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ALL ARE INVITED! If you are located in Broward, Miami-Dade or Palm Beach Counties, we encourage you to attend this meeting. Registrant Flyer (002) Come and learn about some great opportunities! Wednesday, April 6, 2022 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Department of Community Programs 2926 North State Road 7, Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33313 FEATURING: 2nd Chance Employment Information • Government

FROM Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform We need help stopping a new rule that would prevent lawyers from arranging legal calls with people who are incarcerated unless they already represent them. Proposed by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), this rule will make it difficult or impossible for individuals who are currently incarcerated to consult with lawyers. For instance: It would be

These two companion bills are of great concern as they both would require reporting stays at vacation rentals over 24 hours. What needs to be done: Call the legislators on the committees listed below that will be hearing these bills. You will need to give your name, contact information (either an email address or phone number), state that you oppose

By Don I have repeatedly heard people report that only a small fraction of those on the registry in Florida have joined the Florida Action Committee. Some might suggest that this is because there are many who are unaware of the organization. Others suggest there may be fear of retribution. I have heard that some do not join because of

We are anticipating things to start heating up in Tallahassee for the remaining few weeks of the 2022 legislative session.  There are some FAC members who have been calling and emailing legislators these past two weeks, and we feel that some progress is being made in stopping these bills.  But more needs to be done to convince legislators that there

Yesterday evening, Brevard County filed it’s Motion to Dismiss the Complaint and Response in Opposition of the Restraining Order. I’ve attached a copy of the MTD for your reading pleasure, the Response in Opposition is essentially the same. We spoke with attorneys for the plaintiffs earlier in the day and they were expecting the County to file a Motion to

I have been waiting for two years for my husband to be hit by a scam targeting people on the registry.  Well, it finally came today. I received a call on my cell, which is not registered because it is MY cell, by an individual who introduced himself as an Alachua County sheriff.  I would not have normally answered the

An Irish man who was jailed for trying to entice a child for indecent purposes was told to “go and live in a tent” by a probation officer in the United States, the Court of Appeal was told on Tuesday. XXXXXXXXXXXXXX (46) was caught in a police sting in the State of Georgia after he sent a nude selfie to

The country’s top court has been asked to consider striking down two sections of Canada’s sex offender laws as unconstitutional. In 2011, the Stephen Harper government altered the Criminal Code so the names of sex offenders would automatically be placed on the sex offender registry. The changes meant judges no longer had discretion on whether to submit names of sex

Kansas Senate Bill 385 would require people convicted of certain breach of privacy offenses, like peeping, to register as a sex offender.