New Report: Nearly 2.5 Million Californians Are Eligible to Have Their Convictions Automatically Relieved
Berkeley, CA – A new report released this week by the nonpartisan California Policy Lab (CPL) shows…
Guest Commentary: Prop 36 Would Bring Back Mass Incarceration
Disclaimer: Opinions are those of the writer and do not reflect those of The Vanguard or its…
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…
Guest Commentary: No on Prop 36 – Keep California’s Communities Safe and Stable
By Vera Institute of Justice Disclaimer: Opinions are those of the writer and do not reflect those…
Everyday Injustice Episode 253: Preston Shipp – Confessions of a Former Prosecutor
For years, Preston Shipp served as an appellate prosecutor in the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office. While serving…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 252: Survivors Details Abuse and Retaliation at FCI Dublin
Decades of allegations of sexual abuse at the women’s prison at FCI-Dublin led to the stunning decision…
California Governor Charges November Ballot’s Prop. 36 ‘About Mass Incarceration, Not Mass Treatment’
Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – If Prop. 36 is approved by California voters in November,…
Grassroots Organizations Form Committee to Defeat Proposition 36
Disclaimer: Opinions are those of the writer and do not reflect those of The Vanguard or its…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 249: The Clean Slate Initiative
This week on Everyday Injustice we have Erik Altieri, the Interim Director of Campaigns for the Clean…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode #248 – Criminal Justice Reform – Prop 36 and Kamala Harris
This week on Everyday Injustice we have Insha Rahman, the Director of Vera Action, a non-profit organization…
Culpability: Examining the Moral Hazard of Excusing Criminal Conduct on Slavery, Mass Incarceration and Structural White Supremacy
Understanding how the founding of the United States was built by the exploitation of the world’s migrating…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode #247: California Donor Table
This week on Everyday Injustice we are joined by Ludovic Blain and Michael Daly of the California…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 246: Dismantling Mass Incarceration
In July, the book, Dismantling Mass Incarceration, was released, edited by Premal Dharia, James Forman, Jr., and…
The EBSCO Dairies, Part One: Imprisoned College Students In California Discuss…
How The Digital Search Tool Allows Them To Critically Evaluate Mass Incarceration, The 1619 Project, Youth Offender…
Increased Funding for Public Defenders Would Make U.S. Safer, Op-Ed Argues
SAN FRANCISCO, CA- Increasing the funding for public defenders offices across the country would provide needed resources…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 242: America’s Original Prison-for-Profit
Through the telling of the story about William Freeman, Harvard Historian Robin Bernstein effectively rewrites an historical…
Guest Commentary: An Ankle Monitor Gives a False Taste of Freedom
“I spent 30 months on an ankle monitor. It felt crueler than jail.” By Wesley Vaughan When…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 240: Tinisch Hollins on the Rollback Attempt of Prop 47
A decade ago, California voters passed Prop. 47 which reduced the punishment of simple drug possession and…
BRIEFING: ‘Incarceration and Crime: A Weak Relationship’ in U.S. and Around the Globe
By Lily Rusk WASHINGTON, DC – Over the past 10 years, incarceration and crime rates have declined…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 239: New York Tells Story of Going from Lifer to Redemption
Rahsaan “New York” Thomas grew up in the notorious Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, where he…
