Sex offenders whose convictions predated 2011 changes to Michigan's Sex Offender Registration Act do not need to comply with those changes, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The 2011 requirements — which included bans on living within school safety zones and...

I know what you're thinking... This is GREAT news, but wasn't the retroactive application of Michigan's sex offender law already declared unconstitutional. Well yes... you're thinking of the incredible Does v. Snyder case in the 6th Circuit FEDERAL appellate court...

We thank Ms. Tachana Joseph-Marc for her opinion piece in the Florida Times Union: “Guest Column:  Another missed opportunity for meaningful juvenile justice reform in Florida”.  The major flaw in the vetoed bill, though, was that it excluded those whose offense as a...

What we want the people of Lake County to understand: Knowing that these people have been taken off the streets at night should help all of us sleep better at night.  Right?  No. In these stings, they usually occur at adult-only websites where law enforcement...

The Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division (JBCSSD) of the State of Connecticut recently released public information indicating the EyeDetect lie detection technology is now being used for assessment and testing by Adult Sex Offender Services on a multi-year...

While FAC deals only with registry issues, many of our members are having to deal with sex offender probation, too.    In reading articles published throughout the United States, one will soon see that it is becoming a common occurrence to have U. S. Marshalls serving...

A story has been running for a couple of days now about a non-compliant registrant “squatting” in a Kansas City Historic Northeast neighborhood.  The man clearly needs medical/neurological/psychiatric help from the community.  Instead, one resident made it her mission...

The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that at least 95 percent of all state prisoners will be released from prison at some point. However, convicted sex-offenders almost exclusively face the vengeful, additional punishment of registration under the Sex Offender...