VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Beauty from Within
by Armando López “You can find beauty all around you; you just have to look within.” These…
COURT WATCH: Man in Jail for More Than Month for Minor Violation of Parole Found Incompetent to Continue with Proceedings – Still Awaiting Freedom
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – Judge Samuel T. McAdam expressed his willingness to grant Deputy Public…
Commentary: Whom Does a Parking Lot Smoking Ban Target? The Homeless
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There is a consent item on the agenda…
Guest Commentary: Caltrans Games System to Get Another ‘Environmental’ Award for Highway Widening
Why actually try to fight global warming and make a more sustainable future when you can just…
California Man Serving Life Sentence Released after Revealed That Witness Statements Were Coerced
By Robert J Hansen A California man serving life with the possibility of parole was released from…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: First Amendment Petition and Open Letter to the Supreme Court of the United States
By James S. Kor Re: 1) Questions about legitimacy and integrity of the Court 2) Uniformity of…
‘Myths and Realities’: Policymakers Must Avoid Temptation to ‘Oversimplify’ Crime Stats, Study Concludes
By The Vanguard Staff NEW YORK, NY – Although the Covid-19 pandemic complicated things, “Now more than…
Missouri Tightens Anti-Transgender Restrictions Following Attorney General’s Emergency Rule
By Julie McCaffrey JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Two anti-transgender bills were passed by Missouri legislators last week,…
Los Angeles Editorial Board Argues Harsher Penalties for Fentanyl Abuse Will Not Stop Crisis, Referencing CA Legislation
By Brinda Kalita LOS ANGELES, CA- In an opinion article published in the Los Angeles Times this…
COURT WATCH: Judge Agrees – Defense Concerned about Unnecessary Searches after Prosecution Insists Court Impose Search Condition for Release
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – Here in Yolo County Superior Court Monday, Judge Daniel M. Wolk…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Right to Housing Sounds Good…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor A right to housing? San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney is proposing…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 200: David Dow on Executed on Technicalities
David Dow went from a death penalty supporter to founding the Texas Innocence Network and running a…
Video Showed an Officer Trying to Stop His Partner from Killing a Man
Police Investigators Never Even Asked about the Footage by Mike Hayes for ProPublica, and Eric Umansky In…
New York Cop Corruption Probe Leads to 27 Vacated Convictions and Charges – But No Officers Criminally Charged
By The Vanguard Staff WHITE PLAINS, NY – The work of the Conviction Review Unit here at…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: An Experience of Grief
by Mark Daigre In The Waste Land T.S. Eliot put forth that April is the cruelest month….
CIELO Denounces Federal, Local Governments for Anti-Migration policies
By Rena Abdusalam LOS ANGELES, CA – Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO), an Indigenous women-led non-profit organization…
ACLU Files Amicus Brief Supporting Minimum Wage for Incarcerated Workers
By Sunny Zhou OAKLAND, CA – The ACLU’s National Prison Project, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California…
COURT WATCH: Case Delayed after Defense Lawyer Complains Public – and His Assistant – Wrongly Not Allowed into ‘Open’ Courtroom
By Audrey Sawyer SACRAMENTO, CA — A co-accused case—charges of firearm possession by a felon in one…
COURT WATCH: Man Resentenced, Going Home after 10 Years in Prison – Exclaims, ‘You Won’t See Me Again’
By Fatimah Patel STANISLAUS, CA – Jesse Sebourn served 10 years in prison for a voluntary manslaughter…
Sunday Commentary: Staff Recommended Timeline Seems to Set Projects Up for Failure
Measure J’s Future Could Depend on Willingness of Voters to Approve Future Projects By David M. Greenwald…
