COURT WATCH: Judge Assumes $50,000 Bail Affordable for Mother, Acknowledging Charges Might Cost Accused Her Job
By Maeve Haggerty and Sarah Chayet MODESTO, CA – Judge Linda A. McFadden set bail at $50,000…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
ACLU: Outcry, Senate Betrays the Fourth Amendment and Passes Bill to Expand Warrantless Government Surveillance
Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – Late Friday evening, the Senate caved to pressure from U.S….
Anti Police-Terror Project Conducting ‘People’s Investigation’ of Oakland Police Department after Murder by Police in Sacramento
By: Maeve O’Brien OAKLAND/SACRAMENTO, CA – The Oakland Police Department (OPD) is the target of a “People’s…
Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Expands Reentry Pathways for Newly-Released People Looking for Quality Careers
By Kaylynn Chang NEW YORK, NY — The Center of Employment Opportunities revealed this week it is…
U.S. Senate Hearing, ACLU Focus on Solitary Confinement and Terrible Effects on Incarcerated People
By Ebenezer Mamo WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on “Legacy of Harm:…
Guest Commentary: The Hidden Deaths in American Jails – Secrecy around Jail Deaths Makes Everyone Less Safe
By Sam McCann Last fall, two Pennsylvania journalists uncovered the deaths of at least 25 people statewide…
Prison Policy Initiative Provides Updates on Excessive Jailing – Statistics Find Little Progress
By Melinda Kukaj EASTHAMPTON, MASS – Prison Policy Initiative this week provided updates on new data…
Florida’s Court of Appeals Urged to Block Regressive Housing Law Discriminatory toward Chinese Immigrants
By Helen Shamamyan and Rajesvi Deora MIAMI, FL – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a…
Report: Homicide Rates at All-time Low in U.S. Cities Compared to Pre-Epidemic Increases
By Roxy Benson NEW YORK, NY – Major U.S. cities are seeing rapid decreases in homicides, coming…
Three Officers Charged in Alameda for a 2021 In-Custody Death
Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – At a press conference on Thursday, DA Pamela Price announced…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The Fight for Abolition and Racial Justice
by Jamel Walker Whenever you conceptualize social justice struggles, you will always defeat your own purposes if…
Criminal Justice Leaders Ask Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to Affirm Order Blocking Texas Proposed Drag BanBy Praniti Gulyani
By Praniti Gulyani AUSTIN, TX— A report, entitled “Drag: As American as Apple Pie,” released by the…
Abolish Slavery National Network Uses Emancipation Day as Platform to Urge Total Abolition of Slavery in the United States
By Sofia Hosseinzadeh WASHINGTON, DC – The Abolish Slavery National Network (ASNN) held a rally and press…
Report: Homicide Rates at All-Time Low in U.S. Cities Compared to Pre-Epidemic Increases
By Roxy Benson NEW YORK, NY – Major U.S. cities are seeing rapid decreases in homicides, coming…
Is the Recall Effort of Pamela Price another Black Mark against Reform? Vanguard Interview with Color of Change PAC
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In the wake of the news that the recall effort of…
Bay Area District Attorneys Respond to Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Area Gaza Protests
By Bergen Greenley SAN FRANCISCO, CA – There were dozens of arrests April 15 in connection to…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Modern Day Slavery
by Johnny Guerrero When people think of a marginalized community they rarely think of incarcerated humans. Many…
Indigenous Leaders Call for Compassionate Release of Leonard Peltier
By Shaolien Chen-Graf, Audrey Sawyer RAPID CITY, SD – NDN Collective and Native Organizers Alliance are advocating…
Reform Groups Respond to the Likely Qualification of Recall against Alameda District Attorney
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – On Monday, the Alameda County Registrar of Voters…
Key CA Senate Committee Kills Measure Aimed at Homeless – Creating Crime for Sitting, Sleeping or Camping
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday defeated a measure that would make…