Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Claims Jail Population is Increasing as CDCR Refuses Transfers
By Linh Nguyen Jail News At the beginning of the week, the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, burning…
San Quentin News Relaunched, Victims Raise Concerns As CDCR Continues To Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of Aug. 28, there…
Incarcerated Artist Chronicles Life in San Quentin Prison During Pandemic
By Julietta Bisharyan SAN QUENTIN –– For the past 21 years, Orlando Smith has sat in his…
Racial Discrimination Plagues Jury Selection – Blacks ‘Struck’ Much, Much More than Whites
By Linh Nguyen Decades of studies show that racial discrimination during jury selection is very much present…
California Senate Attempts to Secure Eviction Protection for California
Special to the Vanguard The emergency order preventing evictions in California is about to expire, and legislative…
Historic Bill Decreases Juvenile Legal Fees that Target Low Income Families of Color
By Danielle Eden Silva SACRAMENTO — The California Legislature has passed Senate Bill 1290, a historic bill…
Police Reform in Senate Bill 731 Would License Cops Like Lawyers and Doctors
By Phoebe Glick STATE CAPITOL – California Senate Bill 731 has been introduced here, and it promises…
Four Testimonies From Santa Rita Jail Recount Horrible Conditions During COVID-19 – Rejected Requests for Testing, No Masks or Cleaning Supplies, Solitary-Confinement-Style Quarantines
By Lauren Smith and Larkin White Since May, Davis Vanguard has led an ongoing investigation into…
Threat of Rideshare Shutdowns Highlight Driver Classification Laws, Battles; CA AG Opines
By Phoebe Glick Rideshare users have been seeing ominous alerts about service suspensions since early August. Even…
Death Penalty Reversed in Scott Peterson Case, but Guilt Remains
The California Supreme Court on Monday threw out the death penalty in the case of Scott Peterson…
“I’m seeing COVID-19 knock us all down in a line, just like dominoes.” – Narratives From San Quentin
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Incarcerated writer Rashaan Thomas recently shared an excerpt…
CA Public Safety Committee OK’s Host of Bills Aimed at Police Brutality
By Heather Hamilton STATE CAPITOL – The California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety here has…
Governor Signs AB 1460 Bill Requiring Ethnic Studies Courses at CSU
Special to the Vanguard The bill that would make ethnic studies a requirement at the California State…
Santa Rita Jail Tested Less Than 7% Of Population Last week – Claims Outbreak is Resolved
Overview There is a new and ongoing outbreak in Santa Rita Jail as of Sunday, August 16….
QAnon Conspiracy – Lawmaker Reveals Death Threats for Legislation Ending Discrimination against LGBT People
By Sahar Swaleh SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener introduced SB 145 in January 2020, proposing that all…
Fair Juries Act Reflects Community Diversity, Now One Step Closer to Becoming Law
By Josué Monroy SACRAMENTO – The Fair Juries Act continues to move through the California Legislature, this…
Solano County Jail – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails
By Nikki Suzani Highlights (August 3rd – August 10th) Solano County Jail has no active cases in…
Santa Rita Jail’s COVID-19 Cover-Up – Quarantine Housing Cut Short Without Explanation, <10 Percent of Population Tested
By Larkin White COVID-19 in Santa Rita Jail The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) provided less information…
Racial Justice Act Passes California Senate Public Safety Committee
The California Racial Justice Act will prohibit the use of race, ethnicity or national origin in sentencing…
Incarcerated People At San Quentin Tell Harrowing Stories of COVID-19 Conditions – Protests For Better Treatment & More Releases
(Dashboard updates daily M-F) Incarcerated Narratives As releases continue throughout the CDCR system, we hope to…
