Mass incarceration is a costly and ineffective response to crime, and decarceration can help reduce the carceral system’s footprint and allow for investment in resources and services that improve health and safety.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Brendan Conroy re-sentenced a physically and mentally…
October 16, 2024 – I never imagined that a small act of giving—a $10 donation to Shriners…
DUBLIN, CA – Hundreds of San Francisco Bay Area residents gathered in the East Bay city of…
We live in a society where the outcry for both prison and justice reforms has reached a…
Looking in the mirror, I see a 39-year-old extrovert. My name is Dominick Jerome Porter, and today,…
PALESTINE, TX – Suzanne Johnson, an 80-year-old woman working at a daycare center in Southern California in…
WASHINGTON, DC – A 32-year-old Mexican national was extradited to the U.S. after her arrest in Mexico…
SACRAMENTO, CA – Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2025-26 Proposed Budget has ignited a heated debate over California’s spending…
MISSOURI — On September 24, 2024, at 6:10 p.m., Marcellus Williams was pronounced dead at a prison…
Do enough time in prison and you will develop a keen ability to detect the all-too-familiar stench…
OAKLAND, CA – Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Colette S. Peters announced last April the troubled Federal…
Advocates Recommend Eliminating Fees for Medical Care in Prisons and Jails and Ending the Collection of Carceral…
By Malik & Gale Washington, Destination Freedom Media Group Wellpath, the largest for-profit prison health care company…
SAN DIEGO, CA– Superior Court Judge Brad Weinreb Monday here in an evidentiary hearing in San Diego…
Rahsaan “New York” Thomas grew up in the notorious Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, where he…
By Connie Martinez DUBLIN, CA – Community members have been rallying for the incarcerated here to be…
By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX — Crystal Mason, a Black grandmother and mother of three, was…
By Malik Washington “I’m for truth no matter who tells it. I’m for justice no matter who…
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…