Amber Batts
@amberbatts.bsky.social
Alaskan born & bred. Backer of underdogs. Decrim in my lifetime. Lover of books. ISTP. When in doubt, visit the library. amberbatts.com theharmdone.substack.com
The Lost Women Alaska focuses on Kathleen Jo Henry, Veronica Abouchuk and Cassandra Lee Boskofsky. I consulted on it and I have so many mixed feelings on it. It brings the truth out about heroes Alicia Youngblood and Valerie!
Two years apart, two women were found dead in the same stretch of South Anchorage, near Golden View Drive and Bulgaria Drive, a secluded Hillside neighborhood set back on land with long driveways, big sky views, and a deliberate distance from the hubbub of town. amberbatts.com/2026/01/31/g...
Golden View Drive and Bulgaria Drive
Two years apart, two women were found dead in the same stretch of South Anchorage, near Golden View Drive and Bulgaria Drive, a secluded Hillside neighborhood set back on land with long driveways, …
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Is anyone else seglitches. A preschool in Minneosta was teargassed the other day. I had posted on tiktok and got zero views. I'm seeing comments from posters about same thing happening... also that posts about the many atrocities of ICE are glitching.
Cue the spooky music...Halloween is here! This is the time of the year that I reflect on how quick kids grow up. Mine have been out of the house for years. One isn't even in this country. I miss doing all the holiday things with them. Grateful for friends and their kids!
Well this is happening. I got some distance and I'm ready to unpack Alaska's most recent serial killer, Brian Steven Smith >>although they haven't charged him for the others!<< Let's pull the thread. The Harm Done Substack and companion podcast. substack.com/@amberbatts/...
The Harm Done in a nutshell
Welcome...
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Get tickets! This will be really interesting! Join Community United for Safety and Protection (CUSP) for an engaging evening of films, history, fundraising, and conversation. cuspoctober2025.eventbrite.com
One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted. These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants
Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.
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I'm back after walking Camino. Leon to Santiago de Compostela. A much needed time to let this last 18 months shake out and replenish my soul. "Sometimes the hardest trail to take is the one where you let it be easier." amberbatts.com/2025/07/25/5...
5 Life Truths I Rediscovered Walking the Camino Solo as a Single Woman
Solo female traveler walks the Camino de Santiago and rediscovers 5 life truths. A journey of healing, courage, and inner strength on the trail.
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Listened to this podcast earlier because of a recommendation. If you're not sick of hearing about the Brian Steven Smith case, BS, take a listen tell me what you think. shows.acast.com/casefile-tru...
Case 320: Veronica Abouchuk & Kathleen Henry | Casefile True Crime
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Looks like PDX is still a Cease It city, and another sting just happened. The DA is fully on board with this - and gets a lot of support from non-profits like Safety Compass. Check out the names on this list. www.portland.gov/police/news/...
Human Trafficking Unit Continues Efforts to Address Crime in Northeast Portland
During the last three months, the Portland Police Bureau continued directed patrol efforts along Northeast 82nd Avenue and Northeast Sandy Boulevard in response to ongoing community complaints and obs...
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Migrant sex workers are harmed daily by criminalization, racial profiling, surveillance, over policing, stigmatization, and in this case a Portland reporter who's been sitting in parking lots of massage parlors to watch men go in and out. www.wweek.com/news/2024/09...
Illicit Massage Parlors That Profit From Sex Trafficking Are Multiplying Around the City. No One Stops Them.
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Portland cops continue to use failed "End Demand" ops to target mostly Hispanic men. 13 sex workers, who are referred to as "providers", were ID'd. NO TRAFFICKING www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/...
Human Trafficking Mission Results in Arrests, Citations (Photo)
During the first week of August, Portland Police Bureau’s Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) conducted directed patrol missions along NE 82nd Avenue with the assistance from Central, East, and North P...
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Did Rep. Sarah Vance really just ask if there are any notable Hispanics in Alaska? I heard it loud and clear. This kind of erasure is unacceptable. Let’s show her just how notable our community is. Give her a call: 907-465-2689 Let her know your name, your story, and why you matter.
10 years ago, I was behind bars, serving six and a half years. My cellie Donna and I would watch TV in the evening and one night we watched Rick Steves Europe and he featured the Camino de Santiago.
How do police officers find images like these on a man's phone WHEN THEY ARE ARRESTING HIM FOR MURDER and do nothing? Imagine these images unaltered. Because I don't have to, I found them tucked into a filing before sentencing. amberbatts.com/2024/09/13/5...
Kathleen’s Law has sponsorship!! Alaska's current law lacks accountability and obligations for witnesses to report violent crimes.
This post is something I've wanted to say but was too afraid or embarrassed. His name is Ilalio “Numi” Funumiai Jr. He was a sergent at the halfway house in Juneau, Alaska who sexually assaulted me. He was never held accountable.
Alaska House bill raises concerns about transparency, necessity of the trafficking council, writes Amber Batts, @amberbatts.bsky.social, in a commentary for @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/03/28/a... #akleg
Alaska House bill raises concerns about transparency, necessity of the trafficking council • Alaska Beacon
Amber Batts writes in a commentary that a trafficking council is not the solution Alaska needs and should not be granted permanent status.
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Hey everyone, let's talk about an important issue in Alaska and a proposed law change called Kathleen's Law. 🧵
The decision to abolish Native American Heritage Month in the military is nothing short of a slap in the face to the thousands of Native soldiers who have fought and died for a country that still refuses to respect them. It sends a clear message. amberbatts.com/2025/02/04/d...
Still perpetrating more harm and conflating sex work with actual sex trafficking. youtu.be/PW7lhVfs1Qo?...
Sex workers, now victims, who had ads on Backpage to get compensation
YouTube video by Arizona’s Family (3TV / CBS 5)
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Alaskans, did you think you were getting a Begich? Because you are getting a Floridian...
I often look up Alaska court cases charged. And when I want to be consumed by by frustration, I look up Alaska court cases disposed. As a formally incarcerated woman in Alaska, seeing charges like this dismissed while I sat in jail with women in for non-violent crimes, disgusts me.
Disappointed in McDonalds. Don't their employees feel like they are on the fringes of society, a puppet to capitalism, or is that just every other hourly worker (plus more) in the USA?