AL: Alabama Bill would restrict communications for registrants on supervision
An Alabama legislator has prefiled a bill that would allow parole officers to restrict the communications of people convicted of a sexual offense against children and require them to undergo treatment.
HB 26, sponsored by Mack Butler, R-Rainbow City, authorizes parole and probation officers to restrict people listed on the sexual offense registry from using a post office box or electronic media, including computer tablets and cell phones and smart phones. It also allows the court or the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles to require them to complete polygraph examinations.
Kerry McCarthy, clinical director at Wandering Pines Wellness, an organization based in Colorado that provides mental health counseling services, provided therapy to people who had been convicted of sexual-based offenses for seven years. He took issue with restricting people’s access to communication devices.
“Those all sound like really good tools to limit access and availability to problematic content, but they are not research and evidenced based,” she said. “They also create hindrances for individuals to pay their bills. A lot of things are online. A lot of jobs require you to fill out an online application.”
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“The polygraph people came to me”. Really?! Is this a friend or family member who does this for a living? Someone looking for job security? Better check your checking account for kickbacks you could receive for every polygraph completed and reported on. Sounds like this is a business interest more than a reality interest of knowing how much junk they truly are.
You also cannot ban a PO box from being used for a mailing address should one want.
This is political season posturing at best.
I get a kick out of how states, can just willi nilli around SCOTUS. They seem to think that the government, can’t tell them what to do. Some United States of Americrap is what this country is.