“All convicted sexual offenders should be required to participate in a mandatory treatment program prior to their release,” was one of the recommendations contained in the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee Sex Offender Register report. Full Article
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I read this article and the attached report with mixed feelings. The negative feelings I have are related to the fact that another country believes it is necessary to “register” individuals convicted of a sex offense. This is especially troubling in that the country’s decision appears to be based upon myths that originated here in the United States. The one positive feeling I have is that they will provide counseling to registrants while they are incarcerated, something most states fail to do and leave until the registrant has been released.
I agree that therapy cost me money and it is boring as hell…. I got lucky because I wrote an email not to give me unnecessary assignments and I rather have one on one counseling instead of group.
I been on it for 4 months now and almost done here. I have high hopes getting off this registry early.
Yeah that pseudo science therapy is a joke. Go in there just to comply with whatever the gov wants. I bet 99% of the people that do therapy are coerced into it which helps very few if any at all. Luckily after two meeting my parole agent discontinued my crap becuase he knew o knew what a joke it was. Sitting around a bunch of people whining and talking about sexually abusing young children is not good therapy and it is as sick as the attaching whatever to your you know what. My opinion, everyone has one.
What I seem to find lacking over and over in this article and many others pushing for harsher restrictions is when reaching a conclusion they all seem to focus only around the actual registrant and main victim(s). What gets left out is the point of view of the silent victims. The families of the registrant that many refer to over and over as just collateral damage. Perhaps if parents, grandparents, brother, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, children and even spouses of the registrant who are tremendously suffering and daily live through this vast range of laws, restrictions and torment are willing and their voices can be heard on how these types of laws and restrictions have affected their lives when they have done nothing wrong, perhaps in time it would open a door to another side that is hardly ever reflected upon.
It says if a prison sentence under 30 months reg is for 10 yrs, and a sentence over 30 months , lifetime reg.