A man accused of armed auto burglary has been held in San Francisco County Jail for over two years, awaiting trial, with his jury trial scheduled for July 14, 2025.
A judge in San Francisco Superior Court denied a request to release a man convicted of felony possession of stolen property, increased his level of supervision, and continued the hearing to July 3, 2025.
EASTHAMPTON, MASS – For the criminal legal system, pretrial detention is a form of assurance of court…
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – The Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior…
By Andrea Woods and Benjamin Lynde LaShawn Thompson died late last year while being detained pretrial in…
By DC Content note: Names have been changed to protect the identities of people whose experiences are…
By Leslie Acevedo and Perla Brito NEW YORK, NY – Bail reform is controversial, with some cities,…
By Mano Raju Even before District Attorney Jenkins issued this policy, we’ve seen her office expand the…
By Stewart Lucas SAN FRANCISCO, CA – After testimony by the victim in a domestic violence case…
Diana Becton at the Contra Costa DA Forum By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Martinez, CA –…
When the California Supreme Court ruled in March, in the Humphrey decision, that the judges are required…
By Vanguard Staff San Francisco, CA – When the California Supreme Court ruled in March in the…
A common sense cost-benefit analysis of pretrial detention. By Sandra Mayson and Megan Stevenson Every day, jails…
By David M. Greenwald The crisis from the COVID-19 pandemic did not cause the overcrowded and dangerously…
By Lauren Smith KANSAS – Nationally, about two thirds of local incarcerated population have yet to be…
By Susana Jurado WOODLAND – There was more than a little bit of confusion in this Yolo…
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Progressive reforms sought for decades – the dissolution…
By Maxwell C. Myrhum A Seattle woman, after being detained, spent her final days “alone in a…
By Vaidya Gullapalli On Monday, a caller to the Brian Lehrer Show expressed his discomfort with the…
Around one-third of counties in the United States use the tools when making release decisions, but few…