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Victoria Elena Valenzuela
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Just trying to help good people expose shitty systems! Independent journalist based in LA! I cover immigrant justice, prison issues, and activism. Words in the LA Times, BuzzFeed News, USA Today, The Guardian,The Appeal, Documented, Bolts, and more.
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@bunkunin.bsky.socialReposted by @vevalenz.bsky.socialOn Suicide Prevention Day, Reflecting On The Crisis Inside Prisons And Jails scheerpost.com/2026/09/11/o...
@jricole.bsky.socialReposted by @vevalenz.bsky.socialUS Communities are Organizing to end Complicity with the Gaza Genocide in their Backyards www.juancole.com/2026/09/comm...
@vevalenz.bsky.socialReposted by @vevalenz.bsky.socialMany incarcerated people who self-harm or commit suicide often feel ignored, powerless, or isolated, and for some, it becomes the only way to be heard.
@vevalenz.bsky.socialReposted by @vevalenz.bsky.socialThe California City Detention Facility has banned loved ones from hugging those who are facing possible deportation. People go months without being able to hug their loved ones while they fight their cases and face possible deportation.
@nonviolence3.comReposted by @vevalenz.bsky.social“There are similar campaigns at major ports in California, Louisiana, New Jersey and more. In New Jersey, activists used their own bodies and cars to block a port from delivering weapons to Israel in May.”
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@vevalenz.bsky.socialThe California City Detention Facility has banned loved ones from hugging those who are facing possible deportation. People go months without being able to hug their loved ones while they fight their cases and face possible deportation.
@nonviolence3.comReposted by @vevalenz.bsky.social“The campaign for a weapons embargo is part of a larger international movement to stop global manufacturing and shipment of weapons to Israel.”
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@vevalenz.bsky.socialMany incarcerated people who self-harm or commit suicide often feel ignored, powerless, or isolated, and for some, it becomes the only way to be heard.
@vevalenz.bsky.socialSuicide is a leading cause of death in prisons and jails. Advocates say most people experience trauma, substance abuse or mental illness prior to prison, and restrictive conditions and lack of agency/control only exacerbate it.
@vevalenz.bsky.socialHaving vetoed some criminal justice reform bills and passed others in the past, how will Governor Newsom’s decision play out as this legislative session comes to an end?
@burness.bsky.socialReposted by @vevalenz.bsky.socialIn so many ways, people with criminal convictions are not actually free even after exiting incarceration. Here’s a very good @vevalenz.bsky.social piece on one example of this: state-ordered separation of babies and parents.
The first paragraph alone is heartbreaking.
