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The following blog post originally appeared at: http://sajrt.blogspot.com/2016/07/re-integration-risk-management-public.html?m=1   Recently, I have been in conversations with academics and professionals about the effectiveness of offender reintegration programmes, risk management and public protection. There seems to be an idea that “risk management” is an evil concept and a by-line for punitive state control, which is worrying. A notion that public protection means

The following is a summary from The Federal Defenders New York Blog.  It was posted on Wed. May 25, 2016. It was contributed by an FAC Board Member.   The Issue of Collateral Consequences is ‘catching the eye’ of federal judges.  When I attended the recent Federal Sentencing Conf. in Orlando, the federal judges more than once referenced the issue

The Nevada Supreme Court has put a stay on the implementation of a sex offender law. The law has been in limbo since 2007. That’s when state lawmakers approved a bill to comply with federal requirements of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. Changes to the sex offender registry have been halted due to ongoing litigation. According to

This article isn’t a joke… it actually appeared on Jax4:   JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — “Pokemon Go” has people from around the world looking for digital creatures with smart phones, even in front of sex offender’s homes. Action News Jax reporter Cole Heath found Pokemon feet a registered sex offender’s home. Some homes where registered predators on the Florida Department of

The Florida Sexual Offenders and Predators registry was created in October 1993 for sexual predators. It was expanded to include sexual offenders in 1997. It included those who were convicted and released on or after October 1, 1993. Many people who have committed crimes before the list was created were also added. “It’s reaching pretty far back. We have people,

My name is Natalie Jablonski, and I’m a producer at Minnesota Public Radio. I’ve been doing some research into the history of sex offender laws and how they impact registrants and their families. Thank you so much to everyone who reached out to me in the past few months to talk about this issue!  I’m still looking for people who