New Lawsuit Challenges CDCR Policy Harming Female Registrants

ACSOL filed a new lawsuit yesterday that challenges a CDCR policy which allows the agency to use a tool that has not been validated to assess the risk of re-offense for women required to register.  The name of that tool is the Female Sex Offender Risk Assessment (FSORA). The lawsuit was filed in Sacramento Superior Court and includes a declaration by Dr. Franca Cortoni, an expert in the re-offense rates of female registrants.  According to Dr. Cortoni, there is no validated tool for assessing the re-offense rates of women required…

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