Author: FAC Contributor #3

We thank Ms. Tachana Joseph-Marc for her opinion piece in the Florida Times Union: “Guest Column:  Another missed opportunity for meaningful juvenile justice reform in Florida”.  The major flaw in the vetoed bill, though, was that it excluded those whose offense as a juvenile was a murder offense or sex offense. https://www.jacksonville.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2021/07/25/another-missed-opportunity-juvenile-justice-reform-florida/8012109002/?mc_cid=c40dd6c29e&mc_eid=fa93f8fd3d To Ms. Marc, I say: Thank you, Ms.

What we want the people of Lake County to understand: Knowing that these people have been taken off the streets at night should help all of us sleep better at night.  Right?  No. In these stings, they usually occur at adult-only websites where law enforcement individuals try to bait unsuspecting individuals to change from courting an adult to courting a

The Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division (JBCSSD) of the State of Connecticut recently released public information indicating the EyeDetect lie detection technology is now being used for assessment and testing by Adult Sex Offender Services on a multi-year plan beginning Jan. 1, 2021. The contract calls for the state to administer 2,300 EyeDetect and polygraph exams annually. One Converus

While FAC deals only with registry issues, many of our members are having to deal with sex offender probation, too.    In reading articles published throughout the United States, one will soon see that it is becoming a common occurrence to have U. S. Marshalls serving on specially assigned task forces to assist local law enforcement agencies in so-called compliance checks

A story has been running for a couple of days now about a non-compliant registrant “squatting” in a Kansas City Historic Northeast neighborhood.  The man clearly needs medical/neurological/psychiatric help from the community.  Instead, one resident made it her mission to nag the police until they were finally forced to arrest the man just to shut the woman up.  https://fox4kc.com/news/police-arrest-non-compliant-sex-offender-squatting-in-kansas-city-historic-northeast-neighborhood/  OUR

The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that at least 95 percent of all state prisoners will be released from prison at some point. However, convicted sex-offenders almost exclusively face the vengeful, additional punishment of registration under the Sex Offender Registry and Notification Act (SORNA). Generally, under SORNA, an individual who is required to register as a sex offender must register at least once

By Paul Shannon . . . How can NARSOL support the courageous men on hunger strike at the draconian Moose Lake civil commitment facility in Minnesota? How can we show solidarity with their 70 supporters who did a car caravan around the facility several weeks ago – and who on July 18 held an amazing public rally at the state capitol?

Below is a letter sent by FAC to Broward County Lawmakers concerning the lack of compliant available housing in the county. Please feel free to share this information. FAC – Letter to Broward Lawmakers 072120201

The appellant’s reply brief in Ex Post Facto Plus I was filed last week. That case is pending in the 11th Circuit Court of appeals. A copy of the brief can be read here: EPF I – Reply Brief As usual, the team of Attorneys Val Jonas and Todd Scher did a great job on behalf of the registrant Plaintiffs.

“There is no such thing as a sex offender sanctuary,” Slemp said in response to some residents’ concerns that the trailer park would be a such a sanctuary. Slemp said convicted sex offenders in Virginia must register with police in whatever community or municipality they reside and comply with probation, parole and sentencing requirements issued by judges in their specific