VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Slavery in America
by Sammy Bacha (The following is excerpted from a longer piece.) Most people believe that slavery in…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
White Lousiana State Trooper Found Not Guilty of Violating Civil Rights of Black Man after Hitting Him 18 Times with Flashlight
By The Vanguard MONROE, LA – A white Lousiana state trooper was found not guilty by a…
American Bar Association Awards Gov. DeSantis-Suspended Prosecutor Andrew H. Warren with Top Award
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WASHINGTON, DC. — The American Bar Association announced earlier this week that Hillsborough County…
Justice Reform Groups Ballyhoo ‘Beyond Bars: A Path Forward from 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in the United States’
By Cheyenne Galloway WASHINGTON, D.C. – The newly released book Beyond Bars: A Path Forward from 50…
Guest Commentary: The Appalling Spectacle Now Happening in Yolo Superior Court
By Robert Canning (Editor’s note: This was submitted to the Vanguard prior to the events of Thursday,…
Federal Judge Grants Homeless Union TRO for 14 Days to Stop City of Sacramento from Sweeping Unhoused during Super-Heated Temps
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – U.S. District Court Judge Troy L….
Guest Commentary: The Deadly and Tragic Costs of Pretrial Detention
By Andrea Woods and Benjamin Lynde LaShawn Thompson died late last year while being detained pretrial in…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The Facts of Truth
by Myron Payne (The following is excerpted from a longer piece.) Prison is a violent, malevolent, and…
Fair and Just Prosecution Network Challenges Georgia’s Prosecutor Oversight Law, in Accordance with Lawsuit
By Kristin Trent ATLANTA, GA – In a statement released this week Executive Director Miriam Krinsky of…
Four Georgia DAs File Suit to Block Law Supported by Governor to Punish Local Prosecutors
Editor’s note: On Wednesday, four DAs filed a legal challenge to block a Georgia Law that gives…
Community Coalition Describes Sacramento Board of Supervisors Decision to Expand Main Jail ‘Corruption’ and ‘Conflict of Interest’ – Urges Cancellation of Jail Contract
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors…
Congresswoman Introduces ‘End Solitary Confinement Act’ to Terminate ‘Moral Catastrophe’ Posed by Solitary Confinement
By Adam Solorzano and Madi Whittemore WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Cori Bush proposed a piece of historic…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The Fight for Prison Reform
by Lynn Woods (The following is excerpted from a longer piece.) California is seeking to reform its…
Federal Court Asked to Immediately Stop Sacramento City, County from Clearing Homeless Encampments Until End of Hot Weather to Prevent Unhoused Deaths
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Charging “excessive” summer temperatures may result…
Guest Commentary: Arkansas Wants to Unconstitutionally ‘Card’ People before They Use Social Media
The state’s Social Media Safety Act stifles freedom of expression online and violates the First Amendment. By…
Public Defenders Gather One Last Time to Protest Court Backlogs in San Francisco
By Yash Mishra SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Lawyers and staff from the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office…
Trump Indicted Tuesday for 3rd Time – Charges for Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election Results
By Audrey Sawyer WASHINGTON, DC – More than two and a half years after a pro-Donald Trump…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Commuted
by Jesús Trujillo My world, my reality, is composed of concrete, cement, cold impersonal metal, deadly electrical…
Blacks, Latinos Arrested at ‘Disproportionate Rate’ in Los Angeles, Charges LA City Controller
By The Vanguard LOS ANGELES, CA – Latino and Black people were arrested at a “disproportionate rate”…
ACLU, Stanford Law School Suit Challenges Santa Clara County Court’s ‘Unconstitutional,’ and ‘Wealth-Based’ Policy of Jailing Poor If They Can’t Make Initial Bail
By The Vanguard SAN JOSE, CA – The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and Criminal Defense Clinic…
