Guest Commentary: The Legacy of Black August at San Quentin Prison
This month I am enduring my annual, solo, sojourn of self-sacrifice to not eat meat or drink…
VANGUARD INVESTIGATION: THE STORY OF KEITH DOOLIN – ‘FACTUALLY INNOCENT MAN BEHIND BARS SINCE 10/18/95’
Image by Frank Schulenburg – Own work via Wikimedia Commons FRESNO, CA– Keith Doolin was convicted of…
Community Advocates Stand in Solidarity with District Attorney Pamela Price’s Decision Not to Charge Children as Adults
By Madison Whittemore OAKLAND, CA – Dozens of community advocates stood on the steps of the René…
Justice Reform Groups Praise California Lawmakers for Rejecting Governor’s $360.6 Million Plan to Expand/Reorganize San Quentin State Prison
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate and Assembly Thursday—in what criminal justice…
California Prison Agency ‘Discriminates’ in ‘Efforts to Assist ICE,’ Charges Lawsuit
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) “unlawfully…
Newsom Announces Transformation of San Quentin Prison into Rehabilitation Facility
Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Laurel Spear SAN QUENTIN, CA— California Governor…
California Department of Corrections Requests Making Condemned Inmate Transfer Program Permanent
By Ivan Villegas SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) this week said…
Q&A: San Quentin Chief Physician Discusses COVID Outbreak, Public Health
Alison Pachynski sees the California prison as a “phoenix rising from the ashes” By Joe Garcia Dr….
