Racial and Ethnic Disparities Drag Down Youth Justice Reform
This is shared directly from The Sentencing Project. Please save and review this deeply important research and resource: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Profound racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarceration define the American juvenile justice system. New publications released today by The Sentencing Project detail the scope of the problem and should raise alarms among policymakers and […]
Dying of Heat in Prison: Climate Change and Incarceration
In a quite devastating article and documentary from 2017, The Marshall Project tells us stories of incarcerated and their families, lawsuits, and the denial of so many Counties/Jails/Institutions denial to address this ongoing and growing issue. Most of the content we publish is informing and can also can be upsetting: I would put a trigger […]
State Juvenile Justice Task Force Finds Too Many First Time Offenders Put In System For Low-Level Crimes
Although a local or state view of Pennsylvania, this 22 minute segment speaks to issues that are happening in all states. You can listen to the whole segment here! https://www.wesa.fm/show/the-confluence/2021-06-29/state-juvenile-justice-task-force-finds-too-many-first-time-offenders-put-in-system-for-low-level-crimes You can view the entire review the entire Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice Task Force report and recommendations here: https://www.pacourts.us/Storage/media/pdfs/20210622/152647-pajuvenilejusticetaskforcereportandrecommendations_final.pdf Breakdown of Interview Segment: Bipartisan Juvenile Justice […]
Inside Look at Our Juvenile Justice System with Photographer, Richard Ross
Highlighting our summer webinar series, Futures, where we are carving out space to look closely at our juvenile justice system and the people that work within it. Here’s a 3 minute video, featuring the work of photographer, Richard Ross. His work is a powerful path of activism and important to work of juvenile justice. Watch […]
The First Ever Research Study of Trauma-Informed Yoga for PTSD, Psychosis, and Schizophrenia
We’re so excited to be hosting the project leaders and facilitators of the first ever study of Trauma-Informed Yoga for PTSD, Psychosis, and Schizophrenia. You can RSVP for this event here: https://community.prisonyoga.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=12873&preview=true For additional reading about this amazing program you can read their most recent article here: https://www.hv.se/en/news-archive/first-in-the-world-to-evaluate-trauma-informed-yoga-in-forensic-psychiatry/ Listen to the research and training team […]
Conscious Discipline
If you were able to see our most recent youth webinar series featuring our Assistant Director, Nicole Hellthaler, you would have heard the words Conscious Discipline. This is a technique that radically changed the way Nicole held space during her classroom hours. The Conscious Discipline technique and framework has gone on to support her work […]
Teaching Series with James Fox
Prajna Teaching Series: Insights, Practices, and Skills shared by Prison Yoga Project Founder, James Fox Join the founder of PYP, James Fox, for the 3rd Friday of every month as he begins his new teaching series, Prajna. Prajna (praj-nah) is the Sanskrit word for a state of wisdom or understanding derived from higher knowledge than […]
Creative Exchange; Healing Dialogue and Action
“Waging Witness: Wounded Healers on the Journey to Justice” is a live performance project happening at USC focused on healing and community. The performance starts with the words of three former prisoners and another three survivors of violence. Over the last semester, they gave hours of testimony about how trauma changed their lives, and playwright Velina […]
MARYLAND BANS SENTENCING CHILDREN TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
Maryland is the 25th state in addition to Washington, D.C., to bar life sentences to children without parole. With the vote, hundreds of people will have an opportunity for earlier release. In this Appeal article shared below, the author write ” The legislation, Senate Bill 494, known as the Juvenile Restoration Act, applies retroactively. It allows […]
