Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
According to ABC 33/40, Birmingham has 139 registered citizens classified as homeless. The 2,000-foot residency exclusion zone may sound reassuring on paper. Keep people away from schools and daycares, and surely the community will be safer, right? But when exclusion zones eliminate so many potential places to live, the real-world consequences can be quite different from what lawmakers imagined. When
Read moreThe law is Assembly Bill 2727, which was introduced in the California Legislature this year after two convicted sex offenders over age 50 – but younger than 65 – became eligible for the state’s elderly parole. Under the new law, inmates with a conviction for a sexual offense have to be at least 65 years old and have served at
Read moreJeff Bast, who goes by Millstone the Klown on social media, says he is protecting children. His online following has brought scrutiny to people on the sex offender registry – and fear and lost work to people around them. Lucy Reid took down the signs in broad daylight. They had been posted around Winchester for weeks, calling attention to a
Read moreClose to 1,300 sex offenders are living in Fresno, and city leaders are fighting to keep that number down. City leaders say that’s why they’re introducing the SHIELD Act — not to be confused with other federal and state initiatives under the same name. The measure would force group homes housing sex offenders to register for a city license. And
Read moreExplore how thoughts influence emotions, decisions, relationships, and conflict, while learning practical strategies for responding more effectively to challenges in everyday life. Wilfredo Laracuente is a Group Facilitator with the Fortune Society, where he facilitates Cognitive Behavioral Interventions (CBI), Career Development Workshops, and programming focused on personal growth, decision-making, and successful community reintegration. A recipient of the Brian Fischer Humanitarian
Read moreWhile the United States continues to expand sex offender registries and restrictions, what other countries have been able to implement should cause us to ask whether we have our priorities straight. In India, researchers are questioning whether making sex offender registries publicly accessible actually improves public safety. India already maintains a registry accessible to law enforcement, but unlike the United
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