I Am Not A Number

I Am Not A Number catalogs work by 42 artists created through visual art and writing programs facilitated by YASP in Philadelphia's adult jails from 2006-2023. The culmination is 220 pages of honest, powerful, challenging and inspiring works by 42 artists. The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project (YASP) is a youth-led, intergenerational organization fighting to end direct file (the practice of automatically prosecuting young people in adult court) and youth incarceration as a whole. YASP believes in a holistic approach towards abolition and recognizes the importance of creative expression in imagining transformative responses to harm and violence. *Writers and Artists featured in I Am Not A Number, in alphabetical order: Kendall Anderson, Zachary Banks, William Bentley, Jetson Cruz, Prince Davis, Julian Dent, Tyquail Duffy, Azzim Dukes, Malik Dunmore, Joshua Glenn, Sean Gordine, Karim Grant, Karonn Greenwood, David Harrington, Thomas Harrington, Antonio Inostroza, Quamire Johnson, Vanesha Langley, My Le, Nasir Mcnamee, Jonathan Melendez, Tot Metz, Everett Munroe, Malik Parker, Andrea Powell, Ramir Raison, David Ramirez, Zaphir Reddy, Myleidi Rodriguez, Victor Saez, Kaleem Shelton, Brandon Smith, Ramon Smith, Tarell Spencer, Kinta Stanton, John Tarpeh, Francis Togba, Joshua Watson, Nabria Watson, Lamar Williams, Terrance "TA" Williams, Munir Young.