Decarcerate Sacramento Releases Response Strongly Criticizing Sacramento Jail Expansion
By Citlalli Florez SACRAMENTO, CA – Incarceration opponent Decarcerate Sacramento Thursday released a Twitter statement strongly opposing…
Prelim Witnesses Claim Stockton Police Officer Sexually Abused Them
By The Vanguard Staff STOCKTON, CA – Women and men testified they were sexually abused and harassed…
Commentary: Writing without Teachers
By Brian Warner Maybe you want to be a writer but don’t know where to begin. You’re…
Commentary: Media and Local DAs Need to Move Away from War on Drugs Which Has Been Proven to Fail When Dealing with Fentanyl
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The media continues to fan the flames on the fentanyl public…
Biden Administration Releases Plan to Reduce Homelessness by 25 Percent by 2025
Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – Calling it the most ambitious effort “by any administration to…
Guest Commentary: For Decades, Los Angeles Jailed People with Mental Health Needs. Now, It’s Finally Prioritizing Treatment
By Sam McCann The Los Angeles jail system is the largest mental health institution in the United…
Accused Charged with Hate Crime after Allegedly Hitting Jewish Man with Skateboard, Shouting Antisemitic ‘Remarks’
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A man held since last weekend has been charged…
Supreme Court of Georgia Upholds Trial Court’s Injunction on Executions of Warrant-Eligible Prisoners
By Jessica Weisman ATLANTA, GA – Death penalty opponents hailed a decision by the Georgia Supreme Court…
Judge Sentences Man to 16 Months in Prison, Rejects Pleas for Accused to Enter Residential Drug Program
By Leslie Acevedo VENTURA, CA – The accused was formally sentenced here in Ventura County Superior Court…
Commentary: Report from Terner Explores the Benefits and Barriers to Missing Middle Housing
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The “Missing Middle”—some believe this form of housing is the key…
Historic California Constitutional Amendment Reinforcing Protections for Reproductive Freedom Goes Into Effect
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – In the wake of the Dobbs decision by the Supreme…
Sheriff Jones Must Comply with Pro-Immigrant State Laws Under Lawsuit Settlement
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones was accused of illegally transferring immigrants…
Commentary: The Overlooked and Underserved API Prisoner
By Nemo Burgos THE RECENT FOCUS on racial injustice has triggered urgent calls to overhaul the criminal…
Texas Man Charged with Felony Vandalism in Connection with Anti-Semitic Incident
By Perla Brito BEVERLY HILLS, CA – A Texas man named Eric Brian King was charged with…
North Carolina Governor Commutes Sentences, Provides Pardons to 10 Incarcerated – Notes Desire to ‘Improve Fairness of Our Justice System’
By Ramneet Singh RALEIGH, NC – North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper provided commutations and “pardons of forgiveness”…
Man Hesitates, Finally Admits Probation Violation
By Citlalli Florez MODESTO, CA – A man, facing a probation violation on his 2018 converted criminal…
Commentary: Pressure Now on Newsom, Biden to Do Something About Death Row
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Outgoing Oregon Governor Kate Brown got national attention when she commuted…
Commentary: City, Council Will Now Turn to a General Plan Update
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It took the city of Davis over four…
Guest Commentary: Lessons from San Francisco’s Killer Robot Debate
By Jennifer Tu and John Lindsay-Poland San Francisco, CA – In November, San Francisco police proposed a…
US Prisons Held Six Times As Many People in 2021 Versus 1971
Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – A report from the Sentencing Project on Tuesday revealed that…
