by Robert H. Outman, CHCF, and Thomas Wynn This new recurring segment is intended to give a platform to incarcerated elders. According to an ACLU report, up to 1/3 of the US prison population will be over 50 by 2030 if current trends continue.There's a silent crisis that's been going on in all the California state prisons dealing with the medical system and the elderly. … [Read more...] about Senior Center: Appeasing an Appetite of Punishment to Death
Recent
Yale’s Justice For Everybody Initiative forms Carceral Studies Journalism Guild chapter at CCWF
by Alissa Marie Moore, LSPC Re-Entry Coordinator In October, historian Elizabeth Hinton, founder of the Yale Institute on Incarceration and Public Safety (YIIPS), along with YIIPS Executive Director Yaseen Eldick, the Challenging Discrimination in the Law Project's (CDLP) Elizabeth Ross and Elsa Lora, and LSPC's Dr. Tanisha Cannon, as well as myself, Alissa Moore, traveled … [Read more...] about Yale’s Justice For Everybody Initiative forms Carceral Studies Journalism Guild chapter at CCWF
2025 Policy Fellows Reflect on a Year of Growth, Advocacy, and Purpose
December is the last month of fellowship for our current cohort of Robert “Elder” Freeman Policy Fellows. In their time here, fellows Daniella Dane, Nedric Miller, Nateel Sharma, and Bernice Singh have been critical to our policy work, jumping into leadership roles and proactively strengthening relationships and alliances while learning about the intricacies of state policy. … [Read more...] about 2025 Policy Fellows Reflect on a Year of Growth, Advocacy, and Purpose
Wins from CA 2025 Legislative Session: Incarcerated Firefighter Wages, Remote Access to Hearings & More
by Uma Nagarajan-Swenson, LSPC Communications Manager & AOUON Newspaper Editor The 2025 California Legislative Session adjourned on September 13, with the passage of several bills co-sponsored and supported by LSPC. We're excited to share these victories with you, with the hopes that Governor Newsom signs these into law ASAP. Assembly Bill (AB) 247: Incarcerated … [Read more...] about Wins from CA 2025 Legislative Session: Incarcerated Firefighter Wages, Remote Access to Hearings & More
Poem: All of Us 2
by Joel "Yoel" Davis, Director of Curriculum & Training at Illinois Alliance for Reentry and Justice (ILARJ) . Released from incarceration of February 1, 2024 after serving 34 years. Yoel read this original spoken word piece at AOUON's goodbye dinner on our last day of the convening. The heat is different in San Antonio.This city pulses like a lion's heart.Y'all got … [Read more...] about Poem: All of Us 2
