Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
This study critiques sex offense registration and notification laws (SORN), arguing that they are ineffective, costly, and harmful, and calls for a shift towards evidence-based interventions to address sexual violence. Ineffectiveness of Sex Offense Registries The modern sex offense registry has been shown to be ineffective in reducing recidivism and may even increase it. Public registries do not work
Read moreThe state of Tennessee agreed to permanently remove a woman from the sex offender registry months after a judge found she had been “falsely labeled as a sex offender.” But state officials included a stipulation in the agreement forbidding her and her attorneys from discussing the agreement and her lawsuit with the media, The Tennessean reports. They also are barred
Read morePresident Trump’s July 24, 2025 Executive Order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” includes a critical and concerning development for the registrant community: it expands the federal government’s use of civil commitment, explicitly targeting “sexually dangerous” individuals. The order directs the Department of Justice to aggressively use 18 U.S.C. § 4248, a law allowing for the indefinite civil
Read moreStarting August 5th, 2025, new changes to F.A.C. 33-210.102 regarding legal mail will place additional barriers on attorneys writing to incarcerated individuals in Florida. This recently approved rule change will severely limit how attorneys can send legal correspondence and may result in delays, denials, or returns of legitimate legal mail. What’s Changing: Attorneys must now register with FDC and obtain
Read moreThis week, the Woodstock, NY Town Board voted to terminate a town maintenance worker who is also a registrant on New York’s sex offense registry. The decision came after a tense and emotionally charged meeting where community members and board officials clashed over how to handle Innello’s employment and past convictions. While the vote to fire Innello ultimately passed, what
Read moreA Manchester (UK) school teacher has been banned from the classroom for two years after failing to declare her relationship with a sex offender. This article provides the details, but the outcome is outrageous. First, they boyfriend was in prison – so he was a risk to nobody. Second, the boyfriend wasn’t the teacher. She was. Does this mean to
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