Author: FAC Contributor #3

[FAC NOTE: This is turning on absurd. Now businesses will be able to order persons forced to register can’t go within 1000 feet of their business?!?!] As it stands, any person convicted of sex offenses involving minors cannot live within 1,000 feet of a school, child care facility, park or playground. The county’s current ordinance only states offenders cannot be

A Texas man was charged with first degree murder in the March 16 death of an alleged Lea County sex offender living in Eddy County, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Carlsbad Police Department. The victim’s sexual offense was nearly 20 years ago! He had been living homeless. SOURCE    

Union officials at Federal Correctional Complex Coleman and Federal Correctional Institution Miami sounded the alarm on just how bad the conditions are inside the facilities. Kareen Troitino, the FCI Miami corrections officer union president, told ABC News that the virus was spread by one employee to inmates at the facility and, within a day, Troitino said that cases at the

Not that it matters to our population, since Amendment 4 discriminates against people with past convictions for sexual offenses, but today the Supreme Court declined to intervene in a ping pong match between the Florida Governor and tens of thousands of disenfranchised felons who were hoping to vote in the upcoming election. The Majority of the Justices blocked the citizen’s

Information related to the experiences of sex offenders required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2006 is predominantly based on quantitative data, and the majority of information relates to the factors that contribute to sexual offenses, recidivism rates, and public opinion of the sex offender registry. There is a lack of research on the lived

Jackson County Florida is trying a new approach to prevent persons required to register as sex offenders from moving into their neighborhood. Hereafter, they will prominently place their name, pictures and other personal information on their Facebook page. According to this news report, “this measure is not for punitive purposes, but to better insure the safety of our most vulnerable