Vanguard Exclusive: Incarcerated People Describe Current Conditions, Lack of Health Care in Prisons and Jails
The Vanguard spoke on Wednesday to an incarcerated person located at Corcoran State Prison, a maximum security…
Bipartisan Coalition Calls on President Trump to Commute Federal Prison Sentences for Populations Most Vulnerable to Coronavirus
(The following is a letter from a group of criminal justice reform groups seeking the President to…
Strides for Mental Health Reform for Incarceration Population
By Julietta Bisharyan With mentally ill inmates now making up 20% of the prison populations and with…
Reconsidering Who Is Kept In Prison: Considering Second Look Legislation
By Danielle Silva The Justice Collaborative hosted a webinar on Second Look Legislation, methods that offer alternatives…
Poor Prison Health Care System Turns a Prison Term into a Death Sentence
By David Fathi Walter Jordan tried to tell the world he was dying in prison in Arizona…
Latino Youth 65% More Likely than Whites to be Incarcerated
A new fact sheet from The Sentencing Project highlights the persistence of incarceration disparities among youth of…
Sunday Commentary: Would Kirk-Coehlo Have Received Prison Time if She Were Black?
Our discussion of the Lauren Kirk-Coehlo matter brought up an interesting issue that has generated some considerable…
Racial Disparities in Student Arrests Is an Epidemic
By Sarah Hinger Black students make up 15.5 percent of school enrollment nationwide but a staggering 33.4…
Eye on the Courts: Early Returns on Prop. 47
Last week I had a few opportunities to go into the courts here in Yolo County and…