The owners of the Pleasant Night Inn have said they no longer wish to house registered sex offenders.
In a letter to the Jefferson County Department of Social Services, for which the Inn provides rooms to house people in emergency housing programs, owner Pratesh R. Patel requested that no registered sex offenders be placed in the hotel.
“As of July 18, 2022, we have amended our hotel policy to no longer accept registered sex offenders at our location,” Mr. Patel said in the letter. “We would also ask that any client of yours that has a violent or disruptive history no longer be placed at our hotel.”
On Sunday, Mayor Burto said he was happy to see the owner implement an internal policy barring sex offenders from the hotel, after public pressure and even a small protest outside the hotel.
This is highly disturbing!
Expands use of ankle monitors, requires ID cards with symbols:
https://www.cbs46.com/2022/06/20/mariams-law-brother-urges-state-better-id-sex-offenders-after-sisters-murder/
And I suppose if this passes, it would be retroactively applied to everyone, just like every other new sanction they place on us and call it, non-punitive in nature.
Just another day at the office folks, nothing to see here. Move along. No humans were harmed in the application of this gentle law that was lovingly applied to monsters, uh, I mean registrants.
Just get it over with and send us all off to a remote island. Burn us at the stake. Symbolically that is what happens to us every time a new sanctioning law, rule or requirement is added to our so called “Non-punitive” actions. Who are you kidding? (Speaking of lawmakers and judges)
Sadly, the more mayors and the public continue to do this the homeless problem will only grow, which will create an even greater problem for that town/city and community. It’s time we stop this fear mongering and start trying to help people get back on their feet and allowing them a second chance. If this isn’t done, then I propose a record be kept of all who feel second chances should not be given to felons, like SOFs, then they should NOT be given a second chance on any missdemenor or felonty they commit either. Maybe then they’ll understand …just a thought.
Ran into this same issue here in Brevard county when I first came home from prison in 2013. Stayed at a pretty nice place on US 1 in Melbourne that my probation officer actually recommended and took me to. Stayed for about 7 weeks when the owner (remote owner – lived out of the area) “suddenly” realized that he had 5 or 6 registered folks living there….. some for over 6 months. I always paid my bill 2 weeks in advance. I was flagged down by the manager one day and told that I had to move. I would be allowed to stay for one more week but my second week would be refunded immediately in cash. She was really upset because she said that “we” were her most stable, dependable renters. Said that all of us together created 0% – ZERO – of her daily problems.
I was reading some of the posts and something caught my eye. This is just food for though, maybe we can amend what we have in court to add this.
When you are labeled a convict is when you are in prison right? when you leave prison and complete all your sentence .. then you are labelled an “Ex” Convict. Then why on earth it is legal to call the name SEX OFFENDER when you are are out of prison and probation, We should be name if any.. an “Ex” Sex Offender. Can we get that on the ex post facto that we have? If they want to use the name sex offender they must do it with the Ex in front as we are not longer under any government imposed sentence. if that argument has precedent or looks fair.. please amend the cases we have now in court.
Thanks
For those who would like to opine:
https://m.facebook.com/117742214952976/
Dennis
IF ONLY, I was allowed on facebook I would do so. To bad I am banned from there, Nextdoor and myriad of other social media. No, not because I am on probation, I am not. It is because either the FDLE, Sheriff’s office, The Government, and or the social media platform bans most of us.
And unlike facebook, ANYONE in your household is also banned from nextdoor. What the Hell did my family do that they are also banned? That seems like a huge, huge lawsuit somewhere down the road. Can we call that punishment? I mean really, we are at fault because our families have to be banned for something they had NO part of??????????? Mind blown.
I’m of course not advocating that anyone break the actual law, if it is a probation issue or something, but I know tons of SOs who use Facebook in violation of its TOS. And if they can’t, they have friends and family who can.
Apparently those with convictions for sex offenses were taking up spots that repeat junkies could be renting instead… Because they have no victims, ever.
