Guest Commentary: Is Oversight of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office the ‘Real Deal’ or Choreographed Political Theater?
“Even though the oversight body was Miley’s idea as far back as 2020, he didn’t vote for…
Another Preventable Heatstroke Death at CCWF Women’s Prison
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The California Coalition for Women Prisoners is calling for a public…
Guest Commentary: LA’s Notorious Men’s Central Jail Sees Three Deaths in One Week
There have been 29 deaths in Los Angeles County jails since the start of 2023, a result…
Guest Commentary: The Deadly and Tragic Costs of Pretrial Detention
By Andrea Woods and Benjamin Lynde LaShawn Thompson died late last year while being detained pretrial in…
3rd Death in Month, 7th in Past Year at Santa Rita Jail Lead to Demand Alameda County Conduct ‘Independent Investigation’
By Cres Vellucci The Vanguard Bureau Chief DUBLIN, CA – A group of “alarmed” prisoner right’s advocates…
Federal Lawsuit Filed after Suffocation Death at Sacramento County Jail – Deputies and CHP to Blame, Claims Suit
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Sheriff Deputies and California Highway Patrol officers…
Officer Involved Killing in Woodland
(From Police Press Release) – On February 8, 2017 at approximately 12:14 pm, Woodland Police Officers responded…
Another In-Custody Death for DPD
For the second time since October, the Davis Police Department had a subject that they had taken…
How the Criminal Justice System Failed in the Death of An Inmate
by Rob Poggenklass At 5:45 a.m. on August 19, jail officials discovered Jamycheal Mitchell’s dead body on the floor…
