CTA: Florida bill banning SOs from residing near pools, beaches, lakes, rivers

House Bill 45 and Senate Bill 212 seek to add to the 1,000 ft residency restrictions of childcare facilities, schools, parks and playgrounds by including “public swimming pools” and “public bathing places”. These residency restrictions result in 80% or more of Florida being off limits for registrant housing. Registrants who have committed one of the enumerated offenses; involving a victim

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Not in custody? Hardly!

Across the country, jurisdictions impose extraordinary restrictions on individuals subject to sex-offender registration that go well beyond supervision, surveillance, or merely “being on a list.” A striking example: in Chatham County, Georgia, the county sheriff announced that this year all level 3 sex offenders must report to jail on Halloween night for three hours. The public justification: “for the safety

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So where CAN we work?

The recent story from the Boston Herald about a Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles employee being fired after it was discovered he was on the Florida sex offender registry perfectly illustrates how deeply rooted discrimination has become against anyone on the registry. According to the report, the individual was not in a public-facing position — he processed truck company applications

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