Other States

Polk County, Texas and Polk County, Florida have more in common than a name. They both appear to embrace an especially punitive approach toward people on the registry. According to a recent report from KETK News, a Texas man received a staggering 25-year prison sentence — not for committing a new sex offense, but for a registration violation. The case

The Riverside County, California DA’s Office is touting “Operation Volcano” as a major crackdown on child sexual exploitation. But when you actually look at the numbers, the headlines may be more explosive than the results. According to the DA, this was a “yearlong, multi-agency operation” conducted from March 2025 through March 2026. Investigators reportedly identified more than 500 suspected distributors

In Rhode Island, a story is unfolding that perfectly captures the contradiction at the heart of the registry system. A man working as a property manager was arrested after his status became known. The issue we want to highlight is not that he was arrested for not disclosing his work – that’s the law, he didn’t report his work, he

WTF!!! Nearly a million dollars for a reporting violation! A recent story out of Arkansas is a perfect case study in how the sex offender registry is designed to work and how it fails taxpayers. According to the news story, two individuals accused of failing to comply with registration requirements were each given bonds of $950,000. Not for a new

The Colorado Supreme Court concluded on Monday that lifetime sex offender registration is not cruel and unusual punishment because it is not “punishment.” At the same time, two members urged lawmakers to heed the advice of the Sex Offender Management Board and adopt a new, more accurate system of measuring a person’s risk of recidivism. Under Colorado law, “sexually violent

This week, headlines out of Michigan highlight yet another proposal aimed at people on the sex offender registry. This time, a sweeping ban on working in any business that “primarily serves minors”. On its face, the pitch sounds simple: keep kids safe. But beneath the rhetoric lies a familiar pattern — one that courts have already rejected, and one that