U.S. District Court Shocker: ICE Had No Plan to Deal with COVID-19 Outbreak at Mesa Verde Detention Center
By Kianna Anvari SAN FRANCISCO – The Mesa Verde ICE detention center—where more than half of detainees…
SF Public Defender Makes Public ‘CopWatch SF’ Database of Misconduct of SF Police and Sheriff Deputies
SAN FRANCISCO – Hundreds of public records about wrongdoings by law enforcement officers are now being made…
ICE Questioned in SF District Court over COVID-19 Outbreak at Mesa Verde Detention Center
By Layla Mustafa SAN FRANCISCO – Hearings began here this week in U.S. District Court to decide…
SF Board of Supervisors Urge Governor Newsom to Pardon Immigrant Rights Leader Facing Deportation
By Linh Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a resolution…
Press Conference Held to Discuss the San Quentin COVID-19 Outbreak, 26 Deaths to Date
By Dominique Kato After months of warning about the potential health consequences of COVID in prison, San…
Emails Reveal ICE’s Refusal to Test People in Their Care – Judge Orders ICE to Provide Testing
After ICE had failed to provide COVID testing to immigrant detainees, on Thursday, a federal judge granted…
SF Mayor London Breed Announces Young Defenders Internship Program
By Nick Gardner SAN FRANCISCO– San Francisco Mayor London Breed has teamed up with Public Defender Manu…
44 Years Later, Redd Comes Home – An Inside Account
By Ruby Wilks At age 63 and during a pandemic, Paul Redd begins to build his life…
ICE Confirms Medical Provider at Mesa Verde Detention Center Tests Positive for COVID-19
Earlier this month, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to lawyers challenging conditions of detention filed…
Major Court Win against ICE: Yuba County and Mesa Verde Detention Centers Population Cut in Half
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge – already not happy…
‘The Next Civil Rights Movement’ – San Francisco Public Defender Joins Offices around Nation
by Ruby Wilks and Henry Stiepleman SAN FRANCISCO – “I know this is the next Civil Rights…
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…
City Officials Unveiled ‘Jeff Adachi Way’ – New Street to Honor the Late San Francisco Public Defender
(From Press Release – Public Defender’s Office) – On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, Public Defender Mano Raju,…
Immigrant Representation in Court in Doubt as Move to Van Nuys Is Planned
Last week the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office put out a press release condemning a Trump Administration…
Immigration Courts Move Bay Area Immigration Cases from San Francisco to Southern California
San Francisco and Alameda County Public Defenders condemn DOJ decision to remove detention cases out of San…
Guest Commentary: SF’s Failed ‘War on Drugs’ Needs Innovation to Transform the Status Quo
by Hadi Razzaq San Francisco has historically responded to street-level drug activity in the same way: periodically…
Guest Commentary: SF’s Mental Health Crisis: Where There’s a Will, Preventative, Community-based Treatment Is the Way
by Danielle Harris – Our mental health crisis is not a tragedy waiting to happen, as some…
