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As a case manager for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Stephanie Jerstad once had a client die in transitional housing after being rejected by 212 different nursing homes in Illinois and Indiana. None of them would take the man because he was on a sexual offender registry for a long-ago offense. Admission was repeatedly denied despite professional evaluations of his

How many other creatures are inadvertently caught in the nets? Dr. Alissa R. Ackerman When I first heard Dr. Danielle Harris talk about the “tuna net analogy,” I was stunned by her accuracy in describing the problem we faced and floored by her ability to bring it to life with such simplistic, vivid imagery. It was the perfect analogy. Let

Let’s be honest, sex offenders are definitely not treated nice in prison; as they are considered the lowest of the low. And many times they are treated equally as bad by their neighbors/society when they are released. Their names are placed on a sex offender registry for the rest of their lives and neighborhoods can pass out fliers and post

Daniel Diaz-Gonzalez, 42, a civilian Lubbock Police Department employee, was arrested on Wednesday and accused of assaulting an elderly person, Chief Seth Herman said. “Diaz-Gonzalez subjected Sardinta to mistreatment during the required annual visit,” court documents stated. An investigation by Metro Special Crimes began on August 5. Diaz-Gonzalez was placed on leave on August 6, and the case was later

I read Brad Foster’s letter on chemical castration (Mailbag, June 2025) with some interest and I found myself agreeing with him. As someone who regularly struggles with depression and the issues that serotonin imbalance can cause, I worry about the impact of a drug that forcibly reduces serotonin levels. Would the government pay out if a sex offender taking the

A recent cohort study involving over 3.25 million U.S. adults examined the impact of individual and community-level incarceration on mortality rates. The findings revealed that individuals incarcerated at the time of the survey faced a 39% higher risk of all-cause mortality and more than triple the risk of overdose mortality compared to those not incarcerated. Additionally, higher county-level incarceration rates