VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Forever Prisoner
by Fred Munch The superior courts in California hand out life sentences like candy at Halloween. In…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: What Are We Paying For?
By Jamel Walker I had an interesting conversation the other day with a teacher. I wondered whether…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Judge the Cheating
By Prisoner 34 Countless people have been wrongfully convicted of crime in America’s increasingly unreliable, unfair criminal…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Three Reasons Why We Grow Plants in Prison
By Sean Neal It was almost 6 a.m. when I awoke to keys jingling in the door…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The Sentencing Project
The Sentencing Project is a national organization that advocates for effective and humane responses to crime, seeking…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The Death Penalty – Deterrent or Inhumane?
By Jamel Walker Communication 321: Interpersonal Communication One of the more controversial aspects of the US justice…
Commentary: Death Row Roach
By Jason Davis Randall Cash, 63, was arrested at age 25 and after a 7 years long…
Commentary: Mistaken ID Impetus
By John L. Orr After my booking and intake procedures at L.A. County Jail in January 1995,…
The Corruption of the Virginia Judicial System
Account of Akili Abdullah The judicial system in Virginia is so crooked and flawed you literally have…
Commentary: It’s Time to Kill the Death Penalty
By Stanley Howard I’m going to start by screaming the silent part out loud—THE FACT THAT WE…
Commentary: Justice Is Blind…Deaf and Dumb
By El Presynt It’s almost cliché to hear how blind Justice is, but I’m of the negative…
California Adopts the Scandinavian Prison Model
By D. Razor Babb California is rethinking the purpose of prison, and has devoted $20 million toward…
Commentary: No One Should Go Through These Things
By David C This serves as a report of an incident that I witnessed on December 29,…
Commentary: The Eagle and Home
By F. Orlando Wells I looked up as I drove north on Interstate 5 heading for Washington…
Commentary: A Shiny Half Measure
By David Harris Here in Illinois, where I’m incarcerated, there is a lot of political outcry over…
Commentary: Active ‘Procedural Error’ on Adjudicating Juvenile Offender Parole
By Ralph Taylor In 2020, juvenile offender parole VA Code 53.1-165.1 and 53.1-154 were amended to Virginia…
Commentary: My Life Outside
By Holly Davidson My life outside, before prison, was a sad routine of struggle. Every waking moment…
Building a Foundation in the Humanities
By Brian Warner Self-help correspondence courses such as those offered by PREP, Partnership for Re-Entry Program, are…
Commentary: How I Survived in Prison
By La Shante Ervin How I survived in prison is a big question. I first entered the…
Commentary: Why Are Cops Killing Black Men
by Stanley Howard HERE WE GO AGAIN! Another Black person (this time it’s Tyre Nichols in Memphis)…
