Mass Incarceration Trends: Comprehensive Report from The Sentencing Project
By Leslie Acevedo and Michael McCutcheon WASHINGTON, DC – A report published by Dr. Ashley Nellis and…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
Commentary: The Learning Room
By Hollie Garrett III I sit in this space observing the learning and empowerment all around me….
Arizona Governor Signs Executive Order to Establish Independent Prison Oversight Commission
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong PHOENIX, AZ – In fulfilling her promise of a bold agenda for her first…
Commentary: Incarcerated California Women Are Asked How They Survived Prison
By Eileen Huber, CCWF How I survived is a loaded question. I was arrested at nineteen, doing…
2 More Memphis Officers Suspended, 3 Emergency Responders Fired in Beating Death of Tyre Nichols – Family Lawyers Comment
By Kaylee Pearlman MEMPHIS, TN- Attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, who represent the family of Tyre…
OK Attorney General Permits Independent Counsel to Review Glossip Death Row Case
By Leslie Acevedo and Maria Pia Matos OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Defense Attorney Don Knight released a…
Asian-Americans in Sacramento Hold Community Event for Monterey Park Shooting Victims
By Shuxuan Zhong On January 22, around Lunar New Year, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran entered a…
No Evidence Zero Bail Contributed to More Crime or Lowered Unsentenced Jail Population, Report Finds
By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA – Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig, along with most California…
REPORT: Analyzing the ‘Over-Incarceration of Native Americans’
By Audrey Sawyer, Belen Avelar and Vaiva Utaraite PHILADELPHIA, PA – In the U.S., Native Americans are—according…
Report Details Geographical Inner Workings of Mass Incarceration Rates
By Emily Saroyan and Ramneet Singh NORTHAMPTON, MA – In a recent report, Emily Widra of the…
Judge Listens, but Still Sets $50,000 Bail for Woman Living in Car and Pleading to Find Her Lost Dog
By Sunny Zhou WOODLAND, CA – Yolo County Superior Court Judge Daniel M. Wolk last week set…
Sunday Commentary: Does Nichols Really Represent a Step Forward in Accountability?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The New York Times calls it a “shift in handling police…
Tyre Nichols’ Family Press Conference Notes Swift Probe/Charging of Police Precedent, Need for ‘Tyre Law’
By Amy Berberyan MEMPHIS, TN – The Tyre Nichols family and attorneys held a press conference Friday…
Looking Back: Supreme Court Whittles Down Right against Self-Incrimination
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Civil Rights Group Wants ‘Transparent, Independent’ Tracy Cop Shooting Probe
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – A Sacramento-based civil rights group late Friday called for a…
Progressive Philly DA Krasner Praises Investigation of Memphis Police in Beating Death of Tyre Nichols
By Kimberly Torres PHILADELPHIA, PA – Progressive Philly District Attorney Larry Krasner Friday weighed in on the…
My View: How Long Must We Sing This Song?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor “I Can’t believe the news today… I can’t close my eyes…
ACLU Decries Police Killing of Tyre Nichols, ‘Trauma’ that ‘Falls Disproportionately and Repeatedly on Communities of Color’
By Rena Abdusalam MEMPHIS, TN – Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with second degree…
White Supremacy ‘System’ Rooted in Killing of Former Sacramentan Tyre Nichols, Charges Sacramento NAACP
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – “A system rooted in white supremacy”—according to the Greater Sacramento…
State Bar of California Charging Trump Supporter and Attorney John Eastman on Multiple Disciplinary Counts
By Daphne Ho SAN FRANCISCO, CA – John Charles Eastman, a California attorney, is facing 11 disciplinary…
