Legislative

Today at 1:30 PM, several members will be appearing, in person, at the Florida House of Representatives Criminal Justice Subcommittee Meeting to speak out against HB 45, which seeks to add “Public Swimming Pools” and “Public Bathing Areas” to the already onerous State 1000 foot sex offender residency restriction. Staff analysis of the Bill notes that, “the bill may have

An amendment was filed in House Bill 45. This is the bill that we have been following and which proposes to add public pools and public bathing areas to the state’s residency restriction statute. Likely in response to the efforts of our legislative team and many of you who have contacted your lawmakers, it seems nobody will have to move

After posting yesterday’s Call to Action, we received a lot of comments (on our posts, in phone calls, and in email) from members who are confused as to whether House Bill 45 and Senate Bill 212 will apply to them. To try to simplify things, here’s how it breaks down: HB 45 and Senate Bill 212 would ban certain people

The rapid spread of artificial intelligence has made it possible for young people to create explicit deepfake images with just a few clicks on their phones. What many don’t realize is that these seemingly harmless pranks or acts of online bullying can now carry devastating consequences. With the passage of Florida’s HB 757 (which goes into effect on October 1,

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