Source: ACSOL Attorneys General in 16 states have filed an amicus brief in support of the petition filed by the Attorney General of Missouri asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that found a Missouri state law that required registrants to post a sign on their home to be unconstitutional. The basis of that decision is that the state law is compelled speech and therefore in violation off the First Amendment. The lead Attorney General in the amicus brief is the Attorney General…
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Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to Give Federal Inmates Tablets
Source: forbes.com 7/9/26 The Federal Bureau of Prisons announced a historic nationwide inmate tablet services contract, marking a significant technological investment. These secure tablets will provide educational programming, career training, secure communications, and reentry preparation to every federal inmate. Director William K. Marshall III stated the initiative will improve institutional safety, reduce administrative burdens, and expand rehabilitation opportunities. This reform addresses long-standing issues like staffing shortages and inconsistent program delivery, allowing education to continue even during lockdowns. Furthermore, the tablets aim to strengthen family connections, a key factor in successful…
Read More20 Years of Persecution by the Adam Walsh Act
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org and bop.gov Today, July 27, marks the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. The law was passed with the stated goal of improving public safety and protecting children. Two decades later, however, its legacy has been one of ever-expanding registration requirements, lifetime public shaming, and collateral consequences that extend far beyond any criminal sentence. … Read the rest of FAC’s editorial Read the Federal Bureau of Prisons spin
Read MoreDozens of ICE and CBP Agents Have Abused Women and Children
Source: motherjones.com 7/24/26 This week, we published an investigation into David Brouillette, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who reportedly killed 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine earlier this month. That investigation revealed a long history of alleged violence against Brouillette’s ex-wives and children. “To be honest, I was surprised anyone would give that man a gun,” a former friend said of Brouillette. On July 22, the advocacy group Ohio Immigrant Alliance released a list of 59 active and former ICE and CBP agents charged with sexual and violent crimes between 2007…
Read MoreReport exposes alarming number of sex offenders among Trump’s immigration agents
Source: msn.com 7/23/26 Washington DC – A recent report found that a disturbing number of federal agents carrying out President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda have dark pasts. A report published on Wednesday revealed that an alarming number of federal immigration agents are sex offenders. On Wednesday, the Ohio Immigrant Alliance published a study titled They Walk Among Us, which detailed how 59 current ICE and Border Patrol officers have been charged or convicted of sexual or violent offenses since 2006. The data revealed what the alliance calls “a disturbing pattern of sexual…
Read MoreNorth Carolina Court Awards NARSOL $18,458 Against Man Who Spread False Claims to Kill Its Conferences
Source: NARSOL.org 5/28/26 Defendant, believed to be a Proud Boys member, never responded to the lawsuit. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A man who spent months posting false allegations about the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) on Facebook, including a fabricated claim that the organization is linked to groups advocating child sexual abuse, was ordered last week to pay NARSOL $18,458.56 in damages by North Carolina Superior Court Judge Clayton Somers. Ronald Creighton Davis, of Pierce County, Georgia, never answered the lawsuit. He didn’t file paperwork and didn’t appear…
Read MoreLegislation would prohibit registrants from collecting federal pensions.
Source: gillibrand.senate.gov 5/5/226 U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) reintroduced the No Taxpayer-Funded Pensions for Sex Criminals Act, bipartisan legislation to prohibit convicted sex criminals from collecting federal pensions. Under current law, federal employees convicted of sex crimes, including against children, remain eligible to collect their pensions, even from a jail cell. The senators introduced this legislation to ensure that hard-earned taxpayer dollars are not spent supporting convicted sex criminals who betrayed the trust of the people they served. “It’s outrageous that federal employees convicted of sex crimes…
Read MoreRep. Nancy Mace Introduces Extreme Fearmongering Bill to Expand Federal Civil Commitment
Source: mace.house.gov 4/22/26 Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. (Apr. 22, 2026) — Today, Congresswoman Nancy Mace introduced the Restoring Law and Order on America’s Streets Act, legislation to expand federal civil commitment authority and stop dangerous individuals with serious mental illness from cycling through the system with no real consequences. “Our streets are not mental institutions. Our sidewalks are not homeless encampments. Law-abiding Americans are tired of watching dangerous individuals walk free, reoffend, and walk free again,” said Congresswoman Mace. “For too long, soft-on-crime policies have prioritized offenders and left innocent Americans to pay the price.…
Read MoreNeil Gorsuch Sits Out Supreme Court Decision on Sex Offenses Case
Source: newsweek.com 4/6/26 The Supreme Court declined to hear a case from a Colorado inmate who argued that his prison sentence exceeded the maximum allowed, and it did so without input from Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, who has a history with the petitioner. Delmart Edward Vreeland is serving a 336-year-to-life sentence after being convicted of child prostitution, sexual assault, sexual exploitation of children and distribution of cocaine in 2008. He asked the Supreme Court to hear his case and ultimately vacate or correct his sentence, arguing that Colorado courts…
