Guest Commentary: We Didn’t Release Enough People from Jails and Prisons during the Pandemic
By Jac Arande-Colwill When the pandemic took hold in 2020, advocates called for lawmakers and corrections leaders…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
By Jac Arande-Colwill When the pandemic took hold in 2020, advocates called for lawmakers and corrections leaders…
By Jojo Kofman SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A preliminary hearing for two men accused of a murder…
By Gracy Joslin The overrepresentation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system is startling and demands…
By Jeanine Grimes CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Way back on Nov. 5, 2001, more than two decades ago,…
By Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Elected San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju Tuesday issued a…
After the chaos of the streets, incarceration gave me time to think. By Antwain Love I don’t…
By Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Maj. Gen. David Baldwin—the California National Guard commander linked to several…
By Ashleen Herrarte LOS ANGELES, CA – California Superior Court Judge James Bianco in the Los Angeles…
The forces of the status continue to try to take Larry Krasner down. They have tried to…
By Neha Malhi ALABAMA– Keith Gavin, an Alabama prisoner serving two death sentences and lifetime imprisonment, lost…
My biggest regret is that I kept the secrets of my childhood locked away for as long…
By Angelina Sang WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Sentencing Commission released its most in-depth report on federal…
By Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA – The State Bar of California wants to have more rigorous regulation…
The historic agreement includes common-sense reforms that protect people’s rights while keeping the community safe. Special to…
By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Chief U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller…
By Amy Berberyan PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Juvenile Law Center Friday released a report highlighting the ineffective…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was just in April when now…
by Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
By Tori Gacutan LOS ANGELES, CA – Since the late 1900’s, there has been a movement in…
By Leila Katibah and Mihajla Milovanovic LAKEWOOD, CO – Last week, YouTube blogger and journalist Abade Irizarry’s…