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Incarcerated Artist, Orlando Smith, Illustrates Life at San Quentin During Pandemic

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: February 23, 2021
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Incarcerated Artist, Orlando Smith, Illustrates Life at San Quentin During Pandemic

By Julietta Bisharyan Orlando Smith is a talented illustrated journalist, graphic artist and comic book c ...

By Julietta Bisharyan Orlando Smith is a talented illustrated journalist, graphic artist and comic book creator. He has been incarcerated for 23 years under the draconian Three Strikes Law for each of ...

February 23, 2021
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Pandemic Heightens Medical Negligence, Staff Abuse Concerns at CA Medical Facility & Pelican Bay

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|Date: February 16, 2021
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Pandemic Heightens Medical Negligence, Staff Abuse Concerns at CA Medical Facility & Pelican Bay

Davis Vanguard's weekly highlights from CDCR's COVID-19 crisis Incarcerated Narratives California ...

Davis Vanguard's weekly highlights from CDCR's COVID-19 crisis Incarcerated Narratives California Medical Facility has faced an array of problems throughout the pandemic. The facility lacks pro ...

February 16, 2021
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San Quentin, Avenal State Prison Fined Over Medical Negligence; Office of Inspector General Releases Scathing Report of CDCR Transfers

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: February 09, 2021
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San Quentin, Avenal State Prison Fined Over Medical Negligence; Office of Inspector General Releases Scathing Report of CDCR Transfers

Davis Vanguard's weekly update from CDCR's COVID-19 Crisis CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As ...

Davis Vanguard's weekly update from CDCR's COVID-19 Crisis CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of Feb. 6, there have been a total of 48,104 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the CDCR system – 1,60 ...

February 09, 2021
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Republican Leader Pushes for Prison Release, Hammers San Quentin

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 07, 2021
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Republican Leader Pushes for Prison Release, Hammers San Quentin

By David M. Greenwald The news this week is that San Quentin now faces California’s single largest penalt ...

By David M. Greenwald The news this week is that San Quentin now faces California’s single largest penalty yet over workplace safety violations leading to the spread of COVID-19, according to a report ...

February 07, 2021
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CA Supreme Court Puts Order to Reduce San Quentin Population by 50 Percent on Hold

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: February 01, 2021
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CA Supreme Court Puts Order to Reduce San Quentin Population by 50 Percent on Hold

Davis Vanguard's Weekly Highlights from CDCR's COVID-19 Crisis CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes ...

Davis Vanguard's Weekly Highlights from CDCR's COVID-19 Crisis CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of Jan. 29, there have been a total of 47,215 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the CDCR system – ...

February 01, 2021
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Lawyers Tony Serra and Curtis Briggs Talk about What Client’s Freedom Could Mean to Future of Death Penalty

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|Date: February 01, 2021
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Lawyers Tony Serra and Curtis Briggs Talk about What Client’s Freedom Could Mean to Future of Death Penalty

By Roxanna Jarvis SAN FRANCISCO – In an interview conducted by The Davis Vanguard, lawyers Tony Serra and ...

By Roxanna Jarvis SAN FRANCISCO – In an interview conducted by The Davis Vanguard, lawyers Tony Serra and Curtis Briggs provided more details about Douglas Stankewitz—who had been the longest survivin ...

February 01, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast 88: Adnan Khan Discusses COVID in Prisons

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|Date: January 22, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast 88: Adnan Khan Discusses COVID in Prisons

This week's guest on Everyday Injustice, Adnan Khan, is the Executive Director of ReStore Justice, which ...

This week's guest on Everyday Injustice, Adnan Khan, is the Executive Director of ReStore Justice, which he co-founded while incarcerated. While in prison, he inspired and helped to launch legislation ...

January 22, 2021
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Historical View: CA Prison Transfers Continue Despite Pandemic Concerns

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|Date: January 15, 2021
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Historical View: CA Prison Transfers Continue Despite Pandemic Concerns

By Jamier Sale SACRAMENTO – Why are calls mounting for mass decarceration around the state of California? ...

By Jamier Sale SACRAMENTO – Why are calls mounting for mass decarceration around the state of California? A look at recent history and past events provide some insight. January 13 marks the 51st anniv ...

January 15, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Jaspar’s Hospital Trauma

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|Date: January 11, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Jaspar’s Hospital Trauma

By Kevin D. Sawyer One prisoner who fell ill during the coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin was treated w ...

By Kevin D. Sawyer One prisoner who fell ill during the coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin was treated with disdain and neglect for his medical condition; not by a doctor, but by a correctional offic ...

January 11, 2021
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“Guards write Rule Violations to delay early-releases for disobeying direct orders” – COVID-19 Stories from CDCR’s San Quentin

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: January 02, 2021
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“Guards write Rule Violations to delay early-releases for disobeying direct orders” – COVID-19 Stories from CDCR’s San Quentin

By Koda Slingluff This account is part 5 of the Vanguard’s series on COVID-19 stories from CDCR. Click he ...

