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Guy Hamilton-Smith has been a long-time ally of FAC.   That is why it was good to receive this recent message from him: “All — just wanted to pass this along, in my case in Kentucky where I’m challenging the new law there that requires registrants to use their full legal name on social media, the judge just granted a

What you need to know: Westlake in Palm Beach County will be considering expanding their residency restriction to 2500 feet for Persons Forced To Register.   This proposed ordinance will include any public or private school, public library, day care center, park, playground, community center, day camp, or any other place where children regularly congregate. This proposed ordinance contains the false

A recent News Analysis from The New York Times quotes Justice Clarence Thomas in 1994 as saying, a felony is “as bad a word as you can give to man or thing.” As many people are trying to abolish the registry, the felony would remain on a background check, regardless of the number of years since the felony occurred. Pointed

Jessica Seaman with The Denver Post says, “The Colorado Department of Corrections refuses to provide sex offender treatment to people serving indeterminate prison sentences despite assuring them that once they go through the program they will be eligible for parole, a new federal lawsuit alleges.” This class-action lawsuit was filed this week in the U.S. District Court of Colorado.  The

Last spring, the Small Business Administration (SBA) removed “most criminal history restrictions in its federally guaranteed loan programs…opening additional sources of business capital to justice-impacted entrepreneurs.”  (Collateral Consequences Resource Center: “SBA finalizes rule limiting consideration of criminal history in loan programs,” April 30, 2024, by Margaret Love) The SBA noted that there is no research showing an increased risk of

An FAC member has passed on this resource from the Probation Information Network (PIN). PIN states: “It does not provide enough details for a full and accurate picture and should not be used by itself, but rather as a tool alongside the full-text versions.”  There could also be a delay period between a change in a particular state’s statute and