YOUTH SENTENCING & REENTRY PROJECT INC
YSRP works to keep children out of adult jails and prisons.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Mitigation
We partner with young people (under 18) who face charges in the adult criminal justice system, with the goal of avoiding adult jails and prisons, and with Juvenile Lifers. Where a sentence must be imposed, we seek individualized outcomes that take into account a person’s full humanity, and that reduce the imposition, duration, and impact of adult criminal sentences on young people and their families.
We believe that young people and Juvenile Lifers are the experts of their own lived experiences and that their voices and their communities should be central to their court proceedings. We utilize a technique that is often employed in death penalty cases to center the voices of our client-partners: mitigation.
“Mitigation” is, essentially, the telling of one’s life story. We partner with youth and Juvenile Lifers to tell their stories━about who they are, and where they come from. We interview family members, friends, teachers, doctors, coaches, social workers━anyone who can illustrate a more realistic, detailed picture of a youth’s life experience, or a Juvenile Lifer’s early life and adjustment to prison. We gather and incorporate medical, educational and other records. We set this story within the context of the developing adolescent brain and the relevant case law that speaks to the unique characteristics of youth. We also collect letters from family members, community members and service providers.
We partner with young people and their defense attorneys as close to the time of their arrest as possible to begin building a mitigation narrative. We raise the bar of representation that our client-partners receive by incorporating reentry plans into their defense at the earliest possible stages.
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Operations
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YOUTH SENTENCING & REENTRY PROJECT INC
Board of directorsas of 01/19/2023
Rukiya Ross
Johannah Rogers
Troy Spence
Salomon Moreno-Rosa
Rukiya Ross
Harper Seldin
Chris Arlene
Mary Horstmann
Molly Kenney
Maya Brown
Dara Ingram
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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