Source: Friends Outside of Los Angeles County Reentry Against the Odds is a two-day online Zoom summit for service providers, government officials, elected officials, registrants, and community members which will focus on better understanding of this reentry population to better address the needs of these individuals, both for their and society’s benefit. An educational opportunity and conversation about registrants (often referred to as “290’s” or “Sex Offenders”). Often maligned, their recidivism rates are very low. This population experiences increased negative public opinion and lack of systemic supports Registrants experience increased…
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ACSOL March 18, 2023 Online Meeting
Please join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci as well as ACSOL board member and criminal defense attorney Chance Oberstein for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, March 18, online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or call in using a Zoom phone number. There is no registration needed for this meeting. You can use the Zoom app to see Janice and Chance and choose…
Read MoreCA Sex Offender Management Board Reaches “General Consensus” on Changes to Tiered Registry Law
Source: ACSOL The CA Sex Offender Management Board today reached a “general consensus” regarding 5 of 7 proposed changes to the Tiered Registry Law during its monthly meeting. All of the changes considered today were included in a presentation to the board made by ACSOL during the board’s meeting last month. Specifically, CASOMB members today gave preliminary approval to the following proposed changes: (1) remove felony child pornography offenses from Tier 3, (2) remove convictions for PC 288(c) from Tier 3, (3) remove attempted offenses from Tier 3, (4) allow…
Read MoreACSOL to Conduct In-Person Meeting on March 11, 2023 in Pasadena, CA
ACSOL will conduct its first in person meeting in more than two years on Saturday, March 11, 2023. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. and take place at the Flintridge Retreat Center, 236 West Mountain Street, Suite 117, Pasadena. There is no cost to attend the meeting which will include discussions of interest to registrants and their families including the Tiered Registry Law and the SORNA regulations. Refreshments will be served and it is not necessary to sign up in advance. “ACSOL looks forward to hosting its first in…
Read MoreACSOL February 18, 2023 Online Meeting
Please join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci as well as ACSOL board member and criminal defense attorney Chance Oberstein for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, February 18, online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or call in using a Zoom phone number. There is no registration needed for this meeting. You can use the Zoom app to see Janice and Chance and choose…
Read MoreACSOL to Lead CA Lobby Day on March 21
ACSOL will lead the California Lobby Day on March 21 in Sacramento. The primary focus of Lobby Day is to advocate for changes to the CA Tiered Registry Law that could significantly increase the number of registrants eligible to petition for removal from the registry. More than half of all CA registrants (48,631) have been assigned to Tier 3, the highest tier, which makes them ineligible to petition for removal. In addition, more than 12,400 registrants have not yet received a tier assignment and are also ineligible to petition for…
Read MoreACSOL January 21, 2023 Meeting
[NOTE: We have a NEW Zoom link shown below!] Please join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci as well as ACSOL board member and criminal defense attorney Chance Oberstein for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, January 21, online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or call in using a Zoom phone number. There is no registration needed for this meeting. You can use the…
Read MoreACSOL December 17, 2022 Meeting
Please join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci as well as ACSOL President and criminal defense attorney Chance Oberstein for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, December 17, online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or call in using a Zoom phone number. There is no registration needed for this meeting. You can use the Zoom app to see Janice and Chance and choose to…
Read MoreACSOL November 19, 2022 Meeting
Please join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci as well as ACSOL President and criminal defense attorney Chance Oberstein for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, November 19, online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or call in using a Zoom phone number. There is no registration needed for this meeting. You can use the Zoom app to see Janice and Chance and choose to…
Read MoreALL ACSOL 2022 Conference videos are ready for attendees to watch!
Dear Conference attendees – We just posted all ACSOL 2022 conference videos! They are ready for you to view privately on YouTube whenever you like! You should have just received an email today (Oct 16) containing the link to these videos. If you did not receive it, look in your spam/junk folder. If you still don’t see it, send an email to [email protected] If you did not attend you still have time to register to see the videos. Just click here to sign up We look forward to seeing you…
Read MoreThe first batch of ACSOL 2022 Conference videos are ready to view if you signed up
Dear Conference attendees – We posted the first batch of ACSOL 2022 conference videos! They are ready for you to view privately on YouTube whenever you like! You should have just received an email today (Oct 10) containing the link to these videos. If you did not receive it, look in your spam/junk folder. If you still don’t see it, send an email to [email protected] If you did not attend you still have time to register to see the videos. Just click here to sign up
Read MoreToday (9/30) is the Last Day to Sign Up to Attend the 2022 ACSOL Conference Live
Today, September 30, at 5:00 pm Pacific Time (8:00 pm Eastern Time) is the deadline to sign up to attend the annual ACSOL conference live. It will not be possible to sign up for the conference on the day of the conference, October 1, due to technical constraints. Click here to sign up now to attend live After you sign up, you will be provided with a unique Zoom link later today and or early tomorrow before the conference begins. If it does not arrive by early tomorrow, or if…
Read MoreACSOL Conference This Saturday (10/1) Offers Tips for Success for Registrants, Families
NOTE: If you have problems or questions regarding the conference registration or other issues, or if you have not received your private Zoom link, email [email protected] The annual ACSOL conference will offer tips for success for both registrants and their families in presentations by successful registrants, psychologists and others. The presentations include a panel of four successful registrants led by Roger Hunnicutt starting at 1:40 p.m. followed by a solo presentation regarding how to survive the containment model by psychologist JoEllen Wiggington at 2:40 p.m. The conference will also feature…
Read MoreSociologist, Author Emily Horowitz to Join ACSOL Virtual Conference on October 1
Sociologist, professor and author Emily Horowitz will join the ACSOL Zoom conference on Saturday, October 1, 2022 both as a plenary speaker and a panelist. She will share with all conference attendees the results of her recent research regarding the daily challenges faced by registrants in the presentation, “I’m Free, But Not Free. Alive But Not Alive: Life on the Registry.” She will also join ACSOL President Chance Oberstein on a panel regarding “How to Succeed in an Adverse Social Environment.” The conference will also include presentations by civil rights…
Read MoreACSOL October 15, 2022 Meeting
Please join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci as well as ACSOL President and criminal defense attorney Chance Oberstein for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, October 15, online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or call in using a Zoom phone number. There is no registration needed for this meeting. You can use the Zoom app to see Janice and Chance and choose to…
Read MoreACSOL September 17, 2022 Meeting
Please join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci as well as ACSOL President and criminal defense attorney Chance Oberstein for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, September 17, online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or call in using a Zoom phone number. There is no registration needed for this meeting. You can use the Zoom app to see Janice and Chance and choose to…
Read MoreACSOL August 20, 2022 Meeting
Please join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci as well as ACSOL President and criminal defense attorney Chance Oberstein for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, August 20, on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or call in using a Zoom phone number. There is no registration needed for this meeting. You can use the Zoom app to see Janice and Chance and choose to show…
Read MoreACSOL Withdraws Support from Vigil
The board of directors for the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) has decided to withdraw its support from the vigil planned for Washington, D.C., in March 2023. The decision is based upon a belief held by a majority of board members that it is no longer safe to conduct the vigil given the highly polarized environment in the nation’s capitol. The ACSOL board of directors did not, however, withdraw its support for the conference to be held in the Washington, D.C., area on March 5 and March 6,…
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