Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
When the Sentence Ends but the Career Does Not Recover What Deadliest Catch Can Teach Us About Employment After Conviction A criminal sentence can have a defined ending. The economic consequences often do not. The Discovery series Deadliest Catch offers an unusual case study in how criminal history, publicity, the nature of an offense, and employer discretion can affect a
Read moreFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Fort Lauderdale police have cleared a parking lot where Local 10 News previously found registered sex offenders and sexual predators staying under probation supervision. One person was arrested and others were given trespass warnings during the recent police operation at a shopping center in the 2400 block of North Federal Highway. But while the parking lot
Read moreA segment on Local10 news on the homeless registrant encampment in Ft. Lauderdale Florida will air tonight at 10PM. After the original report aired, FAC reached out to Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis and the Local10 investigative reporter, Jeff Weinsier, who ran the story. To his credit, Mayor Trantalis did take a meeting with representatives of FAC on August 10,
Read moreBoynton Beach, Florida — August 11, 2026 — The Florida Action Committee (FAC), a statewide nonprofit organization advocating for evidence-based criminal justice policies, today announced the filing of a sweeping federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s sex offender registration and restriction scheme as unconstitutional. Filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida (Case No. 4:26-cv-00388-MW-MJF), the lawsuit
Read moreThe recent resentencing of George Proulx in Flagler County exposes a deeply troubling reality: women on the sex offender registry are being left unprotected and, in some cases, actively placed in harm’s way. Proulx did not merely violate probation—he deliberately researched female registrants, studied their locations, and contacted them. The system handed him a map. Sex offender registries are publicly
Read moreThe Fresno County Board Of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a new law limiting the number of sex offenders that can live in a single-family home. The law caps the number of sexual offenders to six per home. Property owners face fines and a six-month jail sentence for violations. About two dozen members of the public have spoken on the
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