Author: FAC Contributor #3

The U.S. spends nearly $300 billion annually on policing, the courts, incarceration, parole, probation, and related projects—more than the military budget of any nation apart from the U.S. It is not unusual for a major American city to spend 30 to 40 percent of its annual budget on policing. These expenditures have been legitimated through decades of anti-crime fearmongering by elected officials and the media.

For many men serving time for committing sex offenses in Texas, their prison term never really ends—even if they complete their sentence. That’s because they’re required to enter a live-in mental health facility before returning to society. That facility—in Littlefield, Texas—is actually a former maximum security prison in the middle of a dirt field. “It comes as a surprise,” says

We received notice that the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office has recently changed their registration procedures and the new procedures violate Florida Statutes. A sign posted in the registration office in Indian River County announced that effective April 1, 2021 re-registration would take place in person, by appointment, Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays, but that information updates would be conducted via

Today, nearly 1 million people are listed on sex offense registries in the U.S., even though many experts consider such registries not only ineffective but ultimately counterproductive. Those previously convicted of sex offenses have relatively low rates of reoffending, and some studies show that the registration and community notification regime “eliminates the possible deterrent effect of having to register for

In recent months we’ve seen an increase in members reporting difficulty traveling internationally. We’re also seeing countries that formerly admitted persons required to register, now turning them away. Just last month a member was denied entry into Greece, a country that was previously not off limits and a member of the European Union. It’s raising some concern over what will

From the Washington Post: Apple’s latest move to fight the digital sharing of child pornography is opening up some fissures in a seven-year standoff between technologists and law enforcement over fighting the spread of criminal activity online. That fight has centered primarily on FBI and Justice Department demands for special police access to encrypted communications that would otherwise be shielded