Canada: Ottawa gives $7.48M for sex offender reintegration program

A Canadian initiative that helps reintegrate convicted sexual offenders back into society — an approach that cuts recidivism rates by anywhere from 67 to 92 per cent — has been granted $7.48 million in funding by the federal government. Circles of Support and Accountability, which has 14 sites across the country, will received the money over five years to fund

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SB 1558 Dies on the Vine

One of the bills we were watching carefully and particularly concerned about was Senator Lauren Book’s SB 1558, which would create a “rebuttable presumption of dangerous” to one’s own child if the parent had a CP offense in their history. As of Friday, the bill was reported as, “Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration.” Special thanks to all those who

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Lauren’s Kids racks up six-figure donations via auto tag registration renewals

In January, Broward County car owners who received their auto tag renewal notices also got a special message from Lauren’s Kids, the nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing child sex abuse and founded by freshman State Sen. Lauren Book. Inside the envelopes, colorful flyers bearing Lauren’s Kids logo wished vehicle registrants a happy birthday while segueing into an ominous stat: “Yet

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