Vanguard Incarcerated Press

by Fausto Minor Sent to prison at the youthful age of 17, I came with a belief…

By Robert Turcios In order to be considered a criminal in Los Angeles a person has to…

By Joan Parkin The success of Governor Newsom’s plans to reform San Quentin into the California Model…

by Christopher DeHuff At my first Parole Board hearing in August 2017, the subject of my involvement…

By Walter J Lewis Within the CDCR, Life-Term inmates are the only prisoners denied custody levels that…

by Joan Parkin Aminah and Daniela are two of my most successful students. Crucial to their success…

By James Kor NOTE: On July 5,2023 the following was recorded as a two-minute statement to be…

By Richard Sharp My name is Richard Sharp I am an inmate in Stateville Correctional Center, located…

by Jiles Wallace Three twelve-year-old boys are hanging out in the parking lot of an apartment complex….

by Robert Von Villas I offer the below memory of an incident that occurred in Vietnam, not…

by Nick Bone When I was a kid growing up in the North Missouri hill country we…

By Arnold Joyner It’s our 247th birthday and we’ve had parties and parades; some even reenacted our…

by Lorenzo Flores “Knowledge is power” is a well-known phrase. Knowledge will incarcerate, but knowledge will also…

By D. Razor Babb Senate Bill 474 by state Senator Josh Becker (D – Peninsula area) seeks…

by Nathan When I decided to write this piece, I did not appreciate how touchy a subject…

by Jesse Janto Early release for positive programming in prison, probably not! In November of 2016, Governor…

by G. Rodríguez I sit here on this cold metal bunk, inside my concrete coffin, reminiscing on…