Alissa Moore

The Curious Case of Impending Arbitrary Classification-Based Moves at CCWF

July 29, 2025 by AOUON Contributor 1 Comment

by Alissa Moore, LSPC Re-Entry Coordinator I've been getting an increasing number of calls regarding classification levels and the rumored impending moves to segregate incarcerated people in CCWF based on their classification level. What I've heard is that each yard will be assigned a level and that individuals will be moved to the corresponding yard based on their … [Read more...] about The Curious Case of Impending Arbitrary Classification-Based Moves at CCWF

Answering that Call! Why I Started an Emergency Hotline

June 30, 2025 by AOUON Contributor 3 Comments

by Alissa Moore, LSPC Re-Entry Coordinator As many of you may know, five years ago I started a hotline for incarcerated people facing emergencies while incarcerated. I did this because I had seen some mainey stuff go down while I was inside and I was leaving behind for the most part the only family I had ever known in a place I knew all too well could be a hell on … [Read more...] about Answering that Call! Why I Started an Emergency Hotline

Theses on Labor, Exploitation, & Incarceration

by Eric C. Sapp, LSPC Staff Attorney Prefatory Note: This an abridged version of a text written in spring of 2023, in the context of advocacy regarding carceral wages. §1 Workers’ rights are human rights; let it be stated unequivocally that incarcerated workers are workers. §2 The prison and industrial capitalism […]

In Texas, AOUON Members Build Collective Power

In July, AOUON’s San Antonio chapter hosted a national convening to bring us together as issues of crimmigration, the new presidential administration, and environmental injustice are deeply impacting us across states, borders, and walls. A multi-generational group of folks impacted by the criminal legal system ranging from toddlers to movement elders, we are leaving with […]

CA Senate Bill 423: Origins, Organizing, and the Fight for Firefighter Justice

by Lawrence Cox, LSPC Regional Advocacy and Organizing Manager I was born in Oakland, California, into a world where stability was elusive and the foster-care docket turned faster than any child could comprehend. I never learned permanence; I learned placement. By age seven, I was a ward of Alameda County, rotating through foster homes and […]

California Special Election: Prop 50

California has a special election coming up! On November 4th, many Californians will have the chance to vote on Proposition 50, the Election Rigging Response Act. This constitutional amendment, proposed by Governor Gavin Newsom, would create a new congressional district map that favors Democrats for the next three election cycles (through 2030) in an attempt […]

Letter from David Johnson

From the Archives of Ms. Daphne Muse at the Oasis in the Diaspora. c. 1972. Greetings Comrade Sister, I received your most vibrant missive a few days ago, and I must say it was a pleasant surprise hearing from you. In these most critical of times it provided me with a uplift to my spirits, […]

Immigration, Citizenship, and the Constitution (Jurisprudence for Jailhouse Lawyers, Part VI)

by Eric C. Sapp, LSPC Staff Attorney Few provisions of the U.S. Constitution are clearer than the Fourteenth Amendment’s opening clause: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” U.S. Const. Amend. 14, Sec. 1 […]

The Curious Case of Impending Arbitrary Classification-Based Moves at CCWF

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