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Residency Restrictions Cause Homelessness to Increase Among Registered Sex Offenders in Arizona by Matthew Clarke It is well known that restrictions on where registered sex offenders (RSOs) are permitted to reside in Miami resulted in the creation of an RSO camp under the Julia Tuttle Causeway. PLN recently reported that …
Article • August 11, 2016
Blanket Enforcement of Sex Offender Residency Restrictions against San Diego Parolees Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke On March 2, 2015, a California Court of Appeal held that the blanket enforcement of California’s residency restrictions against all registered sex offender parolees (RSOPs) in San Diego County was unconstitutional. This case involves four …
Article • August 10, 2016
Avalon Demands Texas Remove Civilly Committed From Halfway Houses by In the latest controversy surrounding the beleaguered Texas Office of Violent Sex Offender Management (OVSOM), the agency that oversees the approximately 300 civilly committed sex offenders in Texas, Avalon Correctional Services sent OVSOM a letter telling it to remove the …
Sex Offender Residence Restrictions Have Non-Existent Effect on Recidivism by The proximity of schools and daycares to where sex offenders live “explains none of the variation in sexual recidivism,” concludes a study by Levenson, Zandbergen & Hart. The study matched the 165 persons listed on Florida’s sex offender registry in …
Residential Proximity to Schools and Daycare Centers - Influence on Sex Offense Recidivism, IACFP, 2010 RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS AND DAYCARES An Empirical Analysis of Sex Offense Recidivism PAUL A. ZANDBERGEN University of New Mexico, Albuquerque JILL S. LEVENSON Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida TIMOTHY C. HART University of Nevada, …
Article • August 4, 2016
New York Based Ex-Offender Assistance Program Sues Landlord for Discrimination by Gary Hunter On October 30, 2014 the Fortune Society filed suit in United States District Court for the Eastern District in Brooklyn alleging that a New York City apartment complex’s refusal to rent to ex-offenders amounts to racial discrimination …
California Parole Agents Often Have Dangerously High Caseloads by When Jaycee Dugard escaped from captivity in Oakland, California sex offender Phillip Garrido's backyard, it became apparent that both state and federal parole officers had missed multiple opportunities to discover and rescue her during the 18 years she was held captive. …
New York Holds Sex Offenders Past Their Release Dates Because of 2005 Law by Joe Watson New York's Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is reinterpreting statutes governing where sex offenders can live post incarceration to keep scores of them behind bars past their release dates. Since February 2014, …
Article • August 3, 2016
Florida Community Posts Sexual Predator Warning Signs Outside Homes by David Reutter One Florida community has initiated the newest indignity against sex offenders: the placement of signs outside homes warning an occupant is a sexual predator. The move is one another community is hoping to make law. In April 2013, …
No Second Chance – People with Criminal Records Denied Access to Public Housing, HRW, 2004 NO SECOND CHANCE People with Criminal Records Denied Access to Public Housing Human Rights Watch Copyright © 2004 by Human Rights Watch. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 1564323285 Cover …
Washington’s McNeil Island Prison Workers Pose Unique Problem by Gary Hunter Washington state legislators face a unique problem with the prison workers it uses to maintain McNeil Island economy. Juveniles from the Oakridge Community group home work in groups of two to six as dockworkers. The youths are paid $7.16 …
Supreme Court Reverses SORNA Notification Requirement when Sex Offenders Move Overseas by Derek Gilna The federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), 42 U.S.C. § 16901, et seq., requires registered sex offenders to advise law enforcement officials within three business days of their change of address or intent to …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
California Supreme Court Voids Ex Post Facto Sex Offender Residency Restrictions by Derek Gilna Proposition 83, passed in 2006 by California voters and popularly known as Jessica’s Law, had the stated aim of protecting children from sex offenders. It was later codified at Pen. Code § 3003.5(b), but on March …
Publication • February 24, 2016
Homelessness Among Registered Sex Offenders in CA, CASOMB, 2008 CALIFORNIA SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT BOARD HOMELESSNESS AMONG REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS IN CALIFORNIA: THE NUMBERS, THE RISKS AND THE RESPONSE DECEMBER 2008 MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT BOARD SUZANNE BROWN-McBRIDE TOM TOBIN, PH.D. CASOMB CHAIR CASOMB VICE-CHAIR CALIFORNIA COALITION ON …
Sex Offenders Rally to Fight Discriminatory Laws by Mark Wilson Advocates for reforming laws restricting where registered sex offenders can live, and for challenging sex offender registries, have vowed to continue the fight despite facing roadblocks, which organizers admit make it difficult to eliminate the discriminatory treatment that many sex …
Green v. Sullivan Correctional Facility, NY, Order, sex offender release housing, 2016 State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Third Judicial Department Decided and Entered: January 21, 2016 ________________________________ THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. WILLIAM GREEN, Appellant, v 521148 OPINION AND ORDER SUPERINTENDENT OF …
Miami-Dade Sex Offender Residency Ordinance Unsuccessfully Challenged by David Reutter Miami-Dade Sex Offender Residency Ordinance Unsuccessfully Challenged by David M. Reutter The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently challenged the constitutionality of a Miami-Dade County, Florida ordinance that, according to the organization, forces sex offenders on probation into homelessness by …
Federal Court Denies Absolute Immunity to Parole Officers by Christopher McWhorter Federal Court Denies Absolute Immunity to Parole Officers by J. Christopher McWhorter The district court for the Southern District of New York denied claims that parole officers were acting in a quasi-judicial role when they forbade a registered sex-offender …
Article • October 16, 2015
“Pocket Parks” Push Sex Offenders Out of Town by Matthew Clarke “Pocket Parks” Push Sex Offenders Out of Town by Matt Clarke The latest strategy of residents and politicians attempting to drive registered sex offenders (RSOs) out of residential neighborhoods is to create tiny “pocket parks” in residential neighborhoods. One …
Lacy v. Butts, IN, Class Certification, Sex Offender Management Program 5th Am, 2015 Case 1:13-cv-00811-RLY-DML Document 93 Filed 09/30/15 Page 1 of 15 PageID #: 1088 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION DONALD LACY, Petitioner, vs. KEITH BUTTS, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
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