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Authors Argue the Importance of Education in the Prison System

Posted by Delilah Hammons
|Date: April 13, 2022
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Authors Argue the Importance of Education in the Prison System

By Delilah Hammons MADISON, WI – The Progressive Magazine published a story in April by Christopher Black ...

By Delilah Hammons MADISON, WI – The Progressive Magazine published a story in April by Christopher Blackwell and Nick Hacheney that focused on education in prison, entitled “When You Learn, You Don’t ...

April 13, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Link Between Homelessness and Incarceration Shows Us a New Problem with the Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 24, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Link Between Homelessness and Incarceration Shows Us a New Problem with the Housing Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor How much is the cost of housing driving problems like homelessness ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor How much is the cost of housing driving problems like homelessness, recidivism, and ultimately the cycle of crime? An editorial this week in the LA Times illust ...

January 24, 2022
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In Response to Wild COVID Outbreak, Jail Critics Demand Half of Incarcerated in Sacramento Jails Be Released because ‘Lives Depend on It’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 19, 2022
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In Response to Wild COVID Outbreak, Jail Critics Demand Half of Incarcerated in Sacramento Jails Be Released because ‘Lives Depend on It’

By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Dept. ...

By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Dept. decision to release several hundred incarcerated from its two jails last week because of the re ...

January 19, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Honoring Those Who Died from COVID

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 15, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Honoring Those Who Died from COVID

California prison mourns the loss of 28 incarcerated people from COVID-19 By Joe Garcia On a clear, crisp ...

California prison mourns the loss of 28 incarcerated people from COVID-19 By Joe Garcia On a clear, crisp November morning, two dozen prisoners and outside guests walked a silent lap in the main yard ...

January 15, 2022
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Court Orders Body Cameras Worn in Five Prisons

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|Date: January 10, 2022
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Court Orders Body Cameras Worn in Five Prisons

By Angie D. Gordon In the coming years, perhaps months, officer-worn body cameras will likely become the ...

By Angie D. Gordon In the coming years, perhaps months, officer-worn body cameras will likely become the norm throughout the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Significant ...

January 10, 2022
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Guest Commentary: As Omicron Surges, People in Jail and Detention are More Vulnerable Than Ever

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 26, 2021
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Guest Commentary: As Omicron Surges, People in Jail and Detention are More Vulnerable Than Ever

The situation is dire, but you can take action in your own community to help protect incarcerated people. ...

The situation is dire, but you can take action in your own community to help protect incarcerated people. By Nancy Rosenbloom and Kyle Virgien Twenty-one months into the pandemic, many people outside ...

December 26, 2021
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A Tooth for a Tooth: The Effects of Poor Dental Care in California State Prisons

Posted by Kritika Singh
|Date: November 02, 2021
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A Tooth for a Tooth: The Effects of Poor Dental Care in California State Prisons

By Kritika Singh BERKELEY — $10,000—this is the amount of money that Daniela Medina had to pay to repair ...

By Kritika Singh BERKELEY — $10,000—this is the amount of money that Daniela Medina had to pay to repair years of inadequate dental treatment that she received while incarcerated. For Medina, a UC Be ...

November 02, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Black Lives Matter in Prison, Too

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 31, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Black Lives Matter in Prison, Too

By E.D.H. The George Floyd protests shone a spotlight on racial disparities in the criminal justice syste ...

By E.D.H. The George Floyd protests shone a spotlight on racial disparities in the criminal justice system as calls rang out across the nation for police reform. While I wholeheartedly support these e ...

August 31, 2021
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Guest Commentary: We Need Better Mental Health Services in Prison

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2021
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Guest Commentary: We Need Better Mental Health Services in Prison

By Jamar Glenn My name is Jamar Glenn, a 40-year-old father, son, sibling and activist in my community. I ...

By Jamar Glenn My name is Jamar Glenn, a 40-year-old father, son, sibling and activist in my community. I was incarcerated at 16 years old, and I served an 18½-year sentence for second degree murder. ...

August 30, 2021
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Guest Commentary: What LWOP Means to Someone Incarcerated

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 03, 2021
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Guest Commentary: What LWOP Means to Someone Incarcerated

By Michael Reed Dorrough Please forgive me for any inconvenience that my writing may cause. I am writing ...

By Michael Reed Dorrough Please forgive me for any inconvenience that my writing may cause. I am writing in the hope that I might contribute to changing the way that people think about the laws with r ...

August 03, 2021
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Biden Administration Putting Millions into Mitigating COVID Impacts on Prison Populations

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 24, 2021
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Biden Administration Putting Millions into Mitigating COVID Impacts on Prison Populations

By David M. Greenwald Washington – This week the Biden Administration announced it would invest more than ...

