Author: FAC Contributor #1

The State of Washington Office of Financial Management’s Sex Offender Policy Board has recommended exempting their sex offender registry from public disclosure. Among the other recommendations in the 168 page report is the following: “In December 2015, the SOPB issued a unanimous recommendation that sex offender registration information should be exempt from public disclosure (that RCW 4.24.550 is/should be an

As if State Statutes were not enough, when searching for housing registrants have to worry about County ordinances that may further restrict housing. If they survive the County ordinance, they then need to check to see if their city has passed its own ordinance creating more restrictions. Now, as if all that were not enough, an Arizona law allows Homeowners

A Nebraska Judge has had enough. After not one, but two State Probation Officers came before him for what he called “grievous violations” of trust in committing crimes themselves, he’s decided to “send a signal to every damn state probation office employee that you’re going to get hammered” if convicted of similar crimes. Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf sent

Listen to the following broadcast starting at 27 minutes into this radio show: http://wmmbam.iheart.com/media/play/27540095/ EXCELLENT points made by the caller!

On Monday, the man convicted of having sex on a Florida beach was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Jose Caballero and Elissa Alvarez were convicted in May of two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior after they were charged with having sex on a public beach in Bradenton, Florida, in front of several families. An onlooker videotaped them, and witnesses

Miami-Dade County requested a rehearing on FAC’s appeal (which we won) in our sex offender residency restriction challenge. The 11th Circuit, yesterday, denied Miami-Dade’s request for a rehearing. This is great news. Appreciation to the court for upholding the constitution.

For some, a group that is perceived to advocate on behalf of “sex offenders” can be a confusing concept. To be absolutely clear, the Florida Action Committee condemns sexual violence and does not seek to justify any form of abuse. FAC’s primary mission is to make our State safer through policies and practices that have been empirically proven to work,

Steven Larry Folster has severe respiratory problems and is supposed to spend eight hours a day on oxygen. Unfortunately, he has just been forced to move into a tent in the woods, in the middle of winter in South Carolina. He is only allowed to be at home for 6 hours a day, max, or he could be arrested. Almost

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement wants to revise a law further cracking down on sex offenders that was slated to take effect a couple months ago. Among the law’s many provisions is requiring sex offenders register “internet identifiers,” like URLS and websites, before using them with the FDLE’s online system. But, critics were concerned it did not account for