A Visual Timeline of COVID-19 in CDCR’s San Quentin
By Nikki Suzani, Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag This visualization is created by the Covid In-Custody Project — an…
BSCC Gives CDCR $15m For Housing Newly-Released Individuals Due to COVID-19
(Dashboard updates daily – M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and…
California Assemblymember Advocates for Cell Phones in Prisons
By Kelsey Kitzke LOS ANGELES – California Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager, whose district covers parts of Los Angeles,…
San Francisco DA Looks to Resentence Incarcerated People under New State Law
Ten days ago, legislators and reformers gathered at San Quentin to call for Governor Newsom to release…
6 Individuals on San Quentin’s Death Row Died of Coronavirus, Shortage of Firefighters due to CDCR Quarantines
By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag California firefighting forces are still lacking in numbers after four…
Guest Commentary: Prisons Are Overwhelmed with COVID-19 – Why Aren’t Governors Doing More?
How governors respond to this pandemic will define their legacy. They all face a choice: save lives…
35 Prosecutors Call on Governors to Reduce Prison Populations to Limit COVID-19
On Friday, 35 elected prosecutors representing over 31 million people across the country issued an open letter…
This Week’s COVID-19 Timeline in State Prisons: 8,000 to be Released – Too Little, Too Late?
By Bella Mettag SAN FRANCISCO – As COVID-19 cases and death tolls continue to rise within state…
Legislators, Advocates and Criminal Justice Leaders Attempt to Pressure Governor to Respond to San Quentin COVID Crisis
With COVID cases at San Quentin soaring from none to over 1400 in just under a month,…
Open Letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom from Criminal Justice and Prison Scholars
More than a decade ago you showed courage, initiative, and deep commitment to human rights and dignity…
Letter: Recommendations for Reducing the Prison Population and Protecting People in California Prisons
by Mano Raju This is an immeasurably difficult time. With 2,419 incarcerated persons with active cases of…
My View: Is CDCR Executing Incarcerated People at San Quentin by COVID?
In March of 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom suspended the death penalty in California, arguing at the time,…
Guest Commentary: Tragedy of COVID-19 in Prisons Shows Need for Decarceration
By Scott Colom and Miriam Aroni Krinsky As countless Americans take to the streets in defense of…
Medical Expert Calls for Immediate Decarceration of San Quentin Prisoners
By Taric Mansour Incarcerated people in San Quentin are searching for answers, as overcrowding and poor operating…
SF Public Defender’s Office Mobilizing to Release People from San Quentin Amid Escalating COVID-19 Outbreak
Special To the Vanguard With 2,582 incarcerated persons with active cases of COVID-19 in California prisons…
San Quentin Cases Soaring at 344 Cases, Triggering Concern and Attention from Reformers
For much of the past week, the Vanguard through its Dashboard on CDCR COVID-19 cases has been…
Media Group Urges Newsom to Act as Inmates Face Increasing COVID Risk
By Matthew Keys A media advocacy group has sent a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom urging…
Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 8 – Marvin Mutch’s 41 Years at San Quentin
In 1974, in the small town of Union City, California, a 13-year-old girl was found, floating in…
