Florida Action Committee (FAC)

A Member (who we will not name to respect his privacy), has sued Southwest Ranches, a city in west Broward County, Florida, over their Sex Offender Residency Restriction (SORR). Although he challenges the application of their ordinance as to himself (since his case predates the ordinance by more than a decade) that was not the catalyst of the suit. The

From a Member: Hello, This is xxxxxxxx in Leon County.  I just wanted to let you know that last week I was the target of yet another scam of those of us on the registry.  A “sheriff’s deputy” called and said I needed to give a new DNA sample.  An audit had been done by the federal government and my

Florida requires that inmates serve at least 85% of their sentences, and the state has abolished parole. That’s resulted in a massive prison population — about 95,000 inmates. Taxpayers now fork over $2.7 billion per year for the Department of Corrections budget — and that’s after expenses have been trimmed. Education programs are almost nonexistent. Only 18 of 50 major

[1065.iheart.com – 10/17/19] A Sheriff in Georgia is not messing around when it comes to Halloween. He put up “No Trick-Or-Treat at This Address” signs in the yards of sex offenders in order to keep children out of harms way. “I’m not trying to humiliate ’em or anything like that. Let’s face reality: We have a greater chance of children

Yesterday we put up a post reminding members of scams targeting persons on the registry. That wasn’t the first time we warned our members, but despite putting up the posts and adding it to our weekly update, we get frequent calls from people who’ve been targeted or worse, taken for thousands of dollars. These posts help the 2000 or so