Legislative

Last week, a Spanish-speaking man in his late 70s wandered into my open bay prison dorm. We have 86 bunks. He meandered to the back, passing row upon row of steel frames, shuffling a metal walker down an aisle, looking for what he assumed was his assigned bunk. Upon reaching a bed in a far corner of the dorm, he

President Trump’s July 24, 2025 Executive Order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” includes a critical and concerning development for the registrant community: it expands the federal government’s use of civil commitment, explicitly targeting “sexually dangerous” individuals. The order directs the Department of Justice to aggressively use 18 U.S.C. § 4248, a law allowing for the indefinite civil

FOUR BILLS: One board member has a drafted bill, written by another board member, pertaining to people on the registry who are cognitively unable to fulfill the 60+ registry requirements, yet required to do so by statute. Next week she will be sharing it with a representative that said he is interested in seeing such a bill. Several FAC members

Yesterday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a legislative package “aimed at cracking down on sexual predators, enhancing protections for children and vulnerable individuals, and addressing the growing threat of digital sexual exploitation.” One of the central pieces of the package is House Bill 777, which expands the scope of existing laws to make it a felony to lure or entice