Florida prisoners launch month-long work strike

Florida Sex Offender News On Monday, prisoners across Florida launched “Operation Push” a month-long work stoppage intended to be a peaceful protest to conditions at Florida prisons. Among their issues is the fact that Florida is one of only five states which don’t pay their inmates for prison labor. Florida uses it’s prisoners, essentially, as slaves. Having them clean roads

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The Hypocrisy of Excusing Some Peoples’ Misdeeds While Condemning Others’

Sexual Harassment In The News Weekly Update 2017-12-07 Dear Members and Advocates, As the days pass, the list of politicians, news anchors and other notable individuals accused of sexual misdeeds keeps growing. From award winning actors, to the President of the United States, this year has seen a huge increase in the number of sexual assault allegations levied against influential

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When a Sex Offender Comes to Visit

Information for Sex Offenders A new study by Shawn M. Rolfe, Doctoral candidate at the University of Louisville, helps identify some of the requirements each individual state has when a registered sex offender travels there. A chart contained in the study provides a useful reference. WhenaSOComestoVisit-Rolfe  

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With more sex offenders, probation officers want more money

Florida Sex Offender News With an increase in some of the state’s most dangerous sex offenders living outside of prisons and on probation, some of the state officers assigned to watch them have asked the Legislature for a raise to keep the most experienced on board. As of last month, 1,812 community supervision officers with the Florida Department of Corrections watched 166,966 people

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FAC Asking for Blessings on all Families for Thanksgiving

News for Florida Sex Offenders Weekly Update 2017-11-23 Dear Members and Advocates, This week, as in years past, we struggle to find a positive message to share in light of the Thanksgiving Holiday. For many reading this message, it’s a struggle to find something to be thankful for. Thanksgiving is supposed to be more meaningful than turkey and football. It’s

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International Megan’s Law to be Challenged in Federal Court

News for Sex Offenders The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) has announced that they intend to file a federal challenge to the passport identifier recently revealed by the U.S. State Department within the next 90 days. FAC has committed resources to help in the fight. If you are interested in being named as a plaintiff or would like

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Did you know? – Changing Drivers Licenses for TEMPORARY Address

Florida Sex Offender Laws By now we all know (hopefully) that when visiting Florida, or staying at a temporary location for five (5) or more days, a sex offender is required to register where they are staying as a “temporary address”. But did you know that in addition to going to the local sheriff and registering, you are also required

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Sex offenders calling Central Florida shopping centers home

News About Florida Sex Offender Registry More than a dozen registered sex offenders have listed a Central Florida Walmart as their home address. Most people know they can go to the state database and search your home address to find if any sex offenders live nearby. However, it may not occur to people that they search the addresses where they

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Miami-Dade Commissioners Want Cops to Arrest Homeless Sex Offenders on Sight

Florida Sex Offender News For 12 years, Miami-Dade’s registered sex offenders have been barred from living within 2,500 feet of any school, playground, or daycare. They’re effectively homeless by law, and today hundreds live in squalor in makeshift “tent cities” under bridges, near trailer parks, and on roadsides. After New Times reported on a camp near Hialeah, county officials called these encampments

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More Changes to Come in PA

News About Sex Offender Registries The state Superior Court has handed down a ruling that put an immediate halt to all court proceedings related to defendants facing sexually violent predator designations. As the second ruling within several months to call the state’s current sexual offender statute into question, District Attorney John T. Adams said that it’s time to start fresh.”What

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