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Vera Institute Launches Data Pub on Incarceration in California

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: March 19, 2023
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Vera Institute Launches Data Pub on Incarceration in California

By Leslie Acevedo LOS ANGELES, CA: The Vera Institute of Justice launched a new data pub providing compre ...

By Leslie Acevedo LOS ANGELES, CA: The Vera Institute of Justice launched a new data pub providing comprehensive information on mass incarceration in California this week. From 23 different sources, “ ...

March 19, 2023
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Reform Efforts Implemented by States to Address Family Separation Due to Incarceration

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: March 04, 2023
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Reform Efforts Implemented by States to Address Family Separation Due to Incarceration

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong EASTHAMPTON, MA - Writing for the Prison Policy Initiative, Emma Williams, a consu ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong EASTHAMPTON, MA - Writing for the Prison Policy Initiative, Emma Williams, a consultant at the organization, examined the adverse impacts of incarceration on the family unit and ...

March 04, 2023
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Report Details Geographical Inner Workings of Mass Incarceration Rates

Posted by Ramneet Singh
|Date: January 30, 2023
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Report Details Geographical Inner Workings of Mass Incarceration Rates

By Emily Saroyan and Ramneet Singh NORTHAMPTON, MA - In a recent report, Emily Widra of the Prison Policy ...

By Emily Saroyan and Ramneet Singh NORTHAMPTON, MA - In a recent report, Emily Widra of the Prison Policy Initiative explained how its data details the origin of prison populations, the wide ranging i ...

January 30, 2023
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California Incarceration Rate Only Topped by U.S. Figures – Dwarfs European Nations

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: December 15, 2022
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California Incarceration Rate Only Topped by U.S. Figures – Dwarfs European Nations

By Audrey Sawyer EASTHAMPTON, MASS – A larger percentage of individuals are locked up in California than ...

By Audrey Sawyer EASTHAMPTON, MASS – A larger percentage of individuals are locked up in California than almost any other existing democracy, according to the Prison Policy Initiative, which opposed u ...

December 15, 2022
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Four States Vote in 2022 Midterm Elections to End Slavery

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 18, 2022
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Four States Vote in 2022 Midterm Elections to End Slavery

By Laurel Spear BATON ROUGE, LA — On Tuesday, Nov. 8, voters in five states—Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, T ...

By Laurel Spear BATON ROUGE, LA — On Tuesday, Nov. 8, voters in five states—Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont—voted on ballot measures that would amend their state constitutions to pr ...

November 18, 2022
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Santa Rita Jail Continues to Face Allegations Regarding Mistreatment, Security, and Health Concerns

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 10, 2022
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Santa Rita Jail Continues to Face Allegations Regarding Mistreatment, Security, and Health Concerns

By Ceray Seaton DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA — A number of lawsuits have been filed against Alameda County’s Santa ...

By Ceray Seaton DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA — A number of lawsuits have been filed against Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail concerning the rumored mistreatment of incarcerated people and the facility’s inabili ...

November 10, 2022
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Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 24, 2022
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Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free

By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, making phon ...

By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free. Under this legislation, incarcerated people and the peopl ...

October 24, 2022
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Courts Must Consider ‘Alternatives’ to Incarceration Under New CA Legislation

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 24, 2022
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Courts Must Consider ‘Alternatives’ to Incarceration Under New CA Legislation

By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO – Courts must consider alternatives to incarceration under legislation a ...

By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO – Courts must consider alternatives to incarceration under legislation approved by the CA Legislature this week. But, “Judges will retain full judicial discretion as t ...

August 24, 2022
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COVID Pandemic Targeted Incarceration Centers

Posted by Mathew Seibert
|Date: May 03, 2022
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COVID Pandemic Targeted Incarceration Centers

By Mathew Seibert LOS ANGELES, CA – When the COVID-19 virus infected enough people to be considered a pan ...

By Mathew Seibert LOS ANGELES, CA – When the COVID-19 virus infected enough people to be considered a pandemic in 2020, more than one of every 100 working-age Americans were locked up in jail or priso ...

May 03, 2022
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Hunger Strike at Santa Rita Jail after Dec. 2021 Increases in Commissary Prices

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: April 07, 2022
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Hunger Strike at Santa Rita Jail after Dec. 2021 Increases in Commissary Prices

By Patty Yao DUBLIN, CA — Since Jan. 7, 2022, incarcerated people in Santa Rita Jail have b ...

By Patty Yao DUBLIN, CA — Since Jan. 7, 2022, incarcerated people in Santa Rita Jail have been conducting a hunger strike in protest of increases in commissary prices, which range from 2 ...

