probation Archives

MD: Maryland mom fighting to create tougher laws against child sex predators (HB531 and SB333)

·January 29, 2021
·8 Comments

[wjla.com - 1/28/21] A Maryland mom is back at it in Annapolis at the State House next week working to create tougher penalties for child sex abusers. Annie Kenny is…

International

England: WW2 veteran, 97, spared jail for sex offences over fears of COVID

·December 12, 2020
·4 Comments

[yahoo.com - 12/11/20] A World War Two veteran has avoided jail for sexually assaulting five women because of fears he may catch coronavirus in prison. Richard ____, 97, walked free…

National

WI: Out of the Shadows: After leaving prison sex offenders face a maze of rules and restrictions

·November 30, 2020
·12 Comments

[kenoshanews.com - 11/30/20] The list of potential restrictions is long and full of stumbling blocks. “You shall not gain nor attempt to gain access to the internet without prior agent…

National

FL: Divided Florida Court Revokes Sex Offender’s Probation After Bizarre Feud With Neighbors

·June 18, 2020
·5 Comments

[law.com - 7/17/20] A peculiar dispute between two South Florida neighbors came before the Fourth District Court of Appeal on Wednesday when it found that a registered sex offender’s three-year…

General News

Probation and Parole Officers Are Rethinking Their Rules As Coronavirus Spreads

·April 3, 2020
·9 Comments

Social distancing is pressing officials across the country to skip traditional methods such as jailing people for “technical violations” like missing check-ins. Full Article

Janice's Journal

Janice’s Journal: 20/20: The Year of Perfect Vision

·January 16, 2020
·20 Comments

We have now begun the year 2020. When I first used the year on a personal check, the digits of that number popped out at me. 2020. Where have I…

Janice's Journal

Janice’s Journal: Georgia Law Punishes Registrants, Breaks Up Families

·July 18, 2019
·29 Comments

Registrants and their families are suffering in the State of Georgia. The cause of their greatest concern is a state law that prohibits anyone convicted of a sex offense that…

General News

RIT study: More than half of child pornography probationers had sexual contact with kids

·January 5, 2019
·30 Comments

More than half of the men on federal probation in western New York for child pornography possession had instances of "sexual contact with children that were previously unknown to legal…

National

GA: DCS honors two Rome officers for work on sex offender law

·October 24, 2018
·10 Comments

Two Floyd County Department of Community Supervision officers received commendations Tuesday for the efforts to clarify the importance of ongoing supervision of sex offenders across the state of Georgia. Brandon…

National

NM: State tells convicted sex offender who she can date

·May 31, 2018
·7 Comments

Did you ever think that the State of New Mexico could tell someone who they could or could not date? That's exactly what happened to a convicted sex offender last…

National

MN: 50-year conditional release or probation terms for sex offenders

·March 11, 2018
·7 Comments

[www.revisor.mn.gov] A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring sex offenders to serve 50-year conditional release or probation terms; establishing intensive probation for certain sex offenders; Read the…

National

WV: Cuts at Supreme Court might look good at first, but will harm people

·December 29, 2017
·6 Comments

[wvgazettemail.com] In a written response to questions about remodeling West Virginia Supreme Court justices’ offices — in a clear effort to change the subject and distract from the issue-at-hand…

National

FL: With more sex offenders, probation officers want more money

·November 25, 2017
·9 Comments

With an increase in some of the state's most dangerous sex offenders living outside of prisons and on probation, some of the state officers assigned to watch them have asked…

California

Sex offenders on probation: setting them up to fail

·November 11, 2015
·7 Comments

Sex offenders are the modern witches. There are so many things that rankle when it comes to society’s increased crackdown on sex offenders and their subsequent treatment, but one that…

California

Ordinance would offer rewards for sex offender apprehension

·September 10, 2015
·8 Comments

LOS ANGELES – A proposed ordinance introduced Tuesday would allow the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to offer rewards of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the…