After 17 Years, Writer Imprisoned in New York Opines on ‘Second Look’ Laws for Incarcerated Like Him
NEW YORK, NY – In an Opinion piece published in The New York Times, Joseph Sanchez, an…
Amicus Brief Urges Federal Receiver for Rikers
Special to the Vanguard New York, NY – The New York City Bar Association and the Vera…
NYCLU Submits Brief Supporting Federal Receivership at Rikers Island
Special to the Vanguard New York, NY – On Friday, the New York Civil Liberties Union submitted…
New York City Faces Losing Control of Rikers Island as Jail Fails to Meet Improvement Benchmarks Agreed to in Consent Decree
By Julie McCaffrey NEW YORK CITY, NY – Rikers Island faced judicial scrutiny earlier this year when…
NY County Defenders Call Out Another Death at Rikers
Special to the Vanguard Stan Germán, Executive Director at the New York County Defender Services on Wednesday…
Death Rates on Rikers Island Raises Concerns about Incarcerated Prisoners, Particularly Black and Brown
By Daphne Ho NEW YORK, NY – “Even as the population of New York City jails declined…
Multiple Deaths of Incarcerated People in Rikers Island Jail Sparks Urgency to Decarcerate Pre-Trial Detainees
By Kritika Singh NEW YORK— As the Rikers Island Jail Complex in New York City reaches a…
New York Officials Demand District Attorneys Cease ‘Reckless’ Bail Practices as Rikers Crisis Escalates
By Gina Kim NEW YORK, NY – The past year, pretrial numbers on Rikers Island surged –…
Spikes in Crime During COVID Make It More Difficult for Police Reformers Nationwide
By Luke Kyaw and Nina Hall NEW YORK – It’s no secret that in 2020 the U.S….
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 100: Manhattan DA Candidate Tahanie Aboushi Talks Reform
Cy Vance announced he would not seek reelection after four terms as DA of NY. Whoever succeeds…
Guest Commentary: Community Supervision, Once Intended to Help Offenders, Contributes More to Mass Incarceration
Justice officials are recognizing that community supervision can be a tripwire that perpetuates incarceration based on crimeless…
VANGUARD’S COVID-19 & JAILS WEBINAR: Lawyers Paint Dark Picture of the ‘Virus’ and Jails from Coast to Coast
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Lawyers from New York to the San Francisco…
Progressive Prosecutor Candidates Discuss Decarceration and the Justice Reform amid COVID-19 Threats
Can the end result of the global pandemic threat of COVID-19 be a fairer and more equitable…
Philadelphia DA Urges Governor to Use Reprieve Powers to Curb the Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons
By Julietta Bisharyan PHILADELPHIA –– On Wednesday, District Attorney Larry Krasner called on Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf…
NY DA Candidate Criticizes Governor Cuomo’s Inaction Following First COVID-19 Death at Rikers Island
By Julietta Bisharyan NEW YORK CITY –– Manhattan District Attorney Candidate Janos Marton filed a Freedom of…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 57 – Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez
Eric Gonzalez was appointed the DA of Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, in 2016 after Ken Thompson,…
Brooklyn DA Discusses Rikers Island, Calls for Releases
The latest news out of New York is grim, but the situation on Rikers Island is grim…
NY Senate Corrections Chair Addresses Measures Taken to Protect Incarcerated People Amid COVID-19 Crisis
By Linh Nguyen NEW YORK– With over 100 positive cases of COVID-19 in prison facilities in New…
