Sure thing, go right ahead.

FAC, I’ll do it with your permission. I’ll not just send this article to channel 6 Miami, but to every media outlet in Florida, and ask them to do their own investigation in their area’s. I’ll not use FAC as the source if that is the request. Do I need WLRN’s permission to do so?

No. No one has. I understand it because you have to have a pair to do this as you will be hunted by LEO and the politicians once it’s done.

It’s the right thing to do though. However, if some journalist would print the story in it’s entirety, telling the truth so no agency gets sued by the Books, it serves the same purpose. It only needs to be printed once and Book plus his politician daughter are done.

I wholeheartedly agree and support anyone who does not wish to move away. Likewise, it is never the best option. If we were living in the sewers they would try and figure a way to evict us on the grounds of “public safety.”

There are opportunities out there, if you know where to look. I can only tell you how I did it and only you can make the decision. I can tell you that if you have minimal math skills, and an aptitude for details, there are program grants out there for schooling for trades. CNC machining is going strong right now as is welding and engineering. You’ll make more money with certifications. I’m fortunate enough to have landed a full-time job while going to school full time.

While discussions on transferring probation to another jurisdiction (whether intrastate or interstate) is valuable information for those who voluntarily chose to move, it’s important to keep focused on the ultimate goal of not making it the best option.

There are many who have lived here their whole lives. Have children enrolled in schools here. Have elderly parents here. Have established jobs or businesses. Or who have supportive friends in THIS community. It’s not so easy to uproot family, abandon dependents, make new friends or find a job someplace new – even without the stigma.

There are many who would sooner sleep on an ant pile than move away from their children or not be able to support them.

Yes, it is possible to seek probation/court approval to move to another county or go through the interstate compact process and move to another state.
There are fewer hoops to jump through if you are staying within the Florida Department of Corrections – if you need more information about interstate compact you can find it here: http://www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/ic/

Something that may help in finding suitable addresses is to use that county GIS, or Global Informatikn services. It is not 100% accurate, but will give you a visual map the area you want to move to. So you give them your criteria: 1000 foot buffer in red around any school, in yellow around any park, in blue around any daycare, an so on. I got a 54 inch map from Leon county GIS before I moved here and the GF scouted houses in the clear zones.

Also, try an education in engineering. Lots of grants for that.

A move within the state should have little impediment. It’s a matter of finding an acceptable address and coordinating the move with supervision. They could object to you moving into homelessness, but if you have a reasonable purpose for moving to another county there will unlikely be any issue.

Moving to another state involves first getting permission from the court in the sending state. Once you have that, you start (through your supervisor) an application to move to the other state. I believe all 50 states are part of the Inter-state Compact, it’s a treaty/agreement between the states. Among other things, it requires states to notify receiving states that someone under supervision will be either visiting or is trying to move. If trying to move, the sending state goes through their own process first, then sends the request to the receiving state. There are specific things each party involved has to do per the agreement. There are discretionary moves where the receiving state can deny the request, and then mandatory where the receiving state has to accept the move. A mandatory request requires certain conditions, such as immediate family living in the area, military relation or service, etc. So, if your spouse lives in another state, it falls under a mandatory move and the receiving state cannot deny the transfer without a very specific and acceptable reason. It’s not simple, but it is doable for some.

For registrants, the process has extra stipulations (of course!). And things can get tricky with special requirements like GPS monitoring or other things that other states cannot accommodate because they simply don’t do it. In addition to this, upon transfer you will have an extra set of supervision conditions placed upon you. The standard conditions of supervision for the receiving state will be sort of merged or laid over the sending state’s conditions. So things just get more complicated.

All that said, again, it is potentially a nightmare of complexity but in many situations at least it is possible. If you have a solid reason for moving, just try. Your supervisor doesn’t decide if you get to try, the courts and your judge does. If the judge says okay, everyone else has to go along.

County to county within the state of Florida is easy. Sometimes you have to go to a judge to allow it, but it would be rare for a judge to say no. I have NEVER had a problem moving around the state. Never take no for an answer and never be afraid to go over your POs head.

Moving to another state is a whole ‘nuther ball of wax. Just keep asking and familiarize yourself with that state’s laws. Perseverance.

BEN – They don’t HAVE to allow anything, and if they don’t want to, they won’t. They don’t even need a good reason. Also the other state/county has to accept you. I tried to transfer to Vermont and they said no. Stop trying to make it sound so easy when it is not. I’m glad YOUR case was apparently so simple, but the majority are not. Also you mentioned signing up for college…? I know you either did not do this or it wasn’t done correctly, because the second I did that probation immediately sent a letter to the school stating I was a sex offender and this is what I “did”. The school then had to have meeting after meeting after meeting and conferences JUST to see if I could attend. In the end I was allowed to, and ended up with 2 Associate’s degrees, but it was NOT easy and I did not do it by myself. I had to have other people, basically character witnesses, help me.

Please stop implying that things are so simple, because they are not. If they were this entire site would not be here.

Has anyone done it yet…?