Florida Action Committee (FAC)

Although it’s not in Florida, the New Hampshire legislature has proposed a bill that shows a lot of insight and indicates that at least somewhere in the country, some legislators are beginning to see the bigger picture and do the right thing. The bill would prohibit the retroactive application of the sex offender registry. A sex offender required to register

Registrant Travel Action Group (http://registranttag.org/), the National RSOL affiliate focused on protecting the travel rights of registered citizens, is in Washington DC to pound the pavement, speak to legislators and fight for our right to travel. As reported, in recent weeks the Senate passed a bill (the International Megan’s Law) that would severely impede the rights of registered citizens to

A registered citizen successfully petitioned the court to remain in the home he bought with the permission of his probation officer. If you recall, a couple of weeks ago we wrote about the Brevard County registrant whose neighbors were up in arms about him moving into their community and were trying to get him evicted (http://floridaactioncommittee.org/brevard-fighting-to-enforce-its-ordinance/). Well the judge has

FAC was fortunate to have two members of our Board attend the annual ATSA conference. We were equally fortunate that they returned with detailed notes on the different sessions, so that we have an idea of what’s being talked about among treatment professionals and what new issues and ideas are being exchanged. Below are summaries from each session:   Summary

Contemplating the criminal justice tool’s role in the rehabilitation process amid the wearable tech boom by Rob Walker In the 1960s, Robert Kirkland Schwitzgebel and his twin brother Ralph were psychology students at Harvard, interested in helping troubled, at-risk youth—“juvenile delinquents,” in the jargon of the era. Students of behaviorist and social philosopher B.F. Skinner, the brothers envisioned using modern

Florida’s Sex Offender Registry went from 33,990 people in 2005 to 65,586 in 2015, according to Parents For Megan’s Law. That’s a growth of 93% in the past decade, almost doubling the size of the State’s sex offender registry. The counts have grown, on average, 7.2% year-over-year, which indicates that if Florida remains on the current track, by 2025 we