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Making Jamaica’s sex offender registry public could do more harm than good, warns human rights activist Carla Gullotta. Various incidents, including the sexual assault of two sisters in Old Harbour, St Catherine, by a man who had served time in prison for a previous sexual offence, has once again sparked calls for greater transparency and public access to the registry.
Read moreHere’s an interesting case out of the UK (where noticeably a lot of “sex offender” news stories are coming lately). It’s a case that challenges our understanding of justice, rehabilitation, and the labels we assign people. A man was convicted for possessing indecent images of children. A serious, serious crime. However, the unsettling detail is that the man was 18
Read moreFlorida Action Committee (FAC) members and affiliates, that are also members and advocates of Prison Fellowship, have asked FAC to share this ACTION REQUEST to HELP REMOVE BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE by urging Congress to support the Re-Entry Act. Being released from prison is an overwhelming experience. Men and women who have endured the harsh realities of incarceration are suddenly
Read moreBritain is considering mandating the use of chemical castration for sex offenders under an overhaul of the justice system aimed at freeing up more space in its overcrowded prisons. One of the first acts of the Labour government in July was to announce plans to release more prisoners early to tackle a crisis of overcrowding in jails which ministers said
Read moreIf this sounds familiar, it’s because Polk County is far from alone in rounding up sex workers and their customers under the auspices of stopping human trafficking. And as is so frequently the case, the federal government had a hand in this operation, which authorities dubbed Fool Around and Find Out. In addition to targeting adults for trying to consensually
Read moreA prison officer who delivered rehabilitation courses to sex offenders has been placed on the register himself after being found with child abuse material and extreme pornography including a woman having sex with a donkey. The 46-year-old former HMP Edinburgh officer appeared for sentence at Falkirk sheriff court on Tuesday after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to communicating indecently
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