Read MoreMI: Scammers posing as Michigan State Police to contact employers of people on sex offender registry
Source: fox2detroit.com 3/25/26 Scammers pretending to be with Michigan State Police are preying on people on the state’s sex offender registry. According to MSP, the scammers are calling employers of people who are on the registry, which are listed on offenders’ registry profiles. These scammers are trying to get personal information and payment for outstanding warrants and … Click here to read the full article Click here to read on FAC’s website how this is happening in Florida also ACSOL reminds you that different kinds of scams like this can occur in ANY…
Read MoreSupreme Court rules for absconding defendant in dispute over supervised release term
Source: sentencinglawandpolicy.wordpress.com 3/25/26 The US Supreme Court handed down one criminal law opinion this morning, Rico v. United States, No. 24–1056 (S. Ct. March 25, 2026), and it is a notable statutory win for a federal criminal defendant who absconded with on supervised release. The facts and issue are a bit complicated, but Justice Gorsuch’s opinion for the Court sets up the circuit conflict that was before the Justices and how it was resolved: Some circuits, like the Ninth, hold that a defendant’s failure to report doesn’t just amount to a…
Read MoreACSOL Board Members Meet in Four Congressional D. C. Offices
ACSOL Board Members Janice Bellucci and Roger Hunnicutt met today in four Congressional offices to voice ACSOL’s opposition to three bills recently introduced in Congress. Each of those bills, if enacted into law, would significantly harm up to one million registrants and their families. One of the four meetings was in the office of Rep. Greg Steube (Republican, Florida) regarding HR 7453. If that bill were passed, registrants would be blocked from receiving Medicaid benefits even if they were otherwise qualified recipients. Another of the four meetings was in the…
Read MoreACSOL Board Members to Meet in Legislators’ D.C. Offices
ACSOL Board Members Janice Bellucci and Roger Hunnicutt will meet in the offices of four members of Congress on March 6. Two of the four meetings will be in the D.C. offices of Congressional members Greg Steube and Nancy Mace who recently introduced legislation harmful to registrants. The remaining meetings will be in the offices of the Congressional members who represent the two board members. “It is important to meet in the offices of Congressional members who introduce legislation that could significantly those required to register,” stated ACSOL Executive Director…
Read MoreMace continues her crusade by introducing bill allowing federal death penalty for child sex crimes
Source: abcnews4.com 2/26/26 UPDATE: Below you can read ACSOL’s letter to Nancy Mace WASHINGTON D.C (WCIV) — Rep. Nancy Mace introduced legislation Thursday that would allow the federal government to impose the death penalty on people convicted of raping or sexually assaulting children. The bill, titled the Death Penalty for Child Rapists Act, is intended to expand capital punishment eligibility to several federal child sex crime statutes and to the rape of a child under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to the press release. “We have zero mercy for…
Read MoreWI: Wisconsin Supreme Court OKs warrantless searches of potential child porn
Source: courthousenews.com 2/24/26 Social platforms like Google Photos that voluntarily scan for child sexual abuse materials are not acting as agents of the government and the search is private, according to the state’s top court. MADISON, Wis. (CN) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously held that Google’s voluntary scan for child sexual abuse materials is constitutional. Andreas Rauch Sharak stored child sexual abuse materials in his Google Photos account in violation of the terms of service, which warned such materials would be removed if detected and reported…
Read MoreLegislation Senate Bill 3077 Would Reduce Federal Supervision Terms
Source: ACSOL Four members of Congress have reintroduced a bill that, if enacted into law, would reduce the amount of time a registrant spends on federal supervision. The bill number is S. 3077 and its name is The Safer Supervision Act. According to the bill, there are more than 110,000 people on federal supervision. The bill also finds that many federal probation officers have more than 100 cases on which to work. The bill recommends better tailoring as to when and how supervised release is imposed, encouraging early termination when…
Read MoreJanice’s Journal: A Rose is a Rose or Is it?
There are at least two famous quotations about roses. One of those quotations is found in the Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet. That quotation is long and in Shakespearean language that is difficult to understand. Therefore, it has been modified to “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” This modified version has been interpreted to mean that the names of things do not affect what they really are. Unfortunately, that is not true when it comes to registrants and the names of the offenses for which they…
Read MoreWI: Wisconsin Assembly Okays Sadistic Ankle Monitors For Homeless Sex Offenders On and Off Paper
Source: maciverinstitute.com 2/13/16 The plan to keep an eye on sex offenders who don’t have homes in Wisconsin is moving forward at the State Capitol. The State Assembly on Thursday approved legislation that would use ankle bracelets to track homeless sex offenders. “Monitoring the whereabouts of released sex offenders is important for the safety of our community, particularly our children,” Rep Scott Allen, R-Waukesha, said in a statement. “This is true even for those who have no permanent address.” Wisconsin currently requires all sex offenders to provide an address when…
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