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August 20, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— August 20, 2013. Fixing the Broken Civil Commitment System in Florida “Sex Predators Unleashed” was the headline on the cover of Sunday’s Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. The attention-grabbing story highlighted several instances where Florida’s civil commitment program had failed victims by not keeping those considered for civil commitment locked up. The

August 6, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— August 6, 2013. Where’s the Fire? An Observation on Sex Offenders in the Media  During the past week we’ve issued three press releases concerning a very pressing issue. Miami-Dade County is expelling about 100 registered sex offenders from the trailers and apartments they have lived in for years because a

July 30, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— July 30, 2013. Evicted Miami-Dade Sex Offenders are Homeless by Railroad Tracks  Following international media attention that brought embarrassment to the State of Florida, the County of Miami-Dade shut down the Julia Tuttle Sex Offender Camp in 2010. For years prior, sex offenders were sent to live under the bridge

July 30, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— July 30, 2013. Part 2: Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood: More Homeless Sex Offenders Last month the Florida Action Committee issued a press release entitled “Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood: More Homeless Sex Offenders”. The article highlighted the problem created from rapidly growing numbers of “registered sex offenders” with rapidly

July 29, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— July 29, 2013. Sex Offender Registry has Become an Online Hit List  What was once a tool for law enforcement to quickly locate potential suspects in the event of a sexual crime, has now become an online hit list. Last week Charles and Gretchen Parker of Union County, South Carolina,

July 26, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— July 26, 2013. 90 Sex Offenders Might Become Homeless in Miami-Dade Next Week. The Florida Action Committee has been advised that next week, approximately 90 registered sex offenders might be notified that they have to leave the mobile homes that they own or rent at the River Park Trailer Park,

July 9, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— July 9, 2013. Another State Gets it Right – Oregon Improves Sex Offender Registry After realizing the one-size-fits-all system is not an effective approach, the State of Oregon closed their legislation session yesterday approving a bill that would establish a three-tier system for classifying sex offenders. The system utilizes risk

June 24, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— June 24, 2013. Tragedy in Jacksonville Underscores Failures of Sex Offender Management Programs The State’s Sex Offender Management policies have failed 8 year old Charish Perrywinkle, who was killed this weekend by a career criminal with repeated sexual offenses and kidnapping in his history. The Florida Action Committee is devastated

June 5, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— June 13, 2013. Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood: More Homeless Sex Offenders The United States is home to about three quarter of a Million Sex Offenders, with just under 60,000 registered in Florida. According to a 2012 study by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Florida saw a

June 10, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— June 10, 2013. Senator’s Son Convicted of Sex Offense: Will His View on Sex Offender Issues Change? With the pace at which State legislators have been passing draconian laws restricting every aspect of the living conditions of those deemed “sex offenders”, we always wondered ‘what if it happened to one