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RENO, Nev. (NEWS 4) — A nearly decade long battle started in Nevada after President George W. Bush signed the Adam Walsh Act in 2006. The federal law is also known as the Sex Offender Registration & Notification Act. It stemmed from the 1981 abduction and murder of 6-year-old Adam Walsh. In 2007, Nevada lawmakers passed Assembly Bill 579 to

Who says the registry is not punishment…..???   A clerical error resulted in a Texas couple having angry neighbors yelling outside their home, after postcards went out saying that a sex offender lived there. The notices, sent out by the Texas Department of Public Safety, went out to residents within a four block radius of the house where Michelle Swindle and her

The following blog post originally appeared at: http://sajrt.blogspot.com/2016/07/re-integration-risk-management-public.html?m=1   Recently, I have been in conversations with academics and professionals about the effectiveness of offender reintegration programmes, risk management and public protection. There seems to be an idea that “risk management” is an evil concept and a by-line for punitive state control, which is worrying. A notion that public protection means

The following is a summary from The Federal Defenders New York Blog.  It was posted on Wed. May 25, 2016. It was contributed by an FAC Board Member.   The Issue of Collateral Consequences is ‘catching the eye’ of federal judges.  When I attended the recent Federal Sentencing Conf. in Orlando, the federal judges more than once referenced the issue

The Nevada Supreme Court has put a stay on the implementation of a sex offender law. The law has been in limbo since 2007. That’s when state lawmakers approved a bill to comply with federal requirements of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. Changes to the sex offender registry have been halted due to ongoing litigation. According to

This article isn’t a joke… it actually appeared on Jax4:   JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — “Pokemon Go” has people from around the world looking for digital creatures with smart phones, even in front of sex offender’s homes. Action News Jax reporter Cole Heath found Pokemon feet a registered sex offender’s home. Some homes where registered predators on the Florida Department of

The Florida Sexual Offenders and Predators registry was created in October 1993 for sexual predators. It was expanded to include sexual offenders in 1997. It included those who were convicted and released on or after October 1, 1993. Many people who have committed crimes before the list was created were also added. “It’s reaching pretty far back. We have people,

My name is Natalie Jablonski, and I’m a producer at Minnesota Public Radio. I’ve been doing some research into the history of sex offender laws and how they impact registrants and their families. Thank you so much to everyone who reached out to me in the past few months to talk about this issue!  I’m still looking for people who

The acclaimed documentary, ‘Pervert Park’ which features a community in Florida that caters to registered citizens, will be shown on PBS this Monday, July 11, 2016. We believe it will be a must see! You can find your local PBS station and schedule here: http://www.pbs.org/pov/tvschedule/#.V36MbTV5Jps

The note in my inbox was straightforward, and suicidal: “I don’t have much time left and that brings me some comfort. I can’t even imagine a life of freedom and happiness anymore. I hope my story will at least help people understand the grey areas of this stigma.” It was signed “Mikey,” short for Michael Pascal, age 33, a warehouse