Welcome to the Youth Art & Self-Empowerment Project!
Our Mission
The number of teenagers under the age of 18 who are held in adult jails and prisons in Pennsylvania has increased drastically over the last fifteen years. The Youth Art & Self-Empowerment Project (YASP) is building a youth-led movement to stop this trend by ending the practice of automatically trying and incarcerating young people as adults. Through its work in the Philadelphia jails, YASP provides space for incarcerated young people to express themselves creatively and to develop as leaders both within and beyond the prison walls. Young people who have been through the adult court system are at the forefront of YASP, leading the movement to keep teenagers out of adult prisons and to create new possibilities for youth around the city.
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YASP needs your support!
Click here to make a donation to make this important work possible, or send a check to:
YASP C/O Reconstruction Inc.
PO Box 7691 Philadelphia, PA 19101
All donations make it possible for YASP to employ formerly incarcerated young people and train them as organizers and leaders of the organization. Help us build a youth-led movement to keep young people out of adult prisons!
Click here to make a donation to make this important work possible, or send a check to:
YASP C/O Reconstruction Inc.
PO Box 7691 Philadelphia, PA 19101
All donations make it possible for YASP to employ formerly incarcerated young people and train them as organizers and leaders of the organization. Help us build a youth-led movement to keep young people out of adult prisons!
