Updates-on-recent-florida-sex-offender-legislation

Weekly Update 2017-05-09 Dear Members and Advocates, The results from 2017’s legislative session are coming in and it’s a mixed bag. The good news, is that the one we were particularly concerned about, SB 1558, which would have created a “rebuttable presumption of dangerousness” to one’s own children and given DCF the green light to remove a registrant’s children from

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Canada: Ottawa gives $7.48M for sex offender reintegration program

A Canadian initiative that helps reintegrate convicted sexual offenders back into society — an approach that cuts recidivism rates by anywhere from 67 to 92 per cent — has been granted $7.48 million in funding by the federal government. Circles of Support and Accountability, which has 14 sites across the country, will received the money over five years to fund

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SB 1558 Dies on the Vine

One of the bills we were watching carefully and particularly concerned about was Senator Lauren Book’s SB 1558, which would create a “rebuttable presumption of dangerous” to one’s own child if the parent had a CP offense in their history. As of Friday, the bill was reported as, “Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration.” Special thanks to all those who

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