Florida Action Committee (FAC)

Scams targeting people on the registry are becoming more and more prevalent. Because of the wealth of personal information publicly available through the online registry and the abundance of confusing requirements, persons on the registry are easy targets for scams. It’s very easy for the scammer to get enough details about the target to sound authentic and convincing. It’s also

Colorado lawmakers advanced a proposal this week to place fewer youths who commit sexual offenses on the state registry, and to partially seal that registry from the public. The proposed changes are informed by research showing that harshly penalizing juvenile sex offenders often does nothing to improve public safety or rehabilitate the offenders. The proposed bill was endorsed Thursday by

The Dobbs Wire:  Organizing  inside.  There’s good news out of Marcy where several hundred men have been locked up indefinitely in New York’s sex offense civil commitment facility.  Those inside are working collectively to build some influence and, no doubt, draw attention to their plight by forming a political action committee (PAC)!   They’re locked up not for any crime but

A few weeks ago, our weekly update concerned Galen Baughman, a reform advocate who was facing trial to determine whether he would be labeled a sexually violent predator and civilly committed. The below is an excerpt from a message Galen’s mom sent to his supporters sharing the unfortunate news. I wanted to share a message Phil Fornaci sent out recently

In a decision handed down by Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal, the Fourteen (14) YEAR sentence of a person required to register for a Failure to Register charge was overturned after the state could not prove he failed to register within 48 hours of “establishing a residence” The appellant was released from prison in February of 2015. A couple

We all want to tell our story because, to each of us, it is the worst thing that ever happened to us, and we want to believe that we would rather accept someone else’s life than our own.  But if we were all to throw our shoes into a circle….you are likely to take back your own familiar shoes before