Guest Commentary: Once again, California refused to endorse face surveillance. Now it’s time to ban it.
By Becca Cramer-Mowder For the third time in five years, California rejected a bill that would have…
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Prosecutors Alliance Calls Prosecutor Diana Teran Charges ‘Deeply Problematic’ After Allegedly Flagging Deputies Accused of Misconduct
By Andrea Bernal LOS ANGELES, CA – The Prosecutors Alliance this week called the prosecution of former…
Advocates Rally, Strongly Criticize California Governor’s Decision to Kill ‘Mandela’ Measure to End Unjust Use of Solitary Confinement in Prisons
SACRAMENTO, CA —The California Mandela Campaign, at a rally here at the State Capitol this week, was…
Student’s Vanguard: “No Men Are Foreign.” 2021 Study on Unjust Heat Exposure Suggests Otherwise
In his famous poem, No Men Are Foreign, Poet James Kirkup describes the non-discriminatory aura of natural…
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Letter: Defense Team Asks DA Jenkin to Drop Case Against Golden Gate 26 Protesters
Re: People v. Von Hunnius, et al., Golden Gate Bridge 26 Dear District Attorney Jenkins: We are…
Kevin Cooper’s Letter on Kamala Harris and His Wrongful Conviction
Letter: Regarding Kamala Harris By Kevin Cooper In a country where the criminal justice system for the…
Overcrowded Texas Jails Jammed with Incarcerated – Many Shipped to Other States
By Ella Rose Lipton AUSTIN, TX – Wrongfully charged with child abuse in East Texas, Jess Hampton…
Will San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department REALLY Remodel the Glen Helen Rehabilitation Center?
By Yana Singhal SAN BERNARDINO, CA- The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (SBSD) is “once again under…
Sacramento County Writes $18,500 in Checks to Homeless After 2019 Eviction; 1 Plaintiff Arm Broken During ‘Sweep’
Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – In yet another brutal sweep of the unhoused population by…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Death In Georgia Prisons Becoming The Acceptable Norm
By Jimmy Iakovos In 2022 there were forty suicides within Georgia’s oppressive prison system. Futility of effort,…
Student’s Vanguard: Doomsday Fish: A Marine Oracle Indicating Natural Disaster?
As per a news report by CBS News, an oarfish that is said to live in “waters…
Guards Respond to Peaceful Protests with Violent Raid, Charge ICD Detention Center Immigrants in Complaint
MCFARLAND, CA — On behalf of a group of detained immigrants who claim they were attacked by…
New Contempt Motion Alleges NY Corrections Falsified Refusal of Medical Treatment Forms, Violating Incarcerated Rights
NEW YORK, NY — The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Defender Services and Milbank LLP last week filed…
Guest Commentary: SOME SEMBLANCE OF JUSTICE FOR AJIKE OWENS
“Black preaching is, then, not exclusively about the emotions of style, whooping, changing keys, or exaggerated and…
California DOJ Won’t Recommend Filing of Charges in Police Killing of Man with BB Gun, But Suggests Covina Police Changes
OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Friday his office will not recommend charges be…
Assemblymember Alex Lee Explains CA Legislative Progressive Caucus Rejection of Proposed Proposition 36
SACRAMENTO, CA — Assemblymember Alex Lee last week explained why the California Legislative Progressive Cause opposes Proposition…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Living With Life and Death on Death Row
By Glen Cornwell Life on the row has several different flavors and circumstances, death being the bottom…
Three New York Times Videos Present Arguments Against Death Penalty, Highlight Role Of ‘Junk Science’ in Convictions
NEW YORK, NY – A trio of videos released by The New York Times provide three perspectives…
STUDY: Immediate and Long Lasting Harms Caused by Single Day in Jail – Social and Economic Impacts of Pretrial Detention
EASTHAMPTON, MASS – For the criminal legal system, pretrial detention is a form of assurance of court…