Guest Commentary: In-Custody Deaths Still Lacking Transparency and Accountability inside Santa Rita Jail and Beyond
(Where Does the BUCK Stop?) By Malik Washington, Destination Freedom Media Group Last year around this time,…
Epic All-Day Meeting as Sacramento County Debates Expanding Its Jail
By Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA – At yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting which lasted well into…
Letter: ACLU Opposes Sacramento Jail Expansion
Dear Members of the Board: The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California (“ACLU NorCal”) writes…
Guest Commentary: Does Sacramento Really Need a Bigger Jail?
by Mark Dempsey SACRAMENTO, CA – By my count, a proposal to expand the downtown County jail…
Taxpayers Pay $1.5 Million for Another Death at Sacramento County Jail – Activists Called Antonio Thomas Death an ‘In-Custody Murder’
By Crescenzo Vellucci Jr. Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The family of Antonio Thomas, who…
BREAKING: COVID-19 Spike Hits Sacramento Jails Hard; Ever-Reluctant Sheriff Admits Releasing Hundreds Early
By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Never willing to release incarcerated from the…
Activists Warn of Deadly COVID Outbreak at Sacramento Jail; Accuse Officials of Covering Up the Outbreak
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Activists gathered in front of the county government…
Sacramento Supervisors Vote 4-1 to Reject Jail Expansion; Decarcerate Activists Notch Big Win
By Jose Medina SACRAMENTO, CA – In a clear victory for Sacramento criminal justice reform activists,…
Guest Commentary: ‘Not Without A Fight’: An Open Letter to Sacramento County Residents
By Decarcerate Sacramento “Our Sacramento jails do not disappear social problems, they disappear mothers, fathers, neighbors, and…
Sacramento County Supes Surprisingly Postpone Vote on Initial $10 Million Jail Addition, Set Public Workshop
By Lisbeth Martinez and Jose Medina SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors last week rejected…
COVID-19 OUTBREAK: Sac County Jails Ordered by Superior Court to Release Detainees – But Only Handful, Not Nearly Enough, Charge Critics
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento County Superior Court judge here has…
Strip Search Deal Moves On, but Judge’s Calendar Stalls after Cop Evidence Proves Faulty
By Hannah Skepner SACRAMENTO – Only one case out of 19 originally set for Judge Helen Gweon’s…
Sacramento Jails Cover-up COVID-19 Data And Violate Public Information Doctrine
This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis…
Three Defendants Set to Stand Trial for Smuggling Methamphetamine Letters into Jail
By Dominique Kato SACRAMENTO – An alleged elaborate plot to smuggle drugs into a Sacramento County jail…
State Supreme Court Asked to Intervene on Behalf of Inmates in Sacramento County Jails
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento County Public Defender Office filed a…
Sacramento County Jails Stipulate to Requiring Masks for Guards, Inmates
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Sheriff’s Dept. deputies – THE VANGUARD…
‘Our Office Could be Decimated’ – 3 County Public Defenders Exposed to COVID-19 Positive Inmates; Other Court Staff Threatened
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – As first reported in THE VANGUARD early Wednesday,…
Sheriff ‘Lying’ about Sacramento Jail Conditions and COVID-19, Charge Inmates and Prisoner Advocates Sunday at ‘Die-In’
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – If comments here Sunday by medical professionals, community…
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…
Warned of COVID-19 Jail Threat, Sacramento Sheriff Rails Against Precautions Even As Inmates Get Sick
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones can’t say he…
