Sunday Commentary: A Study Finds That Protests Have Not Driven the Spike in COVID Cases
Are we going to have another spike of COVID after this 4th of July weekend? Last week…
My View: Is CDCR Executing Incarcerated People at San Quentin by COVID?
In March of 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom suspended the death penalty in California, arguing at the time,…
State Supreme Court Asked to Intervene on Behalf of Inmates in Sacramento County Jails
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento County Public Defender Office filed a…
Guest Commentary: Tragedy of COVID-19 in Prisons Shows Need for Decarceration
By Scott Colom and Miriam Aroni Krinsky As countless Americans take to the streets in defense of…
Public Defender Still Fighting to Free Brother from Arizona Jail
Earlier this week the Arizona Court of Appeals ordered a new hearing for Neko Wilson, who has…
Medical Expert Calls for Immediate Decarceration of San Quentin Prisoners
By Taric Mansour Incarcerated people in San Quentin are searching for answers, as overcrowding and poor operating…
SF Public Defender’s Office Mobilizing to Release People from San Quentin Amid Escalating COVID-19 Outbreak
Special To the Vanguard With 2,582 incarcerated persons with active cases of COVID-19 in California prisons…
SF Public Defender’s Brother Could Soon be Released from Jail After 11 Years, Following Arizona Court of Appeals Ruling
By Nikki Suzani ARIZONA – The brother of San Francisco Public Defender Jacque Wilson could well soon…
‘New Normal’ Post COVID-19 Jury Trials Resume in Sacramento Superior Court
By Shellsea Lomeli SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento County Superior Court resumed criminal jury trials about a…
Sunday Commentary: It Really Is About Masks
All week commenters on the Vanguard have been pressing me to acknowledge that protests during the time…
Defendant Refuses COVID-19 Test Multiple Times, Frustrating Sacramento Court
By Shellsea Lomeli SACRAMENTO – The effect of COVID-19 on the California court system is evident—it’s reduced…
Progressive Prosecutor Panel Opines on COVID-19, Police Accountability, and Mass Incarceration
By Angelina Caplanis NEW YORK – A panel here this week hosted by the Institute for Innovation…
Rep. Pressley and D.A. Rollins Discuss ‘Structural Racism’ in the U.S.
By Anna Gorski SOMMERVILLE, MA – Structural Racism, and how it impacts health, public safety, education, jobs,…
Sacramento County Jails Stipulate to Requiring Masks for Guards, Inmates
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Sheriff’s Dept. deputies – THE VANGUARD…
San Quentin Cases Soaring at 344 Cases, Triggering Concern and Attention from Reformers
For much of the past week, the Vanguard through its Dashboard on CDCR COVID-19 cases has been…
Media Group Urges Newsom to Act as Inmates Face Increasing COVID Risk
By Matthew Keys A media advocacy group has sent a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom urging…
ICE Confirms Medical Provider at Mesa Verde Detention Center Tests Positive for COVID-19
Earlier this month, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to lawyers challenging conditions of detention filed…
San Francisco Ends Zero Bail Policy, Draws Criticism from DA and Public Defender
San Francisco, unlike other counties, made the decision to end the policy of zero bail during the…
Yolo Maintains Zero Bail Schedule after Judicial Council Ends It Statewide
Last week the California Judicial Council—over the strenuous objection of reformers and public defenders across the state—ended…
‘Our Office Could be Decimated’ – 3 County Public Defenders Exposed to COVID-19 Positive Inmates; Other Court Staff Threatened
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – As first reported in THE VANGUARD early Wednesday,…
