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A federal district court in Illinois handed a win to a group of persons required to register as sex offenders, who challenged the constitutionality of a policy of refusing to release persons who did not secure housing. Registrants brought suit challenging a policy that kept an individual confined infinitely until (and unless) they were able to secure housing. The problem,

Yesterday, CS/HB 851 (the “Human Trafficking Bill”) advanced through the House with a notable exception; the “Solicitation of prostitution registry” was dropped. The bill was the Florida House of Representative’s companion to Lauren Book’s Senate Bill (which still contains the registry, but instead of calling it a “registry”, they changed the word to “directory” – not that it makes any

The following is a letter sent to the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice (404 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100) by a member. She graciously shared the letter with us and gave us permission to share it with members.   Feb 21, 2019 Dear Committee Members, I watched the committee meeting on the SB 540 Human Trafficking Bill and noted

In Commonwealth v. Feliz, a case decided by the Massachusetts Supreme Court yesterday, the Court concluded that mandatory GPS monitoring for all sex offenses is “over inclusive in that GPS monitoring will not necessarily constitute a reasonable search for all individuals convicted of a qualifying sex offense.” The Plaintiff, a CP offender, was strapped with a GPS monitor as part

Mary Davye Devoy, the VA advocate for reform of sex offender laws, received an unexpected victory. Gov. Ralph Northam is proposing to remove provisions from the law that would have penalized sex offenders who didn’t disclose their status to emergency shelter security staff and also remove language that allows shelter staff to deny immediate admission to an offender for an

Interesting that this article refers to the “directory” as “Public Shaming”. Shaming is a traditional form of punishment but the registry is NOT supposed to be punishment! https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wfsu/audio/2019/03/HumanTrafficking0326CR_1.mp3