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Actor Mark Salling committed suicide yesterday while awaiting sentencing for a child pornography conviction. The former “Glee” cast member had hung himself. He was facing 4-7 years in prison. Nothing good comes from this entire tragic chain of events. Not for the victims of child sexual abuse and not for the family, fans or friends of Mark Salling. It’s important

A couple of weeks ago, parents in Maine became outraged after it was discovered that a sex offender had taken pictures of a child and posted them on social media. Police didn’t arrest the man because it wasn’t illegal. The Constitution protects the photographing of people, places or things in public. The pictures were not sexual in nature and there

Dan Ragsdale, the former Deputy Director of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who has been with the agency for more than 20 years, is now Executive Vice President – Contract Compliance with GEO Group, the private, for-profit prison company that the Trump Administration has handed lucrative government contracts to operate immigration detention centers. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-ragsdale-1321bbb1/  

Below are excerpts from a Newsweek article from a couple of months ago. In researching new bills that are being introduced in States across the US, we’re seeing a trend towards privatization of the prison systems. If you were wondering why… wonder no further. Updated | Within the Texas legislature, a controversial bill is pending. A private prisons company called the

in 2014, former Miami-Dade Police Sgt. James Edwards resigned after being arrested for molesting two teen boys (aged 15 and 16). The Miami New Times, today, posted a bizarre story about Edwards now suing the County for his accumulated sick and vacation pay. What’s bizarre about the story is not necessarily that Edwards is suing for his earned pay, but

THE 2018 VIRGINIA General Assembly session is my 10th as a volunteer advocate for a smarter Virginia Sex Offender Registry. I use more than 20 years of data to support my work and offer fact-based recommendations for improving the laws. In that time, I have watched as Virginia delegates and senators take a stance on one bill because it affects