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On Nov. 19th, the Colorado “Sex Offender” Management Board proposed changing the term “sex offender” to “adults who commit sex offenses” in their treatment guidelines. (Interestingly, they had previously changed the language for juveniles in a similar manner without controversy.) Personally, I don’t feel the new label is an improvement as it still implies a current and ever-present danger by

The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that the state is not wrongfully detaining sex offenders by delaying the treatment they must complete to be considered for parole. The opinion issued Tuesday states that the Iowa Department of Corrections has acted reasonably in attempting to address the fact there are too many sex offenders in the system to provide treatment on

We don’t advocate for crime, we advocate for people… That’s what I have to remind people over and over again when they say “oh, Florida Action Committee… you’re the group that fights for sex offenders.” No! That’s absolutely not true. We don’t advocate for ‘people who commit sex offenses’ because we are very much against sexual offending. If someone is

The Bureau of Justice Statistics released in March of 2021 a report on the number of veterans in prisons using data from 2016. The 2016 BJS report shows in Table 3 that male veterans who were incarcerated for a violent sexual offense made up 26.4% of male veterans in state prisons and 7.2% of male veterans in federal prisons.  Male

Last week, on Nov. 19, members of the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB) took a critical first step in altering the language used to label those convicted of a sexual offense while in treatment towards a “person-first” perspective. This effort was not without opposition. The victim advocates and representatives from county prosecutors unsuccessfully attempted to table the vote and

There have been many posts at our website about the scammers who are targeting registrants, but, unfortunately, people are still falling for them. Many scammers demand gift cards, which sends up a warning flag.  Apparently, some scammers in North Carolina realize that people are no longer falling for the gift card setup, so they are asking for cash. As long

Cameras are popping up everywhere and will probably be growing exponentially, if not already doing so. Years ago, when I first heard of cameras being used to solve crimes, I felt it could be a good thing if used properly.  It is a good thing when we hear of dangerous criminal types being caught as a result of these cameras;

This week, two men convicted more than half a century ago of assassinating Malcolm X were exonerated. Yesterday, Judge Ellen Biben granted a motion to vacate the convictions of Muhammad A. Aziz and the late Khalil Islam, who were convicted of the murder in 1966 and sentenced to life in prison. A recent investigation found that FBI documents that would

Tim Rogers, Mayor of the Village of New Paltz, and Bettez met with the owner of the motel last year to discuss the decision-making behind providing housing for sex offenders. Bettez said the owner said it was for financial reasons after motel business was negatively affected by the pandemic with fewer travelers and short-term guests during lockdown. The owner of

I was at the registration office and due to COVID was told to sit outdoors, a ways back from where the glass intake door is. You cannot hear what is going on there, but you can see as you sit and wait in line.  As I waited, I saw that the man that was registering was escorted inside the glass