Residency Restrictions (SORR)

NY: Couple raises concerns about 5 sex offenders living in nearby home

·August 9, 2018
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[news12.com - 8/4/18] SHIRLEY - A Shirley couple says five sex offenders are living together in their community nearly 80 feet from their home. Jennifer and Thomas Gritz, who have…

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ME: Strong board grapples with sex-offender housing limits

·July 23, 2018
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[sunjournal.com - 7/21/18] STRONG — Selectmen are facing a request from townspeople to prohibit registered sex offenders from living in specific areas of town. The request was made after a…

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WI: Here’s why it’s time to reconsider sex offender residency restrictions

·July 15, 2018
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[kenoshanews.com - 7/12/18] Nicholas Fitzpatrick is now homeless. After serving time for sexual assault — he pleaded guilty to having sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend when he was 17 —…

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DE: Lawmakers eye local residency restrictions on sex offenders

·June 21, 2018
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[washingtonpost.com - 6/21/18] DOVER, Del. — The state House is poised to vote on a bill preventing municipalities from establishing housing restrictions for sex offenders that are stricter than what…

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TX: Commissioners call on state to strengthen sex offender laws

·June 15, 2018
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[cleburnetimesreview.com - 6/15/18]\ The problem warrants concern, and is growing, Johnson County Sheriff Adam King said. “We’re averaging two to four new sex offenders per week moving into the county…

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OK: The “Justice for Danyelle Act of 2018”: The Shady Tactics behind another Oklahoma Knee Jerk Law

·June 1, 2018
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[sosen.org - 5/31/18] Oklahoma’s “Justice for Danyelle Act of 2018,” an act that prohibits registrants from living within 2,000 feet of their victim’s home and loitering within 1,000 feet of…

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AZ: Sex offenders are legally living just feet away from Arizona schools

·May 29, 2018
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[12news.com - original: 5/16/18, updated 5/24/18] PHOENIX - A loophole in Arizona law allows sex offenders to live near schools, in some cases just feet away from campus. Per state…

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FL: Safety versus second chance: A home for sexual offenders has neighbors up in arms

·May 28, 2018
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[tallahassee.com - 5/26/18] Nestled in a pocket of land surrounded by the I-10 overpass and Mission Road sits the Moon Lane neighborhood. A dirt road that runs along the interstate…

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NY: ‘We Just Want Our Community Back:’ Long Islanders Upset Over ‘Clustering’ Of Ex-Cons In Residential Neighborhoods

·May 22, 2018
·6 Comments

[newyork.cbslocal.com 5/21/18] GORDON HEIGHTS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Just how much can one community take? There are multiple neighborhoods in New York where the state has clustered paroled ex-cons, and innocent…

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TX: Houston Is Forcing Its Parolees Out of City Center and into ‘the Boonies’

·May 22, 2018
·4 Comments

[injusticetoday.com 5/22/18] Houston has come up with a new way to make life harder for people leaving prison on parole: by forcing the programs that provide them with housing, often…

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FL: New Encampment, “Bookville V”, already has 75 “residents”

·May 16, 2018
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[floridaactioncommittee.org 5/16/18] As Legal Services of Greater Miami attorney Jeffrey Hearne cautioned the Judge and the media less than one week ago; unless something is done (about the 2500 foot…

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FL: Sex Offender Homeless Camps in Miami-Dade County

·May 13, 2018
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[UPDATED LINKS 5/15/18] [cbslocal.com 5/13/18] Ron Book, the chairman of the Homeless Trust joins Jim DeFede to debate the ongoing problem in Miami Dade County where sex offenders are living…

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FL: Police Move Remaining Homeless Sex Offenders Out Of Encampment

·May 12, 2018
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[nbcmiami.com 5/12/18] All of the homeless sex offenders living in a make-shift encampment in northwest Miami-Dade have been moved out of the area, police say. Dozens of sex offenders and…

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FL: Update: Miami-Dade Encampment

·May 11, 2018
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[floridaactioncommittee.org 5/11/18] Registrants are still at the Miami-Dade Encampment. Some, because their GