It was the kind of headline guaranteed to generate clicks even over the winter holidays and amid a federal government shutdown: “Number of Sex Offenders Living in Florida Is Growing,” warned the Associated Press. In December, the Florida legislative auditor’s office released a report noting that the number of people on the state’s sex offender registry had expanded 53 percent since 2005, to about 73,000.
But the report also contains this detail: 60 percent of those on the list live out of state, are in prison, or have been deported—up from the 43 percent in those categories in the auditors’ first report in 2006. Full Article
Hopefully the Florida suit makes it through so that it can be used as a precedent in NY and Wisconsin
Why would ANYONE travel to such a flawed place. You look up any negative article concerning the registry and you will find the word Florida somewhere in it.
Hell, look up any negative article about anything concerning immigration, conservation, human rights, politics, and you will read an ignorant statement made by a Florida official.
The place is where intelligence goes to die!
A money grab as we have discussed here before on this, a pure money grab by those in power:
“A bigger registry may help the state pull in federal funds. In fiscal year 2018, Florida, like 20 other states, was awarded money through a U.S. Department of Justice grant program that helps pay for upgrades to registries under the 2006 Adam Walsh Act. Its grant for fiscal year 2018 was about $399,000, and altogether the state has received about $2.4 million since 2008 for registry improvements.”
If “we” win this suit, it could have marked impact across the country. Given there are quite a few States that never remove (including after death), this certainly bears watching.
Though from the author and not the State, this passage raised my eyebrows:
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s application for that money, which The Appeal obtained through a public-records request, uses the size of the registry to sell the state as a leader in punitiveness.
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Punitiveness? Nooooo….can’t be. It’s non-punitive, just ask the winking judges, DAs, or legislators.
Later, the true reason behind keeping people on the list is revealed:
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A larger list also inflates the agency’s performance data, which it’s required to report as a condition of that grant. One key measure is the percentage of offenders in compliance with the state’s registry requirements, under which offenders must visit their local sheriff’s department in person two to four times a year to re-register. The law enforcement department’s progress report for January to June 2018, which The Appeal also obtained under a records request, states that almost 99 percent of registrants—between 71,500 and 72,500—are complying with those requirements.
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Let’s see, since 60% of those on FL’s ML are out-of-state, that means FL automatically has at least a 60% “compliance” rate…without even lifting a finger! I won’t even go into how to “fix” this, since it only means more RC legislation. Quite interesting that without the BS 60% tossed in, FL is horrible with RC compliance (40%). Sounds like a maneuver someone like “Drunken Ron” would concoct.
@ JohnDoeNC: How about a small town like Tallahassee, the State government!?
(BTW, note that words in the article that are underlined in red provide a link to more information and/or resources.)
“A bigger registry may help the state pull in federal funds. In fiscal year 2018, Florida, like 20 other states, was awarded money through a U.S. Department of Justice grant program that helps pay for upgrades to registries under the 2006 Adam Walsh Act.” Is Florida and states doing the same engaging in fraud?
You all may want to read this about the action those in FLA are taking on this article and issue – they are moving out on it:
NARSOL: Florida’s artificially inflated sexual offense registry: More federal funds for the state?
https://floridaactioncommittee.org/narsol-floridas-artificially-inflated-sexual-offense-registry-more-federal-funds-for-the-state/
Anyone who is on the FLA registry in CA, etc, should be in contact with their elected WDC officials to bring this to light. It could start some real arguing about monies fraudulently received with other state constituents being used for it.
I am on the fdle sex offender website, but have moved and i am not required to register where i live. There is no sex offender registration where i live. Can i be removed from floridas sex offender website? I currently live in nicaragua.