FATSA Recommendations on the Florida Registry
The Florida Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers submitted a report to the Florida Legislatures Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) making several evidence-based recommendations for Florida’s Sex Offender Registry System. Among the recommendations are:
1. Juveniles should be removed from Florida’s registry
2. Durations of registration should be reduced for some offenders
3. Discretion about placement on registry at sentencing should involve risk assessment
4. A mechanism for relief from registration duties and removal from the registry should exist for some offenders
5. Local residence restrictions ordinances should be abolished
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My older brother got his probation terminated early about over a year and a half ago and has been offense free since his conviction 5 years ago. ( he has no priors / only conviction ) He had finished treatment successfully and the courts felt like he didn’t need to finish the rest of his probation because he just isn’t a threat..Just a regular and very social citizen. These policies that are recommended would be great for him and others alike. A lifetime of registration and restrictions is just plain ridiculous.
Absolutely! Would it surprise you to learn that your brother represents the overwhelming majority of those on the registry? With an overall 5.3% re-offense rate, MOST registrants – 95%!!! – are not a threat, just regular people.
Appreciate you sticking up for your brother! We encourage you to join the fight.
The entire sex offender registry industry needs to come down…..If your not a member of Florida Action Committee PLEASE join now. WE need your help to change these laws!!!
This provides hope. My crime was computer images only. The DA and judge both agreed that I wasn’t a danger. I am not on GPS, I live within 1000′ of a school (per DA request and Judge’s orders), and all counts were adjudicated. I have 3 years left of a 5 year probation, yet the state wants to punish me for 25 years to life. And regardless of what some people think, being on the registry is a punishment, border-lining on cruel and unusual.