Washington Post: Offenders are still humans.

An administration not known for policy creativity is unlikely to have useful internal policy debates. But in the Trump administration, prison reform is a welcome exception. This is largely because of the efforts of President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, who, in common with millions of poor and minority children in America, has had the searing experience of

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GA sex offender pleads not guilty after visiting own child’s school

A Decatur, Georgia man is being charged with violating a Georgia law that requires sex offenders must not come within 500 feet of a school. On January 25th, a man required to register visited Parsons Elementary School for one hour to attend one of his own child’s school events. Georgia law does provide an exemption, where the person is “attending

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FAMM, Lawmakers, and Families to Rally for Justice Reform at the U.S. Capitol

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, July 10, FAMM will bring lawmakers, advocates, and family members from all over the nation to the United States Capitol to demand justice reform in 2018. There are a number of federal bills in the U.S. House and Senate with the potential to impact parole, sentencing, and prison reforms. Attendees and families affected by incarceration hope to express

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Reason: Ohio’s age of consent is 16, it was legal to have sex but not to sext.

Man Faces 30 Years in Prison on Child Porn Charges for Taking Sexy Photos of 17-Year-Old Girlfriend When He was 20 A 27-year-old Cleveland man faces between 15 and 30 years in prison for allegedly producing child pornography. But no children were harmed by his actions: The man merely took consensual, sexually suggestive pictures of his 17-year-old girlfriend when he

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Wilton Manors, FL to consider tying business licenses to employee background checks

The reaction following the discovery that a person required to register as a sex offender was a long-time employee of the Pride Center in Wilton Manors (a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale, FL), has gone from overboard to absurd. City Commissioner Julie Carson now wants to tie the issuance of a business license, to the requirement that background checks be done

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Poem from NARSOL Conference: Have you forgotten us yet, dear Stranger?

Dear Society, who bases judgment solely from what is seen on a web page; Dear Lawmakers, who should be far more concerned with prevention than punishment-like ‘civil’ duties that inform the public of individuals and of families who have strived to heal and become better people because of their pasts; Dear Culture, so fearful of discussing sexual deviant behavior that

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