News & Updates

The Florida Action Committee, along with the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Massachusetts ATSA and RSOL, were named as Amici in an Amicus Brief filed in the Massachusetts Supreme Court. The case, which is a constitutional challenge to the Massachusetts residency restrictions, is presently before the Massachusetts supreme court on the City of Lynn’s

Clearly seeing how successful (NOT!) the results of Miami-Dade County’s 2500 county-wide sex offender residency restriction (SEE 160+ PEOPLE LIVING HOMELESS BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS IN MIAMI) are, Pasco is considering doing the same. Next month they will consider imposing a 2500 foot residency restriction. Now FAC is already suing Miami-Dade over theirs… looks like 2015 is gearing up to

Proposed study will look at whether sheriffs should take over probation from the state. TALLAHASSEE, Florida — With new problems surfacing daily at the Department of Corrections, one powerful lawmaker is pushing for a study that could lead to local sheriffs taking over felony probation supervision from the state. Future Speaker of the House, Rep. Richard Corcoran, R-Land O’ Lakes,

State will stop enforcing Jessica’s Law provision that prohibits all sex offenders from living near schools California officials announced Thursday that the state would stop enforcing a key provision of a voter-approved law that prohibits all registered sex offenders from living near schools. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it would no longer impose the blanket restrictions outlined in

Contributed by our board member Barb M.   You might find this interesting.  It is a six page read and these are just my thoughts: First of all we have to be mindful this is a survey and not a study.  But it continues to indicate that the actual research, empirical data, and the knowledge base is just not being

This legislative session there are a couple bills that would impose a financial penalty on registered sex offenders. The first is HB 1261, which would impose an “Offender Registration Fee” which permits the Sheriff of each county to charge sexual offenders an annual fee of up to $100 and $200 for predators. The second is the Lifetime Monitoring bill (HB