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Andre Moore

Andre Moore was a Black American resident of Patuxent Institution’s Eligible Persons Program. Born in 2003 in Baltimore, Maryland, he had severe obsessive-compulsive disorder that went unrecognized through much of his childhood and early contact with the criminal-legal system. At Patuxent, he received treatment while living alongside residents including Malik Turnage, Ben Keller, and Victor Amaya.

Early Life and Background

Andre was the youngest of six children and the only son of Alyssa and Derek Moore. He grew up in a working-class Black household in Baltimore with five older sisters. His family adapted informally to contamination fears, sensory sensitivities, fixed routines, and distress when objects were moved before his obsessive-compulsive disorder was recognized clinically.

Education

Andre’s schooling was disrupted as symptoms of his then-unrecognized obsessive-compulsive disorder were repeatedly treated as misconduct and noncompliance.

Personality

Andre was exacting, observant, and dryly funny when he felt safe. He monitored procedural failures on the unit and sometimes used that attention to help other residents, including identifying environmental triggers that affected Ben.

Cultural Identity and Heritage

Andre grew up in a working-class Black family in Baltimore. His Baltimore vernacular was more evident with peers and family and became more formal in clinical settings. During his incarceration, visits, calls, and commissary support maintained his connection to the Moore household.

Speech and Communication Patterns

Andre usually spoke quickly and precisely. As his anxiety increased, his speech accelerated and could become difficult to understand, a pattern recognized by his family and Patuxent staff, including Megan Alvarado.

Health and Disabilities

Andre had severe obsessive-compulsive disorder involving contamination fears, checking, and symmetry and ordering rituals. The closed-unit environment intensified his contamination symptoms, particularly during the Patuxent Flu Outbreak (2030). Repetitive washing caused recurrent skin damage to his hands that required bandaging, and high anxiety could trigger gagging that further intensified his contamination fears.

At Patuxent, Andre participated in exposure and response prevention work and received medication treatment. Both his symptoms and treatment side effects remained difficult to manage.

Main article: Andre Moore (Medication Journey)

Tastes and Preferences

Andre preferred sealed food and hygiene products because intact packaging reduced contamination uncertainty. His family funded his commissary account, and he regularly used it to buy supplies for other residents, particularly Malik.

Family and Core Relationships

Main article: Moore Family (Baltimore) Family Tree

Andre’s parents and five older sisters remained involved throughout his incarceration through visits, calls, and commissary support. Alyssa was his principal advocate and had recognized his distress patterns since childhood.

Malik “Turner” Turnage

Main article: Andre Moore and Malik Turnage

Andre and Malik were cellmates and close friends at Patuxent. During the 2030 flu outbreak, Malik helped Andre through a severe contamination panic, while Andre used his commissary account to provision other sick residents.

Devika Shah

Dr. Shah treated Andre at Patuxent. Their work included exposure and response prevention, medication support, and addressing Andre’s fear that he posed a danger to his family.

Personal Life

Andre’s criminal-legal record began with a minor teenage charge associated with a contamination panic. Later supervision violations accumulated when untreated symptoms were recorded as noncompliance. A serious conviction followed an assault during a forced search or restraint that triggered contamination panic, and the relationship between his treatable condition and his offending later supported placement in Patuxent’s Eligible Persons Program.

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