SF Police Public Meeting on ‘Delores Hill Bomb’ Skateboard Event, Subsequent 117 Arrests Turns Heated
By Ryan Steinberg SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The public’s response to the Dolores Hill Bomb skateboarding event…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: My Prison Experience
by Fausto Minor Sent to prison at the youthful age of 17, I came with a belief…
Progressive, Black Prosecutor Wins in Georgia – White Republicans Then Create Their Own District
By The Vanguard AUGUSTA, GA – In 2020, a Black lawyer named Jared Williams upset a conservative,…
Ohio Officer Who Released Dog on Unarmed Black Truck Driver at Traffic Stop Fired – Police Maintain Officer Followed Policy
By The Vanguard Staff CIRCLEVILLE, OH – Although officials here, 25 miles from Columbus, Ohio, said an…
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla’s Legislation Offers Help to Undocumented Immigrants in Securing Green Card, and Guide Them through Citizenship Process
By Claire Hsu WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Alex Padilla of California has authored new legislation he…
LOOKING BACK: Reflections on Christmas and New Year’s in Prison
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The Making of a Criminal
By Robert Turcios In order to be considered a criminal in Los Angeles a person has to…
California Joins Coalition Opposing Billion Dollar Deal with 3M over Water Contamination
By The Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week announced his state’s…
Appeals Court Upholds Los Angeles Ballot Measure to Use Tax Monies to Fund ‘Alternatives to Incarceration’ – Proponents Cite Law Enforcement ‘Interference’
By The Vanguard LOS ANGLES, CA – A Los Angeles justice reform group here reported Saturday that—despite…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Formerly Incarcerated and Left on My Own
By Robert Arras My name is Robert Arras and I read your article about former prisoners left…
Los Angeles Welcomes Collective, Greets Another Bus from Texas – This Bus Loaded with 36 Asylum Seekers, Including 13 Children
By The Vanguard LOS ANGELES, CA – Another bus – the sixth from Texas – carrying approximately…
California’s Racial Equity Commission Appointed by Governor to Respond to ‘National Reckoning on Racial Justice’
By The Vanguard SACRAMENTO, CA – California’s first Racial Equity Commission, established by executive order by the…
Expert Witness Diagnoses Alleged Davis Stabbing Suspect with Schizophrenia
WOODLAND, CA — “Mr. Dominguez is a textbook example of schizophrenia,” concluded a psychologist at Thursday’s competency…
Guest Commentary: When Will Biden Stop Giving Immigration Powers to Racist, Corrupt Sheriffs?
By Naureen Shah Earlier this month, a federal grand jury indicted Culpeper County, Virginia, Sheriff Scott Jenkins…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Ill & Elderly Individuals
By Keone Wallace The vast majority of people who die in prison die from illness and old…
‘Wrongfully Incarcerated’ Death Row Prisoner Urges California Governor to Abolish Death Penalty
By Cheyenne Galloway SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Timothy James Young writes he is “a wrongly convicted prisoner”…
California Appeals Court Reverses Conviction of San Joaquin County Man, Rules Police Didn’t Have Right to Search Vehicle Trunk
By The Vanguard SACRAMENTO, CA – The California 3rd District Court of Appeal has on July 25…
Dirty Philly Cop’s Actions Lead to Court Agreeing to Free Man Convicted of Murder in 2016
By The Vanguard PHILADELPHIA, PA – A man convicted of homicide in 2016 was released from custody…
Friends, Mental Health Clinicians Testify to ‘Bizarre’ Behavior of Alleged Davis Serial Stabber in Competency Trial
WOODLAND, CA – The trial for determining the mental competency of Carlos Dominguez—allegedly responsible for the stabbing…
Guest Commentary: How Eviction Brands Renters with a Scarlet Letter
The enforcement of discriminatory policies is denying housing to Black women in Oak Park, Illinois. By…
