Guest Commentary: Wellpath’s Flawed and Deadly Cost Containment Program, Part 2 – Fetuses in the Toilet, the Lauren Kent Story
By Malik Washington, Destination Freedom Media Group TRIGGER WARNING: If you are a woman who has suffered…
ACLU Reaches Landmark Settlement in L.A. County Jails Case
Special to the Vanguard Los Angeles, CA – U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson approved an extraordinary…
Social Justice Group/Jail Watchdog Wants Embattled Sacramento County Jail Closed to Federal Prisoners – Urges County Cancel U.S. Marshal Service Contract
By Crescenzo Vellucci Jr. Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – A social justice group and jail…
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…
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…
Santa Rita Jail Prisoners Object to $100 Million ‘Abusive, Unsanitary’ Jail Lawsuit Settlement – Claim Lawyers Sold Them Out
By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief DUBLIN, CA – More than 100 incarcerated here in Alameda…
100 Detainees Riot over St. Louis Jail Conditions, Including Safety against COVID Virus; Probe Promised
By Zahra Abbas ST. LOUIS – Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner said last week her office will be…
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Missouri Jail For Intolerable Living Conditions
By Julian Verdon ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, MO – Pretrial detainees at Missouri’s St. Francois County Jail must…
Brooklyn DA Discusses Rikers Island, Calls for Releases
The latest news out of New York is grim, but the situation on Rikers Island is grim…
Exclusive: Santa Rita Jail Hunger Strike Starts after ‘Deliberate Neglect’
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau DUBLIN, CA – A Bay Area civil rights attorney told…
Inhumane Treatment of Children in Border Camps Echoes
ICE Detainees Hunger Strike at Yuba County Jail Over ‘Horrific’ Conditions By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau…
Yuba County Jail Hunger Strike by ICE Detainees for Humane Treatment Ends
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau MARYSVILLE, CA – Hunger strikes in the suffrage, civil rights, farmworker…
Immigrant Groups Criticize Yuba County Jail Discipline of ICE Hunger Strikers
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau MARYSVILLE, CA – Jails are dreary places, but the Yuba County…
Plaintiff Lawyers in Sacramento County Jail Lawsuit Ask Federal Court to Grant Summary Judgment to End ‘Inhumane’ Jail Conditions
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A motion for summary judgment was filed Tuesday by…
Pregnant Prisoners Recount Horrific Jail Conditions ‘Right Out of Dickens Novel’ in Federal Lawsuit
By Cres Vellucci In a major lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court here, conditions at the Alameda…
