STUDY: Immediate and Long Lasting Harms Caused by Single Day in Jail – Social and Economic Impacts of Pretrial Detention
EASTHAMPTON, MASS – For the criminal legal system, pretrial detention is a form of assurance of court…
Los Angeles Judge Ignoring California Bail Law, Loyola Law Prof Charges in Complaint
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – The Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior…
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…
Guest Commentary: The Pretrial Pressure Cooker
By DC Content note: Names have been changed to protect the identities of people whose experiences are…
Policy Paper Suggests Bail Reform Has Only ‘Minimal’ Effect on Public Safety
By Leslie Acevedo and Perla Brito NEW YORK, NY – Bail reform is controversial, with some cities,…
Guest Commentary: SF Public Defender Opposes New Bail Policies Set Forth by DA
By Mano Raju Even before District Attorney Jenkins issued this policy, we’ve seen her office expand the…
Testimony by Victim Helps Convince Court Domestic Violence Accused Should Be Released to Treatment Program
By Stewart Lucas SAN FRANCISCO, CA – After testimony by the victim in a domestic violence case…
Commentary: A Clear Difference in the Contra Costa DA’s Race – Challenger Admits Would NOT Have Charged Convicted Officer with Murder
Diana Becton at the Contra Costa DA Forum By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Martinez, CA –…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 110: Humphrey Decision’s Impact on Bail and Pretrial Detention in SF and California
When the California Supreme Court ruled in March, in the Humphrey decision, that the judges are required…
Study Looks at How Cal Supreme Humphrey Bail Decision Has Been Implemented
By Vanguard Staff San Francisco, CA – When the California Supreme Court ruled in March in the…
Guest Commentary: Virtually No One Is Dangerous Enough to Justify Jail
A common sense cost-benefit analysis of pretrial detention. By Sandra Mayson and Megan Stevenson Every day, jails…
Report Out of UCLA Law School Paints a Dire Picture of Prolonged Detention in LA County Jail during COVID
By David M. Greenwald The crisis from the COVID-19 pandemic did not cause the overcrowded and dangerously…
Kansas Pretrial Task Force Report Makes Recommendations
By Lauren Smith KANSAS – Nationally, about two thirds of local incarcerated population have yet to be…
Confusion in Yolo County Court – Why Was Man in Custody?
By Susana Jurado WOODLAND – There was more than a little bit of confusion in this Yolo…
State Judicial Council Drops Bail to Zero for Most in Move to Blunt COVID-19
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Progressive reforms sought for decades – the dissolution…
Detained Woman’s Final Days Alive Captured by Facility Surveillance Footage
By Maxwell C. Myrhum A Seattle woman, after being detained, spent her final days “alone in a…
The Path to Liberation Does Not Go through Pretrial Punishment
By Vaidya Gullapalli On Monday, a caller to the Brian Lehrer Show expressed his discomfort with the…
New Data Suggests Risk Assessment Tools Have Little Impact on Pretrial Incarceration
Around one-third of counties in the United States use the tools when making release decisions, but few…
Cash Bail is Being Used as Ransom to Keep People Who Are Poor Behind Bars
In Canadian County, Oklahoma if you have the money, you get out of jail. If you are…
Mistakenly Jailed Pretrial, Mother Lost Her Job and Kids
By Andrea Woods and Jocelyn Rosnick On April 11, Hamilton County police in Cincinnati, Ohio arrested Ashley…
