News & Updates

Eight out-of-state sex offenders now living in New Mexico are suing the Department of Public Safety and various sheriffs over a policy that places them on the State’s registry for life, even when their out-of-state offense only mandated a 10-year registration requirement (sound familiar?) READ THE COMPLAINT: NM – Out of State  

As an advocate for survivors of abuse and as someone who has personally been impacted by sexual violence, I care deeply about true accountability for offenders, prevention of new harm and the safety and healing of our communities. Because of those priorities and values, I was alarmed at The Register Guard’s editorial that advocated for a public safety policy that

A Federal Court Judge ruled Butts Count (Georgia) could not force persons required to register as sex offenders to post signs on their property during the Halloween season. The 25 page Order, issued today, grants the injunction (preventing the Sheriff from posting the signs) with respect to the named plaintiffs, but fell short of granting the same relief for EVERY

Tallahassee, FL – On October 22, a federal district court in Tallahassee awarded almost $1.2 million in attorneys’ fees and costs in a censorship lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC). The lawsuit was filed in 2011 by Prison Legal News (PLN), a 72-page monthly publication that covers criminal justice-related issues; PLN is a project of the non-profit, Lake

Halloween is upon us once again, so that means the media is flooding viewers with sweeps week stories advertising sex offense registry maps and registry compliance checks on Halloween. (Patch dot com has already flooded news feeds with “Sex Offender Safety Maps” all month long.) Many of these stories are not inaccurate both regarding the danger registered persons actually pose

Fox News reports that testing in Florida’s Palm Beach County of 1,500 backlogged rape kits has led to the arrest of a registered sex offender for a 1992 rape. This story is shared for a couple reasons. First; for years there was a backlog of untested rape kits. Rather than applying resources into testing these kits and solving crimes, police departments