WA: Legislators Furious Over Re-Entry Housing Facility for Sex Offenders

Since 2017 Joe Fields has operated Joe’s Place in Walla Walla, where as  many as 9 registered mostly low-level sex offenders are voluntarily housed.  That facility began just after creation of the state’s STAR Program or Succesful Transition and Re-Entry Program. Now, Kennewick Police and 8th. District Legislators have released information the Fields has applied for and purchased a home in

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CA: Fresno passes ordinance evicting registered sex offenders from group housing

The Fresno County Board Of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a new law limiting the number of sex offenders that can live in a single-family home. The law caps the number of sexual offenders to six per home. Property owners face fines and a six-month jail sentence for violations. About two dozen members of the public have spoken on the

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WA: Bill proposes changes to sex offender registration for Net Nanny cases

SB 5312 proposes to reduce the sex offender registration requirement for individuals convicted in these operations to five years, provided they have no prior sex offense or kidnapping convictions. Net Nanny operations, as described by the Washington State Patrol’s Missing and Exploited Children Task Force, are Internet sting operations designed to catch adults attempting to solicit minors online. Between 2015

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Good Article on Wisconsin’s Efforts to Put Homeless Registrant on GPS

Just as the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals is considering the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s GPS monitoring for repeat offenders, a handful of lawmakers are trying to slap GPS monitors on people who are homeless, through a recently introduced piece of legislation. At least the press this bad idea is getting is introducing some common sense and fairness. Wisconsin public

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MA: Massachusetts Supreme Court Win on GPS Monitoring

The Supreme Judicial Court considered whether the duration of GPS monitoring imposed as a condition of probation under G. L. c. 265, § 47 is constitutionally permissible under art. 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. Section 47 mandates that defendants convicted of certain sex offenses “shall” be subject to GPS monitoring for the entire length of probation. However, in

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