Despite Some Challenges Staff Recommends Continuing Respite Center
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA -The Davis City Council created the daytime Respite Center…
New COVID-19 Catch-Up Policy News to Some Lawyers in Rocky Rollout
By Isabelle Brady MODESTO, CA – Late this past week, Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Dawna Reeves…
Senator Padilla Introduces Legislation to Address Affordable Housing and Homelessness Crises
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – With the housing crisis looming in California, Senator…
Yolo County Jail Locked Down, Attorneys Unable to Gain Access to Their Clients
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Attorneys have been struggling to visit their clients…
Commentary: COVID Emergency Measures Succeeded in Reducing Sheltered Homelessness
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It is a modest decline for sure, but experts are hopeful…
Guest Commentary: Continuously Dumbfounded Confused and Repeat… and Repeat… My CDCR Covid Experience, Round 2
By Franklin Lee “You have COVID… again,” said the nurse. After last year’s fiasco, these were the…
Legislators Introduce Measures to Combat COVID Misinformation
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – One of the biggest problems exposed by the COVID pandemic,…
Formerly Incarcerated: Lockdowns Not Most Productive Way to Contend with Unrest in Federal Prisons
By Matthew Torres and Alexander Ramirez WASHINGTON DC – In the midst of a recent nationwide lockdown…
Commentary: There We Go Again, Premature Going Back to Normal?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County announced on Wednesday that they were…
Judge Cousins Approves Santa Rita Consent Decree Despite Vigorous Objections by Incarcerated People at the Jail
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – A little over a week after United…
Commentary: Playing with Fire on Omicron
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – At the start of this calendar year, Omicron…
Guest Commentary: CDCR Implements Mandatory Modification Program Statewide
By Christopher S Bryson On January 6, 2022, the CDCR announced measures to protect the health of…
California Prisons Face 3rd Wave of COVID, Some without Vaccine Mandates
By Michele Chadwick BAKERSFIELD, CA – As California prisons face a third wave of COVID infections,…
Consent Decree Pending in Federal Action Regarding Mental Health Care at Santa Rita Jail After Judge Listens To Objections of Many Incarcerated at Jail
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – United States Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins patiently waded…
Covid-19 on the Rise Again in California Prison System
By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA – Covid-19 is rising again inside the California Department of Corrections…
The Quadruple Homicide Trial of Jose Larin-Garcia Proceeds with Testimony from a Forensic Expert
By Catherine Hamilton, Mathew Seibert, Ashleen Herrarte RIVERSIDE, CA – The quadruple homicide trial of Jose Larin-Garcia…
Guest Commentary: Omicron Spread Continues at San Quentin State Prison
By Steve Brooks At San Quentin State Prison (SQ), a musical symphony of hoarse voices, hacking coughs…
Guest Commentary: How Quarantine Killed My Workout Routine
By Kory “Hussain” McClary Since COVID-19 2.0 hit, New Jersey State Prison has been shut down. No…
COVID Runs Rampant at DJJ Even As Governor Newsom Will Not Let the Kids Return to Their Families
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor COVID has already devastated California’s prisons at times, but the new…
Sunday Commentary: Some Are Not Taking Omicron Seriously Enough
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There is a shift going on—perhaps it’s the fact that Omicron…
