"In an interview with Front Page Confidential, filmmaker Juliana Piccillo, a former sex worker who is the director of the Tucson, Arizona, chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP), said the account of how Ortiz is believed to have hunted down and killed his victims underscores the need for safe working conditions for sex workers.
As Piccillo sees it, that means decriminalization.
“If sex workers could do their jobs in the light of day, serial killers would have eyes on them,” Piccillo wrote in a direct message via Twitter. “It would be far more difficult to abduct and murder sex workers over and over again.”
Sex workers must “assess risk in a split second because the police are constantly surveilling them,” Piccillo went on to explain. Often they’re afraid to approach law enforcement, she added, “because they might be charged or humiliated in the process.”"
As Piccillo sees it, that means decriminalization.
“If sex workers could do their jobs in the light of day, serial killers would have eyes on them,” Piccillo wrote in a direct message via Twitter. “It would be far more difficult to abduct and murder sex workers over and over again.”
Sex workers must “assess risk in a split second because the police are constantly surveilling them,” Piccillo went on to explain. Often they’re afraid to approach law enforcement, she added, “because they might be charged or humiliated in the process.”"