Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
The Federal Bureau of Prisons’ policies and program statements require that any individual with the Public Safety Factor of “Sex Offender” can be housed in no less than a “Low” security level prison. So how is it that socialite Ghistlaine Maxwell was transferred to a camp (Minimum security level) last year, shortly after meeting with attorneys for President Trump. A
Read moreOne of the most powerful tools we have in changing laws, shifting public opinion, and confronting stigma is visibility. Social media is where narratives are shaped, where misinformation spreads—or is corrected—and where lawmakers, journalists, and the public go to understand the issues. When you follow Florida Action Committee on social media, you’re not just clicking a button. You’re helping amplify
Read moreJacksonville Land Use and Zoning committee approved an ordinance that allows a day care to reopen within 2,000 feet of a sex predator. The current city code requires a 2,500-foot distance between the two. The request that the day care owner is making would shrink that distance to 1,980 feet, putting the offender just outside the radius. “There is a
Read moreThe recent resentencing of George Proulx in Flagler County exposes a deeply troubling reality: women on the sex offender registry are being left unprotected and, in some cases, actively placed in harm’s way. Proulx did not merely violate probation—he deliberately researched female registrants, studied their locations, and contacted them. The system handed him a map. Sex offender registries are publicly
Read moreAn man died while being transported to the Lyon County Jail after authorities arrested him for a failure to register, a technical violation, not a new sex offense. Police say the Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Task Force responded to a home near Dayton following an anonymous tip about someone who had “failed to register as required by law.” Task force
Read moreA federal judge in New Orleans has dismissed a lawsuit that two landlords filed against St. Tammany Parish government over a parish law that strictly regulates housing for registered sex offenders, after the parish and landlord indicated they had reached a settlement and “agreed to resolve this dispute amicably.” Following the St. Tammany Parish Council’s April 2024 adoption of sweeping
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