80% of unsheltered homeless in Ft. Lauderdale are on the sex offender registry

This is “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Month” in the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At the City’s Commission meeting held on November 1, 2022, Vice Mayor Ben Sorensen recognized the hard work of homeless outreach and services providers. Notably uninvited and unrecognized were the Florida Action Committee (https://floridaactioncommittee.org) and the Sex Offender Housing Subcommittee of the Broward County Reentry Coalition

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FAC Weekly Update for 2022-11-14-FAC Complaint to UN and Issue in Highlands County

Weekly Update #240 Dear Members and Advocates, Yesterday, FAC submitted a Complaint to the United Nations Human Rights Council against the United States’ public sex offender registry. It asked the High Commissioner of Human Rights of the UN to investigate the registry for human rights violations. The UN’s Human Rights Complaint procedure addresses complaints from individuals or groups who are

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At least one headline that’s not misleading (mostly)

Kudos to the Branson Tri-Lakes News for putting up a Halloween sex offender story that’s not misleading. The title is “No Branson sex offender Halloween violations involved children” Unlike most news outlets that would have tried some click bait with a misleading title such as “25% of sex offenders in Branson arrested for Halloween crimes”, they added some semblance of

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Justice Department Awards $20 Million to Help Register and Track Sex Offenders

The Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking today announced it has awarded approximately $20 million to help states, U.S. territories and tribal communities register and track sex offenders and protect Americans from sexual violence. The awards will help jurisdictions meet the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Title I

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FAC Initiates International Human Rights Complaint Against US’s Sex Offender Registry

The Florida Action Committee, Inc. has initiated a Complaint against the United States through the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Complaint alleges the public sex offender registry constitutes cruel and degrading treatment in violation of Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. A

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UPDATED: ACSOL: Leader Frank Lindsay OFF Life Support

According to ACSOL, Frank is off life support and doing better! ACSOL leader Frank Lindsay has been placed on life support after being diagnosed with COVID. He was hospitalized on Tuesday after complaining that he was experiencing trouble breathing. “Please include Frank and his family in your thoughts and prayers,” asked ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “It is possible although

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