(KMOV) –A new report from an Illinois agency recommends removing juveniles from the state’s sex offender registry, but law enforcement officials have concerns.
The Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission was assigned by the General Assembly to study the laws and remedies for juvenile sex crimes and released its report Tuesday saying, “Illinois should remove young people from the state’s counter-productive sex offender registry and end the application of categorical restrictions on collateral consequences”.
The study sites that there’s “no evidence that subjecting youth to registries improves public safety or reduces the risk of future offending”. Full Article