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Janice’s Journal: Executive Order Casts Dark Shadow
The White House recently issued an Executive Order that casts a dark shadow upon individuals required to register and others. According to that order, its primary goal is to “restore order to American cities” as well as to “remove vagrant individuals from our streets.” Although the stated goals do not specifically refer to individuals required to register, two provisions of the Executive Order include...
Sex Offenders With Autism Face Obstacles In Federal Prison
Source: forbes.com 7/31/25 Incarceration is challenging for most individuals, but it poses unique and often severe hardships for those with mental health conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). For inmates with sex offense convictions, the prison environment is particularly hostile, marked by frequent bullying, social isolation, and even physical violence. When an individual has both ASD and a sex offense conviction, the combination...
ACSOL In-Person Meeting in San Diego on Nov. 1, 2025
You are invited to attend ACSOL's in-person meeting in San Diego, CA on Saturday, November 1, 2025 starting at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at: California Western School of Law Room LH-1 225 Cedar Street San Diego The meeting will include discussions regarding topics of interest to both registrants and their loved ones, including the status of proposed changes to the Tiered...
PA: Rep. aims to prohibit sex offenders from becoming parents through surrogacy
Source: wtaj.com 7/30/25 A Pennsylvania Representative announced plans to introduce legislation that would address a gap in the Commonwealth’s child protection laws. The bill, authored by Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Butler, Lawrence), aims to close a loophole that allows registered sex offenders to become parents through surrogacy. While the current law prohibits registered sex offenders from adopting or fostering a child, surrogacy arrangements are not...
PA: NIMBY on full display in Decatur Township are residents brainstorm “work arounds” to displace registrants
Source: Thanks to FAC for finding the article on lewistownsentinel.com McCLURE — The Decatur Township Board of Supervisors were flooded with questions and concerns from dozens of residents regarding an alleged halfway house specifically for registered sex offenders that was said to be within the municipality during the board’s meeting Monday. “I am going to start by what the township is aware of at...
AR: Texarkana, Arkansas, authorizes collection of fees from out-of-state sex offenders
Source: texarkanagazette.com 7/29/25 Any sex offenders from outside Arkansas moving to or working in the city will be charged a total fee of $500. Monday, July 21, the Arkansas Board of Directors discussed and approved an ordinance authorizing the city to collect fees for any sex offenders who are out-of-state registrants or out-of-state workers. There will be two separate fees of $250. One will...
SC: Ex-Richland County deputy accused of stealing money from sex offenders
Source: wistv.com 7/28/25 A former deputy with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department was arrested after allegedly stealing money from sex offenders. RCSD said 31-year-old Jessica Way was arrested Monday and charged with petit larceny. The department said the charge was linked to an internal audit from July 16 that showed a $410 cash discrepancy from the sex offender registry receipts. The audit information was...
How Parenting Changed After Etan Patz [fear of everything]
Source: nytimes.com 7/28/25 It was 1979, and Nils Johnson-Shelton had a lot in common with a classmate named Etan Patz. Both were 6-year-old boys with bowl cuts, the sons of artists living in lofts in SoHo. They rode the same bus to the same elementary school, where they both attended first grade. On the morning of May 25 that year, Etan went missing and...
Former Moderator Sues Chaturbate for ‘Psychological Trauma’
Source: courtwatch.news 7/27/25 “Without these safeguards, Mr. Barber eventually developed full-blown PTSD, which he is currently still being treated for,” the former mod's lawyer said. A former content moderator for Chaturbate is suing the live-streaming porn platform for psychological trauma he claims he suffered after being exposed to “extreme, violent, graphic, and sexually explicit content” every day without industry-standard safeguards, according to a new...
Action Alert: Urge Congress to support the Reentry Act (helps registrants)
Source: Prison Fellowship, FAC [Summary below is from FAC] Florida Action Committee (FAC) members and affiliates, that are also members and advocates of Prison Fellowship, have asked FAC to share this ACTION REQUEST to HELP REMOVE BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE by urging Congress to support the Re-Entry Act. Being released from prison is an overwhelming experience. Men and women who have endured the harsh realities of incarceration are suddenly...
