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…