US Attorney General suggests house arrest alternative to prison… except for sex offenders.
The United States Attorney General, William Barr, on March 26th sent a memo to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), encouraging the BOP to explore the option of sending inmates home on home confinement rather than keeping them incarcerated in facilities where they have greater exposure to Coronavirus.
The memo contains a list of 6 bulleted items for the BOP to consider when weighing whether to keep an inmate housed in prison, vs sending them home. The last bullet says, “Some offenses, such as sex offenses, will render an inmate ineligible for home detention.”
We need to take action to correct the government’s perception on the risk and recidivism rates of people deemed “sex offenders”. It is entirely irrational for this class of person to be precluded from MOST programs because of an inaccurate perceived risk to public safety.
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If FAC would also include a factual rebuttal that We could email to Mr Barr and adding our own thoughts…I would do that in a heartbeat…
I like ex offenders better then the term sex offender for life. Once a person has that toxic label… he deserves to come away from it if not re-offending!!!
Laurie Trybon
Yes ex offender is better but what other criminals have a label after they have done there time and paid there dues. None I can think of . Any label at all is simply to degrade and humiliate. This country was supposed to be based on a higher standard than that. This only puts the leaders of this country on the same level as power and money Hungry tyrants of lesser countries. No different than drug smugglers murderers, imprisoning opposition unjustifiedly , and living lavishly while starving the poor.
“Ex offender” is better but “Person Forced to Register” is best. For my specific case, that is the only term that fits actual reality. I expect that is true for most people.
The Registries have made it so I don’t have the first concern about anything that I did or didn’t do in the past. I can’t care. The Registries are great at killing empathy and compassion. So there is no “ex” there. There is certainly no “offender” there.
Plenty of people have offended against me with criminal actions, some quite recently. If those people paid for their crimes, I don’t care where they are right now. I have no right to know where they are living or force them to visit law enforcement offices or whatever. I don’t have a label for them.
Will Allen
I side with you on this. For one thing there are hundreds of thousands that ate on the so called SOR ( to me written out is a vulgar phrase and derogatory like the n word) that are no even sex offenders. If there was never any physical contact ,unless done with the threat of physical harm, there are no victims. With out victims there is no sex offender. just because someone reports something they saw or heard about does not make them a victim. You might be able to call it a social indiscretion but not a sex offense . A sex offense is a physical act. In case some hadn’t noticed. If law makers would just understand that simple thing probably 50% of those on the registry could be removed.
There are way to many people out there that want to consider themselves victims for a number of different reasons when there not. And law enforcement and politicians that want to cash in for money and prominence.
There are several words that got changed somehow but hope you get the point I was trying to make anyhow.
I see the ACLU is admittedly taking credit for this action that AG Barr has initiated. Where is the ACLUs loud voice of objections to the unjustness of this process. It being totally biased and discriminatory and based on false information . Has anyone confronted the ACLU on this. Or would that interfere with there donation base if they were to bring that up.
I just don’t get it. Sex offenders have an extremely low recidivism rate. There is all kinds of proof and yet no one listens. So here we go again with them acting like they are the worst people on the planet. I am tired of everyone thinking that every sex offender is a pedophile. This is ridiculous. Why do none of our lawmakers have a backbone anymore. It’s like they just go with the flow whether they are right or wrong. Why are sex offenders.treated differently than any other felon? Basically what is being said is lets let the sex offenders stay in the prisons and get corona virus because they are not worth saving. Seriously. How can they be more dangerous than murders? We give them probation sometimes. There is something really wrong with our society.
Some people got charged when they where as young as 18, dating an underage girl and still have to register x amount of years later. I feel in certain cases they should let them get of the registration and live a regular life. If you where charged at 18 and you are 45 now with no reoffending you should be left alone not tracked like an animal!
Chris
AND, if they would just give us a chance to prove ourselves. If we are right, we get to go on to become productive citizens. if we are wrong, then lock us up throw away the key. The reason is, they DO know we have a low rate of re-offending but the registry creates jobs, funding, and a false sense of security. Someone(s) way high on the todem pole is/are allowing our supression of freedom.
I use to not buy into conspiracy theories but lately my eyes are being opened to the darkness that is our government.
When I went to court ordered counseling back 25 years ago, I stayed afterwards and had a private conversation with the counselor. I wanted to discuss him speaking on behalf at my next court hearing to get an early termination of probation.
He told me stories of where he would testify on behalf of an accused and deem them no threat to be released from probation early. He said often times the judge would tell him “Once a sex offender, always a sex offender” or depending on the judge, something along those lines.
He said he no longer went to court anymore as it left him feeling like his opinion didn’t count even though the courts were the ones sending him clients.
It depends on the judge. not all are like that. Trust me!!!
I know. Over 20 appeals denied with previous judge. We waited 4 years and the new judge tossed the remainder of my probation. Otherwise I would have had to do 6 more years.
My point was in relation to the decision above how we get treated as the red headed step children most of the time and was just giving an example.
And even when a judge feels for our situations, in the bigger picture, none of them seem to want to make a career ending move and ruling that the registry is what it is. #1 punishment and #2 punishment after the fact . An add on to an existing sentence where we had no say.
If they are not going to accept that, they should at least let us Retro actively appeal our sentences and have a chance for a re-hearing. I would withdraw all of my forced confessions and go to trial. But none of that will happen.
I would rather live next door to a person with a sex offense than a drug dealer and definitely not one with a murder charge. Seeing that most people with a sex charge were young ones with a gf or bf.
Georgann,
What I do not understand is how they can pick and choose which laws, ordinances and rules to make retroactive. I can live 10 feet from a school and they cannot do anything about it but I was put on the registry for life years after my offense.
Also I went from registering 1 times a year to 2 to now 4. And yet I see others on here get monthly visits from law enforcement and I see my check in cop once a year at best .