Guest Commentary: It’s Simply Too Dangerous to Arm Robots
Here are our guiding principles that communities and policymakers should follow when debating police robots. By Jay…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
Guest Commentary: Is Houston a Model for Ending Homelessness?
By Mark Dempsey SACRAMENTO, CA – The Vanguard recently wrote that the city of Houston has handled…
Amicus Brief Opposes Police Qualified Immunity for Wrongful Arrest of Citizen Journalists
By Kevin Barragan NEW ORLEANS, LA – An amicus brief filed here this week in the Fifth…
Black History Month
By Fredrick Dew Black History Month was established in 1976. This celebration of Blacks throughout history started…
Exhaustive 50-State Report Analyzes True Cost of Prison and Jail Phone Calls
By Audrey Sawyer EASTHAMPSON, MA – Although the average cost of a phone call is closing in…
Rehabilitation through Writing: Prisoner Writers Find Redemption
By D. Razor Babb Jay Figueroa came to prison on a 90-day observation after being arrested for…
Dallas County District Court Decides Judge’s Anti-Semitic Bias Marred 2003 Trial that Resulted in Death Sentence
By Ramneet Singh DALLAS, TX – The District Court for the 283rd District, Dallas County, has decided…
Four Iranian Brothers Protesting for Iranian Democracy Wrongfully Held as ICE Detainees Petition Inter-American Commission, Claiming U.S. Human Rights Violation
By Leslie Acevedo LOS ANGELES, CA — Four Iranian brothers—Mostafa, Mohsen, Mojtaba and Mohammad Mirmehdi—are now filing a…
Guest Commentary: From the Death Penalty to Marijuana, Clemency Is a Tool for Justice
Granting clemency to broad categories of people is a first step toward correcting injustice in our criminal…
No Fuss, Even Though It Is Your Stuff
by Frederick Dew On some yards, it happens annually. In some prisons, it is done monthly. By…
Bay Area Federal Prison Violations Key to DOJ Considering Early Release of Sexually Abused Women in Federal Facilities
By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Dept. of Justice is considering giving women abused…
California Incarceration Rate Only Topped by U.S. Figures – Dwarfs European Nations
By Audrey Sawyer EASTHAMPTON, MASS – A larger percentage of individuals are locked up in California than…
Price Announces Transition Team as She Meets with Outgoing DA O’Malley
Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – Alameda County District Attorney-Elect Pamela Price met with outgoing DA…
Oregon Governor Commutes the Sentences of Oregon’s Death Row to Life
Special to the Vanguard Salem, OR – Oregon’s Governor Kate Brown has done what a number of…
Los Angeles City Councilperson Calls for Colleague’s Resignation Following Physical Conflict with Protestor
By Jack Sandmeyer LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles City Councilperson Nithya Raman has called for the…
Women in Federal Prisons Sexually Abused by Employees, Including Warden and Chaplain, Charges Senate Panel.
By Perla Brito WASHINGTON, D.C – U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff, chair of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on…
Pittsburgh Newspaper Editorial Calls ‘Unlawful Impeachment’ of Philadelphia District Attorney a Distraction, Not Preventing Violent Crime
By Tommy Nguyen PITTSBURGH, PA – Instead of making progress in preventing violent crime in major cities,…
Gascón Pushes for a Different Type of War on Drugs
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor While many believe that San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins has reignited…
Guest Commentary: A Family Asked Police to Help Man Struggling with Mental Illness. Instead, They Shot Him.
More prosecutors, police and local leaders need to choose compassionate treatment over punishment. A new national toolkit…
Biden Signs Bipartisan Civil Rights Lynching Victim Cold Case Bill into Law
By Alexis Rios-Jimenez WASHINGTON, DC – President Biden has signed into law U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff’s bipartisan…
