Author: FAC Contributor #1

Reading this story on ThinkProgress.org, you almost forget they are talking about human lives. The CEO of Geo Group, the Florida-based private prison company that operates facilities across the US, including the Florida Civil Commitment Center for Civilly Committed Sex Offenders who are held indefinitely, was talking about how happy he was about the company’s third quarter results. Essentially, they

This news story features the risk – an actual, likely danger – to people whose addresses are listed on the Sex Offender registry, even if they are not a sex offender. This woman was merely vandalized, but people have gotten assaulted or even killed because vigilantes were going after who they thought was a registrant.  

Robert Moon, who “helps manage the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s sex offender registry” according to this Tallahassee, FL news story, is quoted as saying, “Everybody on the website has committed a felony or they’ve committed a crime in another jurisdiction that would equate to a felony here in Florida.” That’s a lie. There are plenty on the Florida registry

On Tuesday night, law enforcement will be out making sure sex offenders are following the rules. The Florida Department of Corrections says sex offenders are given strict instructions on Halloween: Do not give out candy or other treats. Turn off porch lights, close blinds. No outside decorations to attract children. Do not answer the door to trick-or-treaters. Do not dress in costumes or

Registrant Travel Action Group (http://registranttag.org) has updated it’s travel matrix to unfortunately reflect India and Jamaica as countries that are denying entry to individuals registered as sex offenders. The link to their travel matrix can be found below.   Travel Matrix

The US Department of State issued a press release friday announcing the “unique identifier it will be using for the passports of covered sex offenders. it reads:   On February 8, 2016, Congress enacted the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (IML) (Public Law 114-119). The IML prohibits

As a follow-up to our post from earlier today, which can be seen here: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/will-someone-please-correct-wftv9-orlando/ Jacksonville’s First Coast News has put up a scare story. http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/data/crime/jso-plans-operation-for-sex-offenders-and-sex-predators-on-halloween/486557603 Please help educate First Coast News by encouraging them not to perpetuate unfounded fear and actually write something to improve public safety? This story has a place for comments.

With Halloween approaching, we monitor the local news stations, waiting for the Halloween scare stories to come out. This morning, Orlando’s ABC affiliate, WFTV put one out, suggesting, “parents can also take matters into their own hands by searching online to find out where in their neighborhood registered sex offenders live” in order to make their children safer this Halloween.

One week after registrants in Indiana were victorious in a legal challenge to compelled sex offender treatment classes, they were handed another victory in being able to attend churches. The Indiana Court of Appeals ordered a trial court to grant a permanent injunction barring the state from arresting sex offenders for attending churches that hold Sunday schools or offer child

The twin minors victimized in a sex ring with their mother, stepfather and other Escambia County Sheriff’s Office personnel have filed a federal lawsuit claiming Sheriff David Morgan allowed the activities. The girls, now both adults, were sexually assaulted by ECSO Deputy Walter Thomas; their stepfather, ECSO Deputy Doug Manning; and their mother, ECSO Nurse Leah Manning, for a period around 2014 when they