Victoria Elena Valenzuela

Three Executions in Three Days Despite Calls to Abolish the Death Penalty in the US Tremane Wood, Bryan Jennings and Stephen Bryant are scheduled to be murdered by the government this week. Advocates are petitioning to stop the executions.

Tremane Wood, Bryan Jennings and Stephen Bryant are scheduled to be murdered by the government this week. Advocates are petitioning to stop the executions.

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Nearly 145,000 US Veterans Incarcerated in the “Land of the Free” While the armed forces are often associated with protecting “the land of the free,” more than a hundred thousand veterans are behind bars under mass incarceration.

While most of the country will be celebrating the holiday with a freebie from work, nearly 145,000 veterans are locked up and ousted from society, despite their years of service protecting what is (ironically) called “the land of the free”

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"A Historic Step": California Passes Six New Prison Reform Laws This Fall After organizing by prison abolitionist organizations, new laws aimed at reforming the system pass in California will become law, going into effect next year.

New Substack post: After organizing by prison abolitionist organizations, new laws aimed at reforming the system passed in California this fall and will become law, going into effect next year.

victoriaevalenzuela.substack.com/p/a-historic...

For Third Year, California Kills Bill to Help Incarcerated Domestic Violence Survivors Advocates in California have pushed for relief for people convicted of harming their abuser, hoping to build on states across the political spectrum that have adopted such reforms.

"I'm a survivor of domestic violence, of child molestation, and a survivor of the California prison system."

"During her two-day trial, she was barred from testifying about the abuse she endured for years."

"California's really behind a lot of the country on this."
#California #USA #Incarceration

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Ten People Have Died in ICE Detention Since January. Here Are Their Stories The most people have died in ICE custody this year since the pandemic. Advocates say most of these deaths are due to negligence and could have been prevented. Many are still under investigation.

The 10 deaths in ICE detention this year could have been prevented and are still under investigation.

This project pulls from articles, ICE reports, obituaries and press releases to give a picture of who these people were and the days leading up to their deaths.

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