Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
We say it all the time. If you don’t challenge one city’s bad ordinance, the neighboring cities will pass laws too. It’s essentially a domino effect when it comes to residency restrictions. One city concocts a law to restrict people on the sex offender registry from living there, and then the cities adjacent to it has to pass a similar
Read moreA recent Spectrum News story, “Homeless families placed in motels find unwelcome neighbors: sex offenders” sounds exactly like the kind of headline meant to stir people up. But if you get past the headline, the story tells a very different truth. Buried in the article is something lawmakers rarely admit: people on the registry can’t find housing. Not because they
Read moreMaine State Police is warning of a scam that is targeting sex offenders in the state. The issue was brought to those who run the Sex Offender Registry that the scam is targeting registered people on probation in Maine. A letter is being mailed to people, claiming to be from the ‘Maine Probation Tonduary.’ The letter claims there has been
Read moreA new meta-analysis is reinforcing what researchers have been saying for years: Florida’s one-size-fits-all approach of keeping everyone on the registry for life and subjecting them to the same sweeping restrictions runs directly counter to the evidence. Drawing on 30 non-overlapping samples, the study found that individuals whose offenses are limited to Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) have very low
Read moreIn Northampton, Massachusetts, a man identified only as John Doe has brought a legal challenge against the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board, asking a Superior Court judge to examine not just his classification, but the constitutionality of the system that labeled him. Massachusetts does not follow the federal tier-based model used in many other states (which is offense-based). Instead, its
Read moreWeekly update for April 6, 2026. This is recording number 364 Dear Members and Advocates, This past week, FAC posted two stories which collided in a way that should force a long-overdue conversation. But won’t. Because it’s the one conversation no politician wants to have. On one hand, we exposed the uncomfortable truth that the sex offender registry is no
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