Kritika Singh

Kritika Singh is a writer for The Vanguard at Berkeley's prison reform desk. She is a sophomore at UC Berkeley studying Political Science and Interdisciplinary Human Rights. She is from Tracy, CA.

Articles by Kritika

National Registry of Exonerations 2023 Report Cites 153 Exonerations – 3,478 Since 1989

By Annie Rudolph, Gabi Rose and Jessi Dannenberg IRVINE, CA – This March, the National Registry of…

Activists Organize to Put California’s Controversial Three Strikes Law Up to Bat in 2022 Elections

By Kritika Singh CALIFORNIA— With California’s 2022 elections quickly approaching, activists across the state are beginning efforts…

California Updates Its Guidance on COVID-19 Boosters: Where Does the Incarcerated Population Fit In?

By Kritika Singh CALIFORNIA— With the upcoming winter months raising concerns over possible increases in positive COVID-19…

Worry Over Increase in Crime Is Central in Effort to Recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin

By Kritika Singh SAN FRANCISCO— When Chesa Boudin was elected to the position of San Francisco District…

A Tooth for a Tooth: The Effects of Poor Dental Care in California State Prisons

By Kritika Singh BERKELEY — $10,000—this is the amount of money that Daniela Medina had to pay…

Governor Newsom signs C.R.I.S.E.S. Act into Law – a Big Step for Policing Alternatives

By Kritika Singh SACRAMENTO— Governor Gavin Newsom of California last week signed Assembly Bill (AB) 118, also…

Multiple Deaths of Incarcerated People in Rikers Island Jail Sparks Urgency to Decarcerate Pre-Trial Detainees

By Kritika Singh NEW YORK— As the Rikers Island Jail Complex in New York City reaches a…