Florida’s prisons are more expensive than ever. What will the next governor do about it?
SOURCE: Jacksonville.com Here are some excerpts. To read the entire article, visit the link: Even as crime rates and prison admissions have fallen over the past decade, ever-lengthening criminal sentences have left Florida prisons full of inmates and in need of a...
read moreWhy is this taking so long?
One of the most frequent questions received by our legal department is "when will ___ happen?" or "why is it taking so long for ___?" There is nobody that wants relief to come sooner than we do. We on the Board are all personally impacted by the registry as either...
read moreSex Offender Registration Influenced by Racial Bias, Ohio Study Claims
SOURCE: Center on Media Crime and Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice The classification of sex offenders based on the risks they pose to the community following their release from prison is subject to racial bias, according to a study published in the...
read moreMI: Township trying to evict ministry operating transitional housing for sex offenders.
Gaines Township is threatening legal action against Living Water Ministry Network, a nonprofit ministry that helps provide housing to homeless sex offenders. According to the ministry's website, "Living Water Ministry Network provides homes and supportive services to...
read moresomaps.com Using Sex Offender Registries as Marketing Lists
A company called "SOMAPS" is using the sex offender registry as a marketing list to sell their app. The app is described as "the app that was created by a sex offender for sex offenders" and supposedly warns registrants when they come in proximity of a "danger zone"....
read moreCounty Files Motion for Summary Judgment in Miami-Dade SORR Case
Last week, Miami-Dade County filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in Does v. Miami-Dade, a challenge to the Sex Offender Residency Restrictions that have caused the notorious encampments of homeless sex offenders. A Motion for Summary Judgment, in lay terms, is a...
read moreFeds to probe sexual extortion, other abuse allegations at Florida women’s prison
SOURCE: Miami Herald The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a federal civil rights investigation into sexual misconduct by correctional officers as well as other abuses against women at Lowell Correctional Institution in Central Florida. The investigation comes...
read moreCanada Reluctant to Extradite US Sex Offenders.
In several cases, the Canadian Government has been reluctant to extradite individuals who flee persecution in the United States when facing punishment for sex offenses. It's not that the Canadians are more tolerant of sex crimes, they are absolutely not! It's that...
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