Iowa Ignores Civil Commitment Concerns
Source: yahoo.com 7/27/25 Two years have passed since families and advocates of incarcerated individuals demanded to know why prison sentences were being bureaucratically prolonged. Two years have passed since they demanded to know why non-violent sex offenders who cleared treatment are being referred for civil commitment. Two years have passed since they demanded to know why the Attorney General's Office seemingly drags its feet...
CA: SF Judge to Continue Case Despite Claims of Mental Incapacity
Source: davisvanguard.org 7/26/25 San Francisco – On July 23, 2025, in Department 17 of the San Francisco Hall of Justice, Deputy Public Defender Maria Avalo Cruz argued that her client’s intellectual disabilities rendered him incapable of navigating the digital world, and thus he lacked the intent to possess child pornography—grounds, she said, for dismissing the charges. Cruz asked Judge Brian J. Stretch to grant...
Trump’s Executive Order Confirms the Registry Machine Isn’t Going Anywhere
Source: substack.com 7/26/25 For anyone holding out hope that a second Trump administration might bring meaningful change to the nation’s sex offense policies, the July 24, 2025 executive order should clear up any confusion: the registry is here to stay—and it’s growing teeth. President Donald J. Trump has made it unmistakably clear that he supports the continued enforcement, expansion, and surveillance of the sex offender registry....
RAA needs volunteers to submit art or writing to “Many Truths” project
Source: restorativeactionalliance.org [Note from Janice: Please consider being a part of this] Restorative Action Alliance is excited to introduce Many Truths: Breaking Down False Dichotomies, a unique creative expression program designed to empower people affected by cycles of harm and the criminal legal system. This initiative invites crime survivors, family members, and system-impacted people to share their experiences and creativity, fostering healing and community connection....
Ninth Circuit upholds nationwide block of Trump birthright citizenship order (lower courts shouldn’t issue blanket blocks)
Source: courthousenews.com 7/23/25 The panel found a nationwide injunction of the executive order doesn't run afoul of a recent Supreme Court decision that lower courts shouldn't issue blanket blocks on the president's orders. A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday upheld a federal judge's nationwide preliminary injunction of President Donald Trump's Day 1 executive order that denied citizenship to children who are born in...
TN: Woman Removed From Sex Registry Banned from Speaking About Case
Source: tba.org 7/21/25 The state of Tennessee agreed to permanently remove a woman from the sex offender registry months after a judge found she had been “falsely labeled as a sex offender.” But state officials included a stipulation in the agreement forbidding her and her attorneys from discussing the agreement and her lawsuit with the media, The Tennessean reports. They also are barred from...
UK: The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived
Source: wired.com 7/25/25 Starting today, UK adults will have to prove their age to access porn online. Experts warn that a global wave of age-check laws threatens to chill speech and ultimately harm children and adults alike. Beginning today, millions of adults trying to access pornography in the United Kingdom will be required to prove that they are over the age of 18. Under...
WA: Mandatory reporting law includes conversations from confession if child abuse is suspected
Source: abajournal.com 7/21/25 Mandatory reporting laws are considered important tools in the fight against child abuse and neglect, according to a court filing by the Washington state attorney general’s office. (Image from Shutterstock) Is a new Washington state law, which requires priests to report suspected child abuse or neglect, including information from confessions, an assault on the Catholic Church and thousands of years of...
NY: Woodstock Town Board votes to fire employee found to be sex offender in explosive meeting
Source: wamc.org 7/23/25 There’s turmoil on the Woodstock Town Board as lawmakers grapple with how to handle the town’s hiring of a Level 3 sex offender earlier this year. In an explosive meeting that put Supervisor Bill McKenna on the defensive, members of the board voted to fire the employee Tuesday night. A warning to listeners that this story discusses sexual assault. Members of...
The BBC’s Unforgivable asks if we can ever forgive a child sex offender
Source: bbc.com 7/22/25 Writer Jimmy McGovern discusses his new drama set and filmed in Liverpool. Unforgivable, an original drama from multi-award-winning screenwriter Jimmy McGovern (Time, Cracker, The Street) centres around the Mitchell family who are dealing with the devastating aftermath of an act of abuse perpetrated by a member of their own family. The drama examines the extensive ripple effect of abuse from multiple perspectives and how...