Review: Liberation Live!: The Futurity of Radical Prison Print Culture
It arrived in my California cell like a thought arrow, quivered within an envelope bearing a postmark…
Justice for Everybody, Carceral Studies Journalism Guild Host Journalism Symposium at Valley State Prison
For seven hours on July 9, 170 residents of the carceral state became immersed in a sound stage-like environment during the Inside Knowledge journalism symposium, an event co-facilitated by Justice for Everybody (JFE) at the Yale Institute for Incarceration and Public Safety (YIIPS) and the resident-founded Carceral Studies Journalism Guild (CSJG).
Black Sabbath, Scott Budnick, and the Rebirth of Sound: Part III
Ozzy Osbourne’s song War Pigs is a powerful social justice rock anthem that has yet to receive the recognition it deserves, and a creative team is seeking permission to remix the song and present it to those in confinement with on-demand access to the Edovo app.
Black Sabbath, Scott Budnick, and the Rebirth of Sound – Part II
Common visited the VSP Rebirth of Sound studio to encourage residents to stay positive and express themselves through various forms of art, while learning how to produce, capture, and edit sound using DAWs.
Black Sabbath, Scott Budnick, and the Rebirth of Sound: Prison poet reflects on long-awaited creative arts program launch
Common, Scott Budnick, Marcel Woodruff, and Supa Syrup launched the Rebirth of Sound music studio program at Valley State Prison, providing a healing-centered space for inmates to express themselves creatively and build community.
The Insurgent Futurity of Carceral Literacy Activism: Assessing the California Model, Re-imagining the Audiosphere, and Innovating a Culture of Forensics
Less than a decade ago, Brant Choate, then the Superintendent of the Office of Correctional Education charged…
Youth Offenders: Doing Time With The Kardashians
When Scott Budnick tells you he’s bringing somebody special, he really means it. Be it Richard Cabral,…
AOC Just Showed Democrats How to Learn from the Trump Thrashing
The squad’s youngest radical, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently did what few Democrats have been brave enough…
The Trump Effect: The Realignment of Politics Away from Race, Gender, and Identity to That of Class
When ABC’s Jonathan Carl recently told Charlamagne tha God that “Trump got one out of every three…
Elections Have Consequences: What Trump’s Victory Means for Residents of the Carceral State, Legacy Media, and Dismayed Leftists
For a decade, over the course of three national election cycles, it has been too easy for…
Steve Bannon Versus the Queen of Mass Incarceration: Are Democrats Stalling Implementation of the First Step Act?
Disclaimer: Opinions are those of the writer and do not reflect those of The Vanguard or its…
Prison Journalism: The Future of Carceral Media (Part 1)
This seven-part interview series features the Davis Vanguard’s executive director and Everyday Injustice podcast host David Greenwald…
Moira Marquis: Salute the Carceral Literacy Warrior Who Defeated California’s Censorship Regime to Support a Prison Poetry Community
For seventeen years Moira Marquis, the lead author of PEN, America’s report on carceral censorship, “Reading Between…
Life after Death Row: Meet the Youth Offender Who Spent Twenty-Two Years in Solitary Confinement
After spending more than thirty cumulative years moving through juvenile halls in multiple states, six youth authority…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 256: Ghostwrite Mike Talks Prison Journalism
This week on Everyday Injustice we interview our incarcerated writer, Ghostwrite Mike, who is incarcerated at Valley…
Commentary: Governor Gavin Newsom Supports State-Sponsored Slavery – Why YES on PROP 6 Will Rebuke Him
Disclaimer: Opinions are those of the writer and do not reflect those of The Vanguard or its…
Dark Gardening: Deconstructing Independent Carceral Journalism Using Gwendolyn Brooks’ Poem “To Prisoners”
She’d already been gone over a month by the time the August edition of All Of Us…
Keeping Tally: Imprisoned Citizen Journalist Ruminations on the Impact of the Arts and Humanities within the Carceral State
Be it handball, cards, or dominoes, “keeping tally” is one of those everyday prison parlance references you’ll…
Mastering The Fine Art Of Self-Dissection: My 2023-24 California Freedom Library Journey
It took a minute to track them all down – some cats like to put a parole…
Graduating With Honors: Life Prisoner Reflections On Achieving An Academic Milestone At Coastline College Thirty Years In The Making
The summer of 1991 feels so long ago, and yet, reminders of the earliest chapters of my…