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Weekly update for August 27, 2025. This is recording number 324. Dear Members and Advocates, Each morning a FAC volunteer scans media headlines from across the world to find relevant news to share with our readers. Yesterday, there were a bunch on the same story. The headlines on Pennsylvania’s ABC 27 read, “Florida sex offender arrested after receiving stolen property

Dear Members and Advocates, It’s time for a little self-care and motivation. A couple of weeks ago we wrote about restoring humanity to criminal justice, especially when it concerns our population. We wrote how certain Sheriffs’ press conferences where they refer to registrants as “scum bags” and “monsters” inflame the public and lead to consequences from shaming to vigilantism, to

Weekly update for August 12, 2025. This is recording number 322. Dear Members and Advocates, The homeless registrant population in Miami-Dade County has broken 500 people. According to the FDLE database, there are a total of 596 individuals with a “transient” address in Miami-Dade listed on the sex offender registry. 28 are listed as absconded, 67 are in confinement, leaving

Recording 320 Dear Members and Advocates, When we consider what to post on our website or write about in our weekly update, we often have to hold back because our own code of conduct dictates that we avoid discussing anything political, religious or topics that might offend an individual’s personal beliefs. Especially with the Jeffrey Epstein topic resurfacing over the

Dear Members and Advocates, Bill McKenna is a hero! Woodstock, New York, Town Supervisor Bill McKenna is facing backlash for doing something increasingly rare in today’s climate: he gave someone with a past sex offense conviction a fair chance. Earlier this year, McKenna recommended the hiring of a man on New York’s sex offense registry to a part-time job as a

Dear Members and Advocates, This week we pose the question; can technology be the bridge between public safety and personal liberty? This question is prompted by some recent posts on our forum about a 5th Circuit decision upholding a Mississippi law requiring age verification for social media users, and facial recognition software being used to flag and apprehend individuals. Critics