The Warden, His Slaver Business Partner, and the Kidnapped Inmates: Revisiting San Quentin Prison’s Racist Beginnings
California’s racist carceral roots run deep. In his State of the State message delivered in 1851, California’s…
California’s racist carceral roots run deep. In his State of the State message delivered in 1851, California’s…
Since 1922, PEN America has stood at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free…
Image by Frank Schulenburg – Own work via Wikimedia Commons FRESNO, CA– Keith Doolin was convicted of…
California Deactivates 46 Housing Units at 15 Prisons: Activists Celebrate, Prisoners Cringe by Kelton P O’Connor On…
Rahsaan “New York” Thomas grew up in the notorious Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, where he…
By Ghostwrite Mike & The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – As a young Black man imprisoned in…
Note: This episode originally aired October 3, 2022 In 2022, the Vanguard honored Stephen Liebb with an…
On October 19, the Vanguard will Honor Phil Melendez for his work as a formerly incarcerated person. …
Scott Dyleski was sentenced to life without parole in September 2006 for the murder of Lafayette resident…
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…
By Jason Davis Randall Cash, 63, was arrested at age 25 and after a 7 years long…
By D. Razor Babb California is rethinking the purpose of prison, and has devoted $20 million toward…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Quentin – Governor Newsom, alongside state legislators, survivors of crime…
By Norman Williams Life without the possibility of parole laws should be repealed, due to the fact…
By Robert J. Hansen Almost two weeks ago, a California judge ordered the state of California and…
All three will be honored on October 13 in Sacramento. Tickets and sponsorships can be purchased online:…
Stephen Liebb spent 33 years behind bars for first degree murder. 19 of those years were spent…
On October 13, James King will receive a Vanguard Justice Award as a formerly incarcerated individual. James…
This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to report on the…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Fresno, CA – In November 2020, the Vanguard broke the story…