My clients would rather go to jail than register as sex offenders

When I first became a public defender, I believed the worst punishment that my clients would face would be time in jail. Since then, I’ve learned that incarceration is not the only — and perhaps not the worst — punishment the criminal justice system can impose. The registration requirements imposed on those convicted of sex offenses are unfairly harsh and

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Newest Reports on SORR reinforce ineffectiveness.

Two new reports, including two from Dr. Jill Levenson, professor at Barry University in Miami and the foremost authority on sex offender residency restrictions, again reinforce the ineffectiveness and, in fact, counter-effectiveness of the Sex Offender Residency Restrictions. Please share these with your legislators. Journal of Social Work-2016-Levenson-SO Homelessness No Place to Call Home- Rethinking Residency Restrictions for Sex Offenders

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Nevada Supreme Court stops sex offender law from being implemented

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court Friday put the brakes on a law that would impose new registration requirements on sex offenders and subject thousands of them to community notification. The order signed by Justices Michael Douglas, Michael Cherry and Mark Gibbons temporarily halts the Department of Public Safety from implementing the law and posting thousands of sex offender

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UPDATED – RTAG International Travel Matrix

Based on comments and information updated by members, below is the updated travel matrix for Registrant Travel Action Group (RTAG – www.registranttag.org). Email: [email protected] Phone: 1.972.638.0651 REGISTRANT TRAVEL ACTION GROUP TRAVEL MATRIX Area Country SOs turned away Law keeping out SOs Law keeping out felons  SO Registry Mexico Mexico YES YES Unk NO Canada Canada YES YES YES YES Central

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