Letter: California Passes Bill Allowing Pregnant People to be Placed in Solitary with no Oversight
Sacramento, CA – This week, the California Legislature passed AB 2527, a bill that allows pregnant people…
Guest Commentary: AB1810 Nears Passage – A Landmark Moment for Menstrual Equity in California Prisons
Photo caption: Incarcerated people stand together in a yard at Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, Madera…
Bill Deemed Pragmatic Approach to Reduce Prison Spending Clears State Legislature – Heads to Governor’s Desk
Sacramento, CA – This week, California lawmakers passed AB 2178, which supporters believe is a critical step…
Guest Commentary: Decarceration Can Be Compassionate
California Deactivates 46 Housing Units at 15 Prisons: Activists Celebrate, Prisoners Cringe by Kelton P O’Connor On…
Bill to Address Sexual Assault in CA Prisons Advances
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The Assembly Public Safety Committee approved SB 898, new legislation…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 131: The Life of an Incarcerated Transgender Woman
This week on Everyday Injustice, we talk with Angie Gordon. Angie is a 39-year-old trans woman serving…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Bourne’s Arguments about Transgender in Prisons Not Supported by Available Data
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor For the past several days, the Vanguard has run a series…
Activists Decry Governor’s Veto of HOME Act
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – On Friday, Governor Newsom announced that he was…
Guest Commentary: From Gang Life to Redemption: The Inspiring Journey of Davis Jones
by Rodney Wrice Davis Jones, known to many from his past as ‘Bone’ a former gang member…
Guest Commentary: Allow Judges to Reconsider Life without Parole Sentences
Senate bill reflects changes in California law and evidence of rehabilitation and redemption By LaDoris Cordell California…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Mental Health in California Prisons – Understaffed and Overwhelmed
by C.S. Bryson In March of this year, a rally was held at the California state capitol…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: California’s Mental Health Staffing Crisis
by Mark Daigre During the 1980s, the state of California — in an effort to improve mental…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Proposed Prisoner Pay Increase Research
By John L. Orr In December 2022 Inmate Advising Council (TAC) Warden’s meeting, a brief revelation from…
Guest Commentary: New Data Hubs Show Local Impact of Mass Incarceration in California and Louisiana
By Sam McCann There is growing consensus that mass incarceration does not make communities safer. But the…
The CDCR Enforces Policy Requiring Shaving by Officers Despite Religious or Health Reasons Not to Do So
By Kevin Barragan SACRAMENTO, CA – Earlier this month, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation began…
Commentary: The Glaring Contradiction of the ‘R’ in the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation
By Norman Williams Life without the possibility of parole laws should be repealed, due to the fact…
Commentary: In Search of Dignity and Safety
by Dr. Joan Parkin The passage of SB 132, which allows incarcerated transgender, non-binary and intersex people…
Harvest Davidson Spent Nearly Six Years Fighting Murder Cases in El Dorado County Jail – Now He’s Released
by Robert J. Hansen South Lake Tahoe, CA – Earlier this month one of five men who…
Ella Baker Center Celebrates Prison Closures, Urges State Leaders to Continue Efforts to Reduce Prison Populations
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – This week, CDCR announced it was moving forward to close…
Squander 101: A Required Corrections Officer Academy Class
By Bryce Canyon My Introduction to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prison system followed…