Study Shows NY’s Bail Reform Increased Pretrial Release, Didn’t Lower Bail Amounts Overall in Justice Courts
By Cheyenne Galloway NEW YORK, NY – Under New York’s new bail reform, there has been increased…
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New California Law Bans ‘Crime-Free’ Housing that Rand Analyst Calls Discriminatory and Increases Crime
By Citlalli Florez LOS ANGELES, CA – Local “nuisance property” laws and “crime-free housing” programs require landlords…
Arts In Corrections: A Seat at the Incarcerated Artist Roundtable at Valley State Prison
By Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – “Voiceless, marginalized and disenfranchised” are among the…
Critics of California Governor’s Prison Plan Agree with San Quentin Advisory Council $120 Million Cut as State Faces Budget Deficit
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) Friday released a…
US Alone Among G7 Countries in Using Capital Punishment Last Year
Special to the Vanguard The Death Penalty Information Center had a brief report last week that found…
Guest Commentary: The Exploitative Face of Family Court – A Modern-Day Slavery
By Judi Atwood Family Court in America has quietly become a new form of exploitation, akin to…
Science, Statistics, Expert Testimony Important in Finding Justice – Or Innocent People Go to Jail
By the Vanguard Staff NEW YORK, NY – “The city of New York recently witnessed a record…
California Attorney General Introduces Race-Blind Charging Guidelines to Prosecutors
By Xinhui Lin OAKLAND, CA – “Throughout California’s history, too many of us have felt the sting…
Controversial City Councilmember’s Temporary Restraining Order Chills Political Speech on Social Media
By Susan Bassi and Fred Johnson Just before the new year, San Jose City Councilmember Peter…
Guest Commentary: Death by Nitrogen Hypoxia
by Billy Sinclair Some human rights experts believe death by nitrogen hypoxia is painful and excruciating. Nitrogen…
Four Men and One Man’s Mother Now Jailed in Connection to Death of Oakland Officer Killed in Dispensary Burglary
By Citlalli Florez OAKLAND, CA – Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced the charges against four…
Mid-2023 Report Suggests Homicide Rate Could Be Lowest in U.S. History
By The Vanguard Staff WASHINTON, DC – Murders in 30 large U.S. cities declined 9.4 percent in…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The Ferrari
by Scott Culp Ask any Chronobiologist, the studier of innate biological rhythms, what the vacuum of solitary…
Guest Commentary: GEO Group Employees Purposely Harm and Retaliate against Blind Inmate at El Centro Detention Facility In California
By Malik Washington “City and state officials are replicating and escalating tactics often associated with totalitarian regimes:…
Guest Commentary: Another Year of America’s Failed Experiment – The Death Penalty in 2023
The executions of 24 people last year illustrated the full range of systemic flaws in our system…
National Conference in Berkeley Advises Prosecutors on How to Successfully Put Police on Trial for Excessive Force Charges
By Sarah Weld BERKELEY, CA – The first-ever national conference for prosecutors – at least 65 were…
ACLU Charges FBI Raid on Journalist Tim Burke Violates 1st Amendment Rights
By Avery Redula TAMPA, FL. – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is under fire for raiding…
NYCLU Warns Barnard College New Faculty Speech Policy Violates Academic Freedom
By Audrey Sawyer NEW YORK, NY — An incoming policy that requires departments to submit the content…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: A Ghostly Aspect
The links between a bizarre time perception and an indeterminate future found in Lifers Without Parole (LWOPs)…
DA Opposes Dismissal in Orange County Prosecutorial Misconduct Case
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA – Orange County Deputy DA Seton Hunt filed…