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Sc
Unfortunately, we cannot claim discrimination due to the fact we are not a protected class. But excuse me, what happened to “Human rights”? Did we also stop being human?
Personally, I find the term “protected class” to be incredibly discriminatory. Let’s be honest, discrimination has and will always run rampant in any society. It’s only the target of discrimination that makes it acceptable or not.
Cherokee
My wonder here in Florida is where the Fair Housing Act comes into play, especially when someone forced to register is on the autism spectrum. I guess the question would be, if you play the disability card, does it override the registry?
Unfortunately, the term “Human Rights” pertains only to those they deam suitable for this world. Kinda like India’s cast system, that’s where this country is heading with our discrimination of certain felons. Besides, if they can get away with it with felons, what say they can’t do it to the entire population as a whole. We’re their guinea pigs – or am I the only one who sees that? If I’m worng, someone say so.
Sadly, the story does not mention what happens to those registrants already living there and what housing will be available in the future. If I recall, New York state authorities will prolong imprisonment if registrants don’t have a place to live upon release. I could be wrong about that.
BWJ
I would like to see police reports of how many of the “Ex” Sex offenders, caused problems at the hotel or how many calls for service from the hotel to the police relating to offenders. I bet it was very low compared to all the police responses of ALL people staying there. So, someone saw a problem that didn’t exist and created one.
Same thing Nextdoor is doing. We hardly had any issues with our neighbors until Nextdoor came into the picture. Aggressively outing us for no reason. Again, creating issues that are non-existent.
My read was disappointment (but not surprise) that the actions of a
non-registrant who committed a sex crime resulted in the banishment of registrants that apparently weren’t anyone.
My second thought is that the hotel owner might end up going out of business. I got the impression most of his lodgers came from the PO, and I seriously doubt the complaining townspeople are going to rush to stay there.
*registrants that apparently weren’t bothering anyone.
Dustin
So
#1 The registrants lose because they have to move
#2 The hotel owners loses because the place is a Shat hole of a place and probably not going to even get 1/5 of the renters now so will shut down due to lack of customers.
#3 The city/town/county loses because no business equals no tax revenue from the place.
#4 The employees at hotel lose because if it closes down, they are out of a job.
#5 The sheriff’s office loses because now, instead of going to one building to do address checks, they have to search for the registrants who might end up anywhere now, maybe in the woods. What could have been achieved in a day might now take all month.
What is that saying ? Winning………………..
Part of the problem is that there is no differentiation in the media and public eye. Registrants are lumped together even though not all sex crimes are the same. Yes, and those not on the registry create more problems, and hinder our progress and ultimate goal. I feel for you about next door. I’ve had a similar experience, though not with Next-door, where flyers were mailed to everyone in the neighborhood. This despite what I understood to be no public notification by police per state statute. This was in Ohio. Please take care of yourself and your family. Through endurance we conquer.
Someone threatened or put heavy pressure on him that was too much for him. They got to him and made him give in. No, I do not have specific proof of that, but come on, we all know that is what happened. The old “If you continue to do this, we are going to do this to you and your business”. Classic smear campaign.
CherokeeJ….
At the beginning and the ending day, we must face these monetary facts
The Entire US Criminal Justice System is $256 Billion….the amount that is spend on citizens like us is about $26 Billion…so therefore, ‘they’ spend $26 Billion in total to look after you, me and the other millions
google it… they are references…u gotta dig deep…USDOJ
Please provide the source for this information. Your claim seems a bit incredible.
Using rough calculations, with 1 million registrants, $26B would be $26,000 PER PERSON each year to maintain the registry. Florida’s share would be over $2B.According to the recent OPPAGA report, Florida got $10M (million, not billion) and local and municipal police got $6M from the federal government for SORNA, which would leave the state footing the bill for $1.98B. Please provide a source for your statistics.
CherokeeJ…
The Dentist had a Mea Culpa……
he recently said that “I am sorry for the confusion, you are welcome to my practice”
I respectfully Decline!
Perhaps in another six months all felons can be banned from hotels so hotel guests can celebrate a white Christmas.