teens, turning 18 is a milestone marked by celebration, a rite of passage that comes with a sense of independence, freedom and...