Florida Action Committee (FAC)

The torture started in 2006. The cities of Miami-Beach and Miami got into a war of sex offenders because Miami Beach’s ordinance drove registrants without anyplace to live over to the mainland. Miami countered by passing their own ordinance to drive them back. The result, sex offenders couldn’t find anyplace to live and were living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway;

If you are walking through the mall or another high traffic area in St. Johns County you might see pictures of sex offenders on one of six new kiosks purchased by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s office. The informational Kiosks, which will feature images of missing and wanted individuals, sex offender notifications, unsolved crimes, amber and silver alerts, safety and

The following was submitted to [email protected] and we wanted to share it with our members:   Hello,   I am a Political Science PhD student at Florida State University and last night read an article about Circles of Support & Accountability and decided to look into Florida policy. We don’t seem to have any good, evidence-based treatment programs – everything

The United Methodist Church took time to share a very positive story about the Pahokee Church that took in registered citizens. http://www.flumc.org/videodetail/2182610  

Thankfully, FAC was successful in blocking the passage of several horrible laws (lifetime GPS, for example) during last year’s legislative session. Several new laws go into effect today (nothing going into effect today impacts registrants) so here are a few changes to be aware of as they relate to sex or pornography: Prostitution: Paying for sex will become a first-degree

In the late 1980s, despite legal and ethical concerns, a few U.S. states began indefinitely detaining sex offenders, a practice known as civil commitment. Over the last 30 years, this model has spread across the nation. Now, America’s system of sex offender management is being called into question in courtrooms around the country and the court of public opinion. 2015