New Contempt Motion Alleges NY Corrections Falsified Refusal of Medical Treatment Forms, Violating Incarcerated Rights
NEW YORK, NY — The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Defender Services and Milbank LLP last week filed…
NEW YORK, NY — The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Defender Services and Milbank LLP last week filed…
Rahsaan “New York” Thomas grew up in the notorious Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, where he…
By Bryan Miller WASHINGTON, DC – New York federal lawmakers, including Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Grace Meng…
By Shriya Kali Chittapuram WASHINGTON, DC – Recently, The Sentencing Project published “The Second Look Movement: A…
By Jessi Dannenberg NEW YORK, NY – Scrutinize, a state group that analyzes data to, it claims,…
By Cheyenne Galloway NEW YORK, NY – Under New York’s new bail reform, there has been increased…
By Estrella Torres BROOKLYN, NY – Many politicians and pundits have long used the excuse of criminal…
By Julie McCaffrey and Kayla Meraz WASHINGTON, DC — The national incarceration rate has dropped by 25…
By The Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week announced his state’s…
By The Vanguard Staff LONG BEACH, CA – A recently-released prisoner here, Alberto Perez, has bounced around…
By Ximena Cesa LOS ANGELES, CA – Reason Magazine, a U.S. libertarian monthly, recently argued that as…
By The Vanguard Staff HELENA, MO – In a trial starting Monday, 16 young plaintiffs, in a…
By Roni Ayalon NEW YORK, NY – The “trial penalty system” leads innocent people to plead guilty…
By Michael Apfel & Ivan Villegas NYACK, NY – Amer Zada, a man who served decades in…
By Citlalli Florez SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) introduced Assembly Bill 793 nearly four months…
By Kristin Trent, Audrey Sawyer EASTHAMPTON, MASS – The Prison Policy Initiative has released a report that…
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief NEW YORK, NY – There has been a “significant…
By Michael McCutcheon NORTHAMPTON, MA – A new report by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) reveals that…
By Julie McCaffrey WASHINGTON, DC – In one week last month, within days of each other, the…
By Destiny Gurrola HARLEM, NY – Yusef A. Salaam, a member of the “Exonerated Five” —wrongly convicted…