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CALL TO ACTION: Contacting Florida Legislators to Make Changes …

WEBMajor Concerns: The need for nursing home care for people required to register is beyond a crisis state – it is catastrophic. Most nursing homes, assisted living …

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Mental Health Screening. Florida Action Committee

WEBMay is Mental Health Month and today mental health is more important than ever. Our world has been turned upside down and we are all facing anxiety, …

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Duck Soup: A look inside Florida's Civil Commitment Center and …

WEBA recent decision out of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals gives us a peek inside the Florida Civil Commitment Center. As the Opinion begins, “James Pesci is a …

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NEED ALF/Skilled Nursing facilities taking registrants in Florida.

WEBAll, we have an URGENT need to identify assisted living facilities or skilled nursing facilities in Florida that take persons required to register. In Florida, people …

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Psychology Today: Do Sex Offenders Have A Mental Illness

WEBPsychology Today is NOT a professional journal nor marketed to professionals. It is a pop psychology rag whose target audience is women and the …

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OH: People With Sex Offenses Risk Health For In-Person Registration

WEBEven as most Ohioans are encouraged to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, people convicted of sexual offenses are still required to register in person. …

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Federal Case Challenges SORNA on Due Process and ADA violations

WEBThe ADA claim was granted owing to the fact accommodations for this condition are required but have been rigidly rejected by the defendants.. SORNA …

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Man pushes for laws to keep sexual predators out of hospitals

WEB75-year-old Edward Bowman is pushing legislators to create a law, “Clara’s Law”, to be named after his late wife Clara Mae, that would ban sexual predators (not …

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The sex offense registry is detrimental, particularly for juvenile

WEB“Most youth who exhibit problematic sexual behavior don’t need punishment. They need help.” (Salon, by Teresa Huizar, April 24, 2024) The public needs to start …

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Sex Offenders Banned From Florida Hospital

WEBA local hospital, Halifax Health, has set up a new system to scan IDs for Sex Offenders. According to this article, “The process will take less than a minute and …

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CALL TO ACTION: Hillsborough County and Pinellas County …

WEBMajor Concerns: Probation officers in Hillsborough County and Pinellas County are sending people, who are on sex offender probation and have no place to …

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CALL TO ACTION #3 for SB 1252

WEBCommittee meeting @ 9:30AM on Thursday, 4/20/2023 Major Concerns About This Bill: This is the Senate companion bill to HB 1085. SB 1252 would require …

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Sex Offender Registration: Driven by Fear or Real Risk

WEBJune 7 — Sa-id Abdullah, 59, doesn’t deny that he committed a low-level sex offense when he was addicted to drugs in 1987. Yet when he pled guilty in 1991 in …

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Altamonte Springs proposes ordinance to punish homelessness

WEBDec 16, 2023 | 11 comments. According to this article, Altamonte Springs seemingly has issues with a single homeless person, so they are proposing an ordinance to punish all …

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Be sure to check your sex doll’s ID

WEBThe Florida Legislature has passed a bill to ban childlike sex dolls, sending it to Gov. Ron DeSantis to be signed into law. Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation, sponsored …

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Sex Offenders being denied access to family in hospitals

WEBBut there’s a trending exclusion that brings cruel and unusual punishment to an entirely new level. Sex offenders are being denied access to visit family in hospitals. …

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New Jersey Advocacy Group Calls for Reform of Sex Abuse Laws

WEBFor Immediate release: Contact Person: April 4, 2016 James H. Maynard, 973-540-0054 [email protected] New Jersey Advocacy Group Calls for …

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In the United States Court of Appeals

WEB18‐1602‐cv Jones v. Cty. of Suffolk 1 In the 2 United States Court of Appeals 3 For the Second Circuit 4 5 6 August Term, 2018 7 No. 18‐1602‐cv 8 9 JOHN JONES, 10 …

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Minnesota’s Failed $110 Million Investment to Stop Sexual Violence

WEBThe Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law released its report on sex offense civil commitment and MSOP …

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The Effects of Coercive Chemical Castration on Human Rights

WEBConsequently, forced or involuntary use of anti-androgenic hormone treatment, commonly referred as chemical castration, raises serious human rights …

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Sign ACLU Petition to End Mass Incarceration.

WEBPlease take a minute to support the ACLUs effort to end mass incarceration and also support an organization that supports FAC. Here is their plea: While you may …

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