Keeping Tally: Imprisoned Citizen Journalist Ruminations on the Impact of the Arts and Humanities within the Carceral State
Be it handball, cards, or dominoes, “keeping tally” is one of those everyday prison parlance references you’ll…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
Sacramento County Taxpayers Cough Up $217,000 after Deputy Attacks Man
Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – A Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy who kicked and hit a…
ACLU Takes ‘Big Breath of Relief’ As California Legislature Rejects Facial Recognition Bill
By Andrea Bernal SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Legislature’s recent rejection of Assembly Bill 1814 that “would…
Guest Commentary: Our Children Deserve Better
By Elena D. Riveria On September 5, 2024, at the “Rally for Action to Protect Children and…
UC Santa Cruz Sued for Unlawful Campus Bans and Response to Student-Led Anti-War Protests
SANTA CRUZ, CA – The ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the Center for Protest Law & Litigation,…
Elk Grove Resident Charged by DOJ as Leader of ‘Transnational’ White Supremacist Group Targeting Black, Jewish, Immigrant, LGBT, ‘Race Traitors’
Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief ELK GROVE, CA – The U.S. Dept. of Justice Monday announced the charging…
Student’s Vanguard: The Wallowing Whims of a Window Seat
There is something immensely intriguing about the window seat. Logistically, it enables an individual to stay away…
Formerly Incarcerated Women Share Their Experience of Sexual Assault and Retaliation at FCI-Dublin
Decades of allegations of sexual abuse at the women’s prison at FCI-Dublin led to the stunning decision…
Defense Attorney Questions ID Tactics of UC Davis Police after Arrest of Man for Allegedly Grabbing Woman in Arboretum Area
Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief DAVIS, CA – The defense attorney for a man accused of assaulting and…
Last of 8 Former FCI Dublin Correctional Officers Charged with Sexual Abuse
DUBLIN, CA — Darrell Wayne Smith, former correctional officer at the now-closed federal Dublin women’s prison in…
Report: Automated Traffic Enforcement Systems Target Drivers of Color
WASHINGTON, DC – In an op-ed published by News One, a social justice focused news organization, the…
Family Files Suit after Santa Rita Jail Places Violent Sex Offender into a Mentally Ill Man’s Cell Leading to His Murder
Dublin, CA – Attorney Adante Pointer, of Oakland-based Pointer & Buelna, Lawyers For The People, announced last…
California Governor Charges November Ballot’s Prop. 36 ‘About Mass Incarceration, Not Mass Treatment’
Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – If Prop. 36 is approved by California voters in November,…
California Prop 6 Campaign Aims to End Forced Labor in State Prisons
SACRAMENTO, CA – Proposition 6 in California aims to abolish involuntary servitude in state prisons, according to…
Sacramento County Attorneys Agree to Temporary Strike Break – Association Files Unfair Labor Practice Complaint against County
Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The now nine-day strike by Sacramento County attorneys – including…
New Research Links Medical Copays to Reduced Healthcare Access in Prisons
By Kapish Kalita EASTHAMPTON, MASS – Healthcare for the incarcerated is limited because of copays and other…
CA Legislative Black Caucus Blocks Reparations Proposals – Reparations Task Force Leader Calls Action ‘Unconscionable,’ ‘Complete Betrayal’
By Andrea Bernal SACRAMENTO, CA – The leader of California’s Reparations Task Force has criticized California’s Legislative…
Guest Commentary: The Supreme Court Case on Trans Health Care, Explained
By Gillian Branstetter The court will soon hear a landmark legal challenge brought by the ACLU against…
U.S. Justice Department Launches Investigation into 2 California Women’s Prisons Amid Allegations of Staff Sexual Abuse
By Davynn Isabella Benavides and Lily Rusk WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Justice announced it…
New York Times: It Is Election Season, and Why Is No One Talking about the Death Penalty?
NEW YORK, NY – The New York Times Editorial Board is questioning the necessity of the death…