By Koda Slingluff This account is part 5 of the Vanguard’s series on COVID-19 stories from CDCR. Click here for part 4 and here for part 3. Orlando Smith is a thoughtful artist and reporter incarcera ...

January 02, 2021
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Uncertain Future for Indeterminately Sentenced “Lifers” and COVID High-Risk Patients

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: December 24, 2020
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Uncertain Future for Indeterminately Sentenced “Lifers” and COVID High-Risk Patients

By Özge Terzioğlu This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project -- an independent journalism pro ...

By Özge Terzioğlu This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project -- an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on the pandemic in California's c ...

December 24, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Impact of COVID-19 on the Inmates and Guards Inside San Quentin

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|Date: December 24, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Impact of COVID-19 on the Inmates and Guards Inside San Quentin

By Kevin D. Sawyer It was at the height of the COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin State Prison when I overh ...

By Kevin D. Sawyer It was at the height of the COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin State Prison when I overheard an inmate call out to a correctional officer who worked the tier. “Hey, CO,” he said. The ...

December 24, 2020
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Concerns Over CDCR’s Early-Release Programs; COVID-19 High-Risk Transfers Halted Indefinitely

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: December 21, 2020
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Concerns Over CDCR’s Early-Release Programs; COVID-19 High-Risk Transfers Halted Indefinitely

By Julietta Bisharyan, Nick Gardner and Jaskiran Soomal Incarcerated Narratives 40 year-old Micha ...

By Julietta Bisharyan, Nick Gardner and Jaskiran Soomal Incarcerated Narratives 40 year-old Michael Espitia is one of the 27 individuals set for early release this month. Espitia, who was con ...

December 21, 2020
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“COVID-19 could only have reached death row via staff. Many of us believe this was intentional.” – COVID-19 Stories from CDCR’s San Quentin

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: December 20, 2020
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“COVID-19 could only have reached death row via staff. Many of us believe this was intentional.” – COVID-19 Stories from CDCR’s San Quentin

By Jaskiran Soomal This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project -- an independent journalism pr ...

By Jaskiran Soomal This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project -- an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on the pandemic in California's ...

December 20, 2020
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“I don’t want to die in here” – Protests Rise Against Tiny Meal Portions, Suspicious Transfers, Lack of Testing

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: December 13, 2020
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“I don’t want to die in here” – Protests Rise Against Tiny Meal Portions, Suspicious Transfers, Lack of Testing

By Julietta Bisharyan and Jaskiran Soomal Incarcerated Narratives On May 30, San Quentin (SQ) had ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Jaskiran Soomal Incarcerated Narratives On May 30, San Quentin (SQ) had zero COVID-19 cases. Now, it has reported over 2,200 total confirmed cases and 28 deaths. The ...

December 13, 2020
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Letter: Involuntary Prison Transfers

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 12, 2020
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Letter: Involuntary Prison Transfers

Editor's note: The following letter was submitted on behalf of a number of incarcerated people at San Que ...

Editor's note: The following letter was submitted on behalf of a number of incarcerated people at San Quentin regarding a new involuntary transfer policy. Dear Governor Newsom, We represent a large nu ...

December 12, 2020
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San Quentin Prison Asking COVID-19 Devastated Prisoners to Accept Legal Liability for Own Deaths?

Posted by Cres Vellucci
|Date: December 11, 2020
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San Quentin Prison Asking COVID-19 Devastated Prisoners to Accept Legal Liability for Own Deaths?

By Cres Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN QUENTIN – San Quentin State Prison – the stuf ...

By Cres Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN QUENTIN – San Quentin State Prison – the stuff that movies are made of – has become a real live killing field this year after COVID-19 sprea ...

December 11, 2020
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“A submarine that was sinking” – San Quentin Residents Reflect on COVID-19 Devastation

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: December 07, 2020
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“A submarine that was sinking” – San Quentin Residents Reflect on COVID-19 Devastation

By Julietta Bisharyan, Nick Gardner and Jaskiran Soomal Incarcerated Narratives San Quentin (SQ) ...

By Julietta Bisharyan, Nick Gardner and Jaskiran Soomal Incarcerated Narratives San Quentin (SQ) has confirmed 2,238 positive cases and twenty-eight deaths thus far, making it the second most ...

December 07, 2020
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“People have lives. Picking up and moving affects people” – San Quentin Residents on COVID-19 Related Transfers

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: November 09, 2020
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“People have lives. Picking up and moving affects people” – San Quentin Residents on COVID-19 Related Transfers

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives At San Quentin State Prison (SQ), t ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives At San Quentin State Prison (SQ), the novel coronavirus has now claimed the lives of 28 incarcerated individuals, including one co ...

November 09, 2020
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California Court Requires San Quentin to Reduce Population by Fifty Percent

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: October 26, 2020
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California Court Requires San Quentin to Reduce Population by Fifty Percent

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives The COVID-19 pandemic has now claim ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives The COVID-19 pandemic has now claimed the lives of 28 incarcerated individuals and one guard. 55-year-old Ron Lee Joffrion survive ...

October 26, 2020
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