Remember this: we are working to build a new world where every young person has a chance to thrive. This new world is invested in care, rather than control.

Joined October 2020
📣 Join us on September 18th for a special event @ Cherry Street Pier honoring the creativity, vision and leadership of young people impacted by incarceration! 🤩🤩
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This free, public exhibition will showcase the art, writing, analysis and editorial contributions of more than 50 currently and formerly incarcerated youth featured in the No Kids In Prison magazine.
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Get connected to the youth justice movement and learn more about how art can build community and challenge punitive systems!! PRESENTED BY Youth First Justice Collaborative Care, Not Control Lil’ Filmmakers Freedom Constellations Just 250
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Come out and grab your copy this Saturday, August 8th at the Philly Care Fair, hosted by The Freeman-Mondys! Join us for political education, treats and eats, music, and learn how you can tap in with Care, Not Control. 2/3
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Care, Not Control: The Zine is here! Check out our brand new zine to learn more about PA’s commitment to investing in youth incarceration, despite youth prisons serving as hubs of violence and trauma. It’s time to stop exploiting young people and calling it “rehabilitation”. 1/3
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Care, Not Control: The Zine is here! Check out our brand new zine to learn more about PA’s commitment to investing in youth incarceration, despite youth prisons serving as hubs of violence and trauma. It’s time to stop exploiting young people and calling it “rehabilitation”. 1/3
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Come out and grab your copy this Saturday, August 8th at the Philly Care Fair, hosted by The Freeman-Mondys! Join us for political education, treats and eats, music, and learn how you can tap in with Care, Not Control. 2/3
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We're counting down to our resource table this Saturday at APM's Gun Violence Prevention event! Stop by and pick up CNC goodies, 6/27 11am-2pm at Hartranft Community Center 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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We're counting down to our resource table this Saturday at APM's Gun Violence Prevention event! Stop by and pick up CNC goodies, 6/27 11am-2pm at Hartranft Community Center 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Join us TODAY for our free food giveaway from 12pm-2pm at Sayre Morris Recreation Center. Fresh food will be available while supplies last. Please share this information with friends, family, and neighbors. #CommunityFirst
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Philly, the No Kids In Prison magazine is here! Original art & writing, editorial curation, magazine production and distribution all led by directly impacted young people. DM us today to get your copy and join the conversation about why youth need care, not cages.
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6 years ago today, Cornelius Fredrick was was restrained by 6 staff members of Lakeside Academy after throwing a sandwich in the cafeteria. They laid on top of him for 10 minutes while Cornelius screamed “I can’t breathe” until he lost consciousness.
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More than 80% of kids who are connected to a diversion program successfully complete it with no further escalation. No child belong behind bars! Come to our town hall TOMORROW at 6pm to learn how community-led diversion can transform outcomes for youth. Bring a friend!
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We fight to get children out of youth prisons and foster group homes because they are rife with sexual abuse. This Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Director of Comms Katy Otto writes about urgency in this crisis and why all children deserve better. #SAAM jlc.org/news/justice-all-chi…
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Earlier this year, the PA House voted to pass HB 144 to standardize diversion and connect kids to community programs instead of carceral responses.
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Come to our town hall next Thurs to ask your questions, hear from @repkrajewski and experts about how HB 144 will impact our communities, and take action to advocate for the changes you want to see for youth!
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Strip searches. Shackles. Solitary confinement. Physical and sexual abuse. These are the horrors children face in youth prisons. They are robbed of critical years of their development, facing separation from their families and communities.
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