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Seeking Participants for a Research Study.  Pamela Desin is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Kentucky pursuing a PhD in Gerontology. Her research is on the lived experiences of older women in a relationship with an incarcerated man. She is seeking to interview women that meet the following criteria: • You must be 50 years or older • You must

FAC sent the below letter to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development today concerning the homeless registrant crisis in Florida. Please feel free to share it with whomever you might think would be interested. FAC Letter to HUD 10202022

In advance of Halloween, which is just about two months away, the City of Jacksonville has been SUED over their Halloween sign ordinance. Two brave registrants have taken on the City of Jacksonville (with the representation of Dante Trevisani and Ray Taseff of the Florida Justice Institute – the same FJI that is suing Brevard County over their Proximity Ordinance),

Joliet City Council members unanimously voted Tuesday night to buy a house, with plans demolish it and turn the land into a park — a tactic they hope will legally allow them to force out convicted sex offenders who are living in an apartment building nearby. The move has drawn the ire of the company that houses the sex offenders

The recording of the oral argument that took place this past Friday before a panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Ex Post Facto Plus lawsuit (Does v. Swearingen) on appeal from the Southern District of Florida is now available. You can listen to the recording below. Once you have listened to the argument, please share your

In this week’s update, we sent out a plea to help an elderly man in South Florida find a stable home so that he can receive medical treatment for prostate cancer.  He is only one example of those struggling to survive due to residency restrictions, especially when they have family waiting with open arms to welcome them into their homes.

In 2016, producers David Feige and Rebecca Richman Cohen released the documentary “Untouchable” and it continues to be one of the most powerful films that chronicles the origin of why we have such harsh laws today for sexual offenses. The documentary, which is described in the review below, aims to “recognize the many shades of sex crimes and seeks a better

The Senate Friday took up and unanimously passed Sen. Linda Stewart’s “Miya’s Law” (SB 898) for the second time, this time with a late amendment message from the House that calls for a ban of rent-by-the-hour hotel and motel rooms. “Miya’s Law” would require apartment owners to conduct criminal background checks on employees who could enter apartments.

Yesterday, Senator Ed Hooper filed SB 1932, which is a 100+ page bill making significant changes to the registry. We have not gone through the bill yet, but one glaring and very concerning change is that the State makes it more difficult to petition for removal and now requires that FDLE be noticed on every petition and FDLE plus the