Youth Represent Inc.

To ensure that young people affected by the criminal justice system are afforded every opportunity to reclaim lives of dignity, self-fulfillment, and engagement in their communities. We are dedicated to improving the lives and futures of young people affected by the criminal justice system. A conviction, an arrest, or even a simple interaction with police can have lasting consequences for young people, threatening the stability they need to thrive. When our justice system creates barriers to success for youth, we use the law to help them leave the stigma of a criminal record behind. The results of the mass criminalization of young people of color serve as potentially lifelong impediments to the cornerstones of stability we all need. Youth Represent provides critical legal reentry services and education for young people, and we do so in their own communities. We also use the law to advocate for broader changes to the criminal legal system, and other systems that affect the young people