Other States

[FAC NOTE: This isn’t the first LEO that was arrested for stealing money from registrants] A former deputy with the Richland County (SC) Sheriff’s Department was arrested after allegedly stealing money from sex offenders. RCSD said 31-year-old Jessica Way was arrested Monday and charged with petit larceny. The department said the charge was linked to an internal audit from July

The Iowa Board of Corrections admitted that it has repeatedly heard the same concerns for years—particularly from families and advocates of incarcerated individuals—about the prolonged incarceration of non‑violent sex offenders who completed treatment but are still being referred for civil commitment. The unresolved issues center on why individuals deemed no longer criminally dangerous continue to face civil commitment proceedings, effectively

The state of Tennessee agreed to permanently remove a woman from the sex offender registry months after a judge found she had been “falsely labeled as a sex offender.” But state officials included a stipulation in the agreement forbidding her and her attorneys from discussing the agreement and her lawsuit with the media, The Tennessean reports. They also are barred

This week, the Woodstock, NY Town Board voted to terminate a town maintenance worker who is also a registrant on New York’s sex offense registry. The decision came after a tense and emotionally charged meeting where community members and board officials clashed over how to handle Innello’s employment and past convictions. While the vote to fire Innello ultimately passed, what

A lawsuit filed in Sacramento contests the validity of a risk‑assessment tool specifically used to evaluate female sex offenders. The plaintiff, the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL), argues the tool has not been properly validated for use with female offenders, leads to unjust restrictions on low-risk women, such as excessive supervision or parole limitations and in some cases,