VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The Uncaged Writer By D. Razor Babb, ‘Perspectives from the Cellblock’
Early 2019, nearly a year before anyone had even heard of a Covid pandemic, Dr. Joan Parkin…
Vanguard Incarcerated Press: It’s a Wonderful Life (Sentence) – A George Bailey Moment during a Secretary of Corrections Visit
Every Christmas, network TV airs the black-and-white classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” with Jimmy Stewart. There is…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: It’s Something in the Water
Greetings, comrades and convicts around the world! I’m from Tennessee, and I want to thank the Vanguard…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
The kidnapping, imprisonment, and attempted deportation of human rights activist Mahmoud Khalil by DHS agents under the…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Dear God
Dear God, are you as surprised as I am that I am sitting in a jail cell…
VANGUARD INCARCERATE PRESS: Used for Hands-On Training
“So, Mr. Clardy, today we’ll be doing a quick biopsy,” says the young resident as he enters…
Vanguard Incarcerated Press: Feb/March Digital Issue
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VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Transitions from Death Row, Part 2
On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, I finally left San Quentin State Prison, finally left East Block, and…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Desistance in Aging Out of Crime and the Re-Interpretation of Life
The incarcerated population that shows the lowest potential for recidivism are seniors and LWOPs who have “aged…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Confronting Ourselves – A VIP Commentary
I received your June/July 2024 publication. Thank you. Vanguard is new to me, and I was excited…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: A Glimpse of Independence
It was about 9:30 PM, on the 4th of July, when I decided to look outside my…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Forgotten Veterans
November 11 is Veteran’s Day, a federal holiday recognizing the service and sacrifice of our military men…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Abolitionist’s Notebook – CSP-Sac, a Spice Zombie’s Graveyard
On April 12, 2024, at California State Prison, Sacramento (CSP-Sac), Christopher Leong died at the hands of…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Hoe Squad – Cruel and Unusual Punishment
The Arkansas Department of Corrections, like many other prisons, utilizes forced slave labor to accomplish most of…
Vanguard Incarcerated Press: ‘An Educational Movement’
In August 2022, in the visiting room of High Desert State Prison A-Yard, I proudly accepted my…
Vanguard Incarcerated Press – November-December
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VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Rehabilitation in the Shadows of Extreme Sentencing
In the 1700s, punishment in Europe was both brutal and public. Michel Foucault illustrates this history in…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Each One Teach One
Three months after my eighteenth birthday, I was arrested for a gang-related murder. After reviewing my extensive…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: I Met a Squirrel – An Interview with Myself
It is an unseasonably hot day in late January when I arrive at the Correctional Training Facility’s…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The Powers That Be, Be Crazy
Doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result is insanity, and, in California,…