VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The Beat Goes On
by Chi Chi Locci “We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control.” Those are…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
Montana Court Rules in Favor of Young Plaintiffs in Historic ‘Climate Trial’
By The Vanguard HELENA, MT – For the first time since a spate of lawsuits in the…
Dashcam Allegedly Shows Officers Plotting to Frame Man for Wagging Finger at Them
By The Vanguard SMYMA, DE – Numerous news outlets are reporting this week Delaware state troopers were…
COURT WATCH: Judge at Veterans Treatment Court Concerned with Marijuana Use – Even Though Vet Has Made Considerable Progress
By Kaveh Nasseri MODESTO, CA – At a review hearing for Veterans Treatment Court in Stanislaus County…
Sacramento Homeless Union Tells Campers They Can Return to City Hall After City Violated Court Order by Tossing Them Out – Legal Fight with City, Battle of Words with DA Continue
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento Homeless Union—embroiled in a…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: My Life Behind Bars
by G. Ruiz I would have to say that my life behind bars has been so painful….
Asking for Help and Subsequently Ignored by Law Enforcement, Woman Acquitted after Self-Defense Act against Revenge-Porn Stalker
By Isabella Walker SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A woman who faced felony assault charges for defending herself…
COURT WATCH: Accused Denied Bail after Judge Assumes Man’s Membership in Norteño Gang
By Isabella Walker MODESTO, CA – Deputy Public Defender Jared Jordan argued his client should be granted…
Legendary Attorney Tony Serra Among 10 Justice Warriors Honored at Vanguard Awards Gala
On Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 6:00 pm the Vanguard News Group will be hosting its annual…
Homeless Union Tells California Attorney General Sacramento County DA ‘Overstepped,’ Encouraged City of Sacramento to Violate Federal Court Order by Exposing Unhoused to Super Heat
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento Homeless Union has informed…
‘Voices of Dissent’ Don’t Count In Sacramento Supervisors’ Decision to Spend Nearly $1 Billion for Expansion of ‘Inhumane, Inefficient’ Jail
By The Vanguard SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento Board of Supervisors last week voted to spend nearly…
Amid DOJ Civil Rights Probe, Man Charges Memphis Police ‘Raped’ Him at Traffic Stop
By The Vanguard MEMPHIS, TN — A man here—amid a U.S. Justice Dept. investigation of the Memphis…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Ismael ‘Izzy’ García Santillanes
Poems by Ismael “Izzy” García Santillanes love cannot fill the caesuras creased on my skin nor make…
Guest Commentary: LA’s Notorious Men’s Central Jail Sees Three Deaths in One Week
There have been 29 deaths in Los Angeles County jails since the start of 2023, a result…
Looking Back: Obama and Wrongful Convictions
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Another California School District Implements Mandatory Gender Identity Disclosure Policy – Draws CA Attorney General Ire
By The Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – Yet another California school district—Murrieta Valley Unified School District in Riverside…
Buffalo Man May Have Had 10 Years of Life ‘Stolen’ Because of Prosecutorial Misconduct, Editorial Board Charges
By The Vanguard BUFFALO, NY – “Not simply that the criminal justice system might have sent yet…
Critics Said Took A While, but Memphis Police Target of Probe by DOJ after January 2023 Killing of Tyre Nichols
By The Vanguard MEMPHIS, TN – It may have taken a while, according to critics, but the…
ACLU Applauds Louisiana Governor’s Action for ‘Leading With Humanity’ in Decision to Urge Pardons Board to Reconsider Clemency Petitions for 56 Death Row Inmates
By Kristin Trent BATON ROUGE, LA – The ACLU Friday commended Gov. of Louisiana, John Bel…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Mpingo Uhuru
With the Bang of a Gavel By Mpingo Uhuru With the Bang of a Gavel… The life…