April 07, 2022
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After 331 Days, Man Gets ‘Day’ in Court – Jury Acquits Him, Public Defender Urges SF Court to Open Up More Courtrooms

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 31, 2022
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After 331 Days, Man Gets ‘Day’ in Court – Jury Acquits Him, Public Defender Urges SF Court to Open Up More Courtrooms

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A man incarcerated in a county jail for 331 days was found not ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A man incarcerated in a county jail for 331 days was found not guilty of a felony assault charge by a jury here in San Francisco County Superior Court this we ...

March 31, 2022
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California Assembly Introduces New Bills Tackling Housing Insecurity for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 27, 2022
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California Assembly Introduces New Bills Tackling Housing Insecurity for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

By Patty Yao Picture by Ben D'Alessio CALIFORNIA - On Feb. 7th, 2022, California Assembly Members ...

By Patty Yao Picture by Ben D'Alessio CALIFORNIA - On Feb. 7th, 2022, California Assembly Members Bryan (D-54) and Kalra (D-27) introduced AB 1816, which would require the Department of Housing ...

March 27, 2022
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Manhattan D.A. Bragg Makes ‘Pathways to Public Safety’ Division as Alternative to Incarceration

Posted by Catherine Hamilton
|Date: March 10, 2022
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Manhattan D.A. Bragg Makes ‘Pathways to Public Safety’ Division as Alternative to Incarceration

By Catherine Hamilton, Catherine Potente and Srimathi Kannan MANHATTAN, NY – District Attorney Alvin Brag ...

By Catherine Hamilton, Catherine Potente and Srimathi Kannan MANHATTAN, NY – District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr.—who’s had some rocky times since he took officer Jan. 1—announced this week the Manhatta ...

March 10, 2022
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Formerly Incarcerated: Lockdowns Not Most Productive Way to Contend with Unrest in Federal Prisons

Posted by Matthew Torres
|Date: February 13, 2022
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Formerly Incarcerated: Lockdowns Not Most Productive Way to Contend with Unrest in Federal Prisons

By Matthew Torres and Alexander Ramirez WASHINGTON DC – In the midst of a recent nationwide lockdown of a ...

By Matthew Torres and Alexander Ramirez WASHINGTON DC – In the midst of a recent nationwide lockdown of all 122 federal prisons in the U.S., one D.C. resident is using his experience as an incarcerate ...

February 13, 2022
| by Matthew Torres

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Activists Organize to Put California’s Controversial Three Strikes Law Up to Bat in 2022 Elections

Posted by Kritika Singh
|Date: December 08, 2021
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Activists Organize to Put California’s Controversial Three Strikes Law Up to Bat in 2022 Elections

By Kritika Singh CALIFORNIA— With California’s 2022 elections quickly approaching, activists across the s ...

By Kritika Singh CALIFORNIA— With California’s 2022 elections quickly approaching, activists across the state are beginning efforts to get a measure on the ballot that would repeal California’s Three ...

December 08, 2021
| by Kritika Singh

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Guest Commentary: Incarceration is a Vicious Cycle

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 04, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Incarceration is a Vicious Cycle

Generation after generation are experiencing the efficiency of the prison system By Eric Finley “Where’s ...

Generation after generation are experiencing the efficiency of the prison system By Eric Finley “Where’s my Daddy?” “He‘s gone to prison.” These words are a precursor to the destruction of yet another ...

December 04, 2021
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Frustration Over Medical, Communication Issues in Court – Serious Dental Problems and ‘Empty Promises’

Posted by Angelina Sang
|Date: November 21, 2021
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Frustration Over Medical, Communication Issues in Court – Serious Dental Problems and ‘Empty Promises’

By Angelina Sang SANTA BARBARA, CA - Judge Brian E. Hill oversaw two cases here in Santa Barbara County S ...

By Angelina Sang SANTA BARBARA, CA - Judge Brian E. Hill oversaw two cases here in Santa Barbara County Superior Court this week in which those accused struggled to receive accommodations for medical ...

November 21, 2021
| by Angelina Sang

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Social Organizations Across California Join Forces in REPAC To Help Formerly Incarcerated People Re Enter Society

Posted by Elizabeth Nguyen
|Date: November 10, 2021
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Social Organizations Across California Join Forces in REPAC To Help Formerly Incarcerated People Re Enter Society

By Elizabeth Nguyen SACRAMENTO, CA— Being the most populous state in the country, California also has the ...

By Elizabeth Nguyen SACRAMENTO, CA— Being the most populous state in the country, California also has the second largest prison population with a number hovering around 122,417 people incarcerated. Th ...

November 10, 2021
| by Elizabeth Nguyen

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What Happens When You’re One of the 46,000 to 230,000 Wrongfully Convicted of a Crime?

Posted by Jacqueline Nguyen
|Date: November 09, 2021
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What Happens When You’re One of the 46,000 to 230,000 Wrongfully Convicted of a Crime?

By Jacqueline Nguyen UNITED STATES— Of all individuals convicted of a crime in the U.S., according to the ...

By Jacqueline Nguyen UNITED STATES— Of all individuals convicted of a crime in the U.S., according to the Chicago Tribune, between 2-10 percent of the convicts are innocent. Countless innocent individ ...

November 09, 2021
| by Jacqueline Nguyen

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Security Footage and Its Usefulness Takes Center Stage in Folsom Prison Stabbing Trial

Posted by Anna Moseidjord
|Date: October 12, 2021
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Security Footage and Its Usefulness Takes Center Stage in Folsom Prison Stabbing Trial

By Anna Kristina Moseidjord SACRAMENTO, CA – A criminal trial involving a Folsom State Prison inmate stab ...

By Anna Kristina Moseidjord SACRAMENTO, CA – A criminal trial involving a Folsom State Prison inmate stabbing reconvened in Sacramento Superior Court last week for those accused of cornering a fellow ...

October 12, 2021
| by Anna Moseidjord

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League of Cities Opposes Extension of SB 35

Gun Test in Stankewitz Case Shows Gun in Evidence Is Not the Murder Weapon

Guest Commentary: Transforming N Street Park

Guest Commentary: Biden’s rebuke of a bold, reform-minded crime law makes Americans less safe

Georgetown Law Creates the Center on Gender Justice & Opportunity

Psychedelics Decriminalization Bill Passes California Senate Public Safety Committee

Ethics Complaints Filed against NY Prosecutors for Alleged Discrimination against Potential Jurors

CNN REPORT: Red States Seek Control over Blue Cities, Progressive Prosecutors

Romero Motion (Strike Struck) Granted, Allows Man to Avoid Prison if Probation Followed

Defense Cites Lack of Criminal History to Prevent Bail Increase – Judge Sides with Prosecution, Increases Bail to $200,000 – Cites ‘Witness Threats’

Vera Institute Launches Data Pub on Incarceration in California

Vera Institute Launches Data Pub on Incarceration in California

Reform Efforts Implemented by States to Address Family Separation Due to Incarceration

Reform Efforts Implemented by States to Address Family Separation Due to Incarceration

Report Details Geographical Inner Workings of Mass Incarceration Rates

Report Details Geographical Inner Workings of Mass Incarceration Rates

California Incarceration Rate Only Topped by U.S. Figures – Dwarfs European Nations

California Incarceration Rate Only Topped by U.S. Figures – Dwarfs European Nations

Four States Vote in 2022 Midterm Elections to End Slavery

Four States Vote in 2022 Midterm Elections to End Slavery

COVID Pandemic Targeted Incarceration Centers

COVID Pandemic Targeted Incarceration Centers

After 331 Days, Man Gets ‘Day’ in Court – Jury Acquits Him, Public Defender Urges SF Court to Open Up More Courtrooms

After 331 Days, Man Gets ‘Day’ in Court – Jury Acquits Him, Public Defender Urges SF Court to Open Up More Courtrooms

Manhattan D.A. Bragg Makes ‘Pathways to Public Safety’ Division as Alternative to Incarceration

Manhattan D.A. Bragg Makes ‘Pathways to Public Safety’ Division as Alternative to Incarceration

Formerly Incarcerated: Lockdowns Not Most Productive Way to Contend with Unrest in Federal Prisons

Formerly Incarcerated: Lockdowns Not Most Productive Way to Contend with Unrest in Federal Prisons

Activists Organize to Put California’s Controversial Three Strikes Law Up to Bat in 2022 Elections

Activists Organize to Put California’s Controversial Three Strikes Law Up to Bat in 2022 Elections

Guest Commentary: Incarceration is a Vicious Cycle

Guest Commentary: Incarceration is a Vicious Cycle

Frustration Over Medical, Communication Issues in Court – Serious Dental Problems and ‘Empty Promises’

Frustration Over Medical, Communication Issues in Court – Serious Dental Problems and ‘Empty Promises’

Social Organizations Across California Join Forces in REPAC To Help Formerly Incarcerated People Re Enter Society

Social Organizations Across California Join Forces in REPAC To Help Formerly Incarcerated People Re Enter Society

What Happens When You’re One of the 46,000 to 230,000 Wrongfully Convicted of a Crime?

What Happens When You’re One of the 46,000 to 230,000 Wrongfully Convicted of a Crime?

Security Footage and Its Usefulness Takes Center Stage in Folsom Prison Stabbing Trial

Security Footage and Its Usefulness Takes Center Stage in Folsom Prison Stabbing Trial

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