By David M. Greenwald Washington – This week the Biden Administration announced it would invest more than $1.6 billion to support COVID testing and mitigation in vulnerable communities. "As we continu ...

July 24, 2021
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Assembly OK’s Bill to Require Courts, Prosecutors to State Cost of Incarceration to Public

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 07, 2021
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Assembly OK’s Bill to Require Courts, Prosecutors to State Cost of Incarceration to Public

By Jose Medina SACRAMENTO, CA – A first-in-the-nation legislative measure that would require judges and p ...

By Jose Medina SACRAMENTO, CA – A first-in-the-nation legislative measure that would require judges and prosecutors to consider, and state for the record, the cost of incarceration for criminal senten ...

June 07, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Looking Back: Christmas in Jail Is Worse than You Can Imagine. Now Imagine If You’ve Been Wrongfully Convicted

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 09, 2021
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Looking Back: Christmas in Jail Is Worse than You Can Imagine. Now Imagine If You’ve Been Wrongfully Convicted

I spent 16 holidays behind bars for a crime I didn’t commit. How many other innocent men must have years ...

I spent 16 holidays behind bars for a crime I didn’t commit. How many other innocent men must have years stolen by a corrupt system? By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of article ...

May 09, 2021
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Justices Sotomayor, Kagan Dissent After SCOTUS Denies Appeal by Inmates at Geriatric Prison to Require COVID-19 Precautions

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 19, 2020
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Justices Sotomayor, Kagan Dissent After SCOTUS Denies Appeal by Inmates at Geriatric Prison to Require COVID-19 Precautions

By Linh Nguyen WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court Monday denied an appeal by inmates at a Texas ger ...

By Linh Nguyen WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court Monday denied an appeal by inmates at a Texas geriatric prison to reinstate a court’s order that the prison use COVID-19 safety protocols. In a ...

November 19, 2020
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Progressive Candidates in Wisconsin Focus on State’s Prison System

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 30, 2020
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Progressive Candidates in Wisconsin Focus on State’s Prison System

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider MADISON—Nine candidates running for two Wisconsin State Senate seats took part ...

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider MADISON—Nine candidates running for two Wisconsin State Senate seats took part in a forum hosted on Zoom and broadcast on Facebook Tuesday night—many of the candidates critic ...

July 30, 2020
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California Assemblymember Advocates for Cell Phones in Prisons

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 22, 2020
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California Assemblymember Advocates for Cell Phones in Prisons

By Kelsey Kitzke LOS ANGELES – California Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager, whose district covers parts of ...

By Kelsey Kitzke LOS ANGELES – California Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager, whose district covers parts of Los Angeles, advocated for the expansion of cell phones in California state prisons in a video ...

July 22, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Vanguard Exclusive: Incarcerated People Describe Current Conditions, Lack of Health Care in Prisons and Jails

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 02, 2020
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Vanguard Exclusive: Incarcerated People Describe Current Conditions, Lack of Health Care in Prisons and Jails

The Vanguard spoke on Wednesday to an incarcerated person located at Corcoran State Prison, a maximum sec ...

The Vanguard spoke on Wednesday to an incarcerated person located at Corcoran State Prison, a maximum security prison located in Kings County. Criminal justice reformers and civil liberty groups are c ...

April 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Bipartisan Coalition Calls on President Trump to Commute Federal Prison Sentences for Populations Most Vulnerable to Coronavirus

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 25, 2020
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Bipartisan Coalition Calls on President Trump to Commute Federal Prison Sentences for Populations Most Vulnerable to Coronavirus

(The following is a letter from a group of criminal justice reform groups seeking the President to Commut ...

(The following is a letter from a group of criminal justice reform groups seeking the President to Commute Federal sentences for vulnerable federal prison populations - signers at the end). On behalf ...

March 25, 2020
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Strides for Mental Health Reform for Incarceration Population

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 13, 2020
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Strides for Mental Health Reform for Incarceration Population

By Julietta Bisharyan With mentally ill inmates now making up 20% of the prison populations and with mode ...

By Julietta Bisharyan With mentally ill inmates now making up 20% of the prison populations and with modern prisons being compared to asylums (Treatment Advocacy Center), the MacArthur Foundation has ...

February 13, 2020
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Reconsidering Who Is Kept In Prison: Considering Second Look Legislation

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: December 12, 2019
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Reconsidering Who Is Kept In Prison: Considering Second Look Legislation

By Danielle Silva The Justice Collaborative hosted a webinar on Second Look Legislation, methods that off ...

By Danielle Silva The Justice Collaborative hosted a webinar on Second Look Legislation, methods that offer alternatives to incarceration early or later on in prison sentences. Second Look Legislation ...

December 12, 2019
| by Danielle Silva

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