Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Below is the background, but the current status is that a Rhode Island shelter that was told by the state to turn away sex offenders, is not turning people away. Good for Harrington Hall for not kicking human beings out into the cold over The lawsuit, filed in United States District Court by ACLU of RI volunteer attorneys Lynnette Labinger
Read moreCHICAGO — Major changes in Illinois’ rules for sex offenders, including how long an offender must remain on a public registry, are part of a final report on its way to the governor’s office from the Sex Offenses & Sex Offender Registration Task Force. The report comes after a year of study by the group of legislators, criminal justice policymakers
Read moreThis research study is requesting the participation of sex offenders’ intimate partners Research question: What are the lived experiences of the intimate partners of sex offenders? The purpose of the study is to examine what life is like for someone in an intimate relationship with a sex offender. To qualify you must: Currently in an intimate relationship with
Read moreWeekly Update 2017-12-28 Dear Members and Advocates, It’s a strange thing… If you pay someone for sex, it’s considered prostitution and that’s a crime. But, if you pay someone for sex AND videotape it – that’s pornography, which is legal and protected by the first amendment of the constitution! There’s a similar paradox when it comes to consensual sexting among
Read moreWeekly Update 2017-12-21 Dear Members and Advocates, This holiday season, our warmest wishes go out to you and your families. For those who are able to spend the holidays with your family, cherish them. For those who are separated from family as a consequence of the registry, who are forced into homelessness or who are currently incarcerated, you are not
Read moreThe American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota has issued a statement in defense of a teenage girl facing child pornography charges for snapping an explicit photo of herself and sending it to a classmate. “To suggest that a juvenile who sends a sexually explicit selfie is a victim of her own act of child pornography is illogical,” said the ACLU Minnesota’s Legal Director
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