Month: January 2022

Great Decision: Butts County Sheriff’s Halloween Signs Violate the First Amendment.

Great Decision: Butts County Sheriff’s Halloween Signs Violate the First Amendment. A great decision just out from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (FLORIDA’S CIRCUIT 🙂 ). The signs Butts County (Georgia) Sheriff posted in front of registrant’s homes right before Halloween are compelled speech and violate the First Amendment. This is a great decision, for multiple […]

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Bill proposes to change definition of “day”

They’re doing it again to us. Bill proposes to change definition of “day” Jan 18, 2022 | Senate bill 1932, filed by Senator Hooper, once again seeks to change the definition of “day”. The language, contained in the definition of “Permanent Residence”, “Temporary Residence” or “Transient Residence” states, “A day includes any part of a calendar day.” […]

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Austin sees hundreds of sex offender cases removed from police officer supervision due to defunding

Jan 10, 2022 | Hundreds of convicted sex offenders are no longer being monitored by sworn police officers in Austin, Texas due to the city’s move to defund the police and cut police academy classes. As of 2019, there were about 1,600 registered sex offenders in Austin according to the state’s sex offender database. There is […]

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Is the Sex Offender Registry Fair?

Jan 11, 2022 | The 1990s saw a significant rise in horrific sex offenses directed towards children, prompting the federal and state governments to formulate laws to help deter offenders and ensure public safety. One of these laws was the 1994 Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act, requiring convicted offenders to […]

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Call to Action: Suggested guidelines for contacting the Florida Safety & Justice Task Force

Jan 14, 2022 | For those people who have asked for guidelines on what to send to the members of the newly appointed Florida Safety & Justice Task Force, I am posting my thoughts but would also like for others to add their own ideas in the Comments’ Section along with any research that you […]

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Bill containing very concerning changes to registry filed – SB 1932

Jan 11, 2022 | 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 […]

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ACSOL Files SORNA Regulations Complaint with DOJ’s Inspector General

  Jan 12, 2022 |  SOURCE: ACSOL The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) today filed a complaint regarding the new SORNA regulations with the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice. According to that complaint, the regulations are unlawful for several reasons. First, the regulations are not based on empirical evidence which […]

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Veterans Housing Outreach

Veterans Housing Outreach Ministries of Louisiana (New Orleans) has offender housing for Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 sex offenders. (504) 3403429 http://Www.Veteranshousingoutreach.webs.com Currently, we have vacancies in Orleans and Jefferson parishes. We accept sex offenders from all states. 504-340-3429 call and Text.  WE ARE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS A MAINTENANCE PERSON […]

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Bay Area Community Resource Center/ Ex-offender Re-entry Program

Bay Area Community Resource Center envisions a world where formerly incarcerated citizens have hope in their ability to abandon the institutionalized mentality necessary to survive in prison and gain a new set of productive life skills once they rejoin society. We Offer, Financial Literacy, Basic computer classes, Acess assisted site, credit restoration program, career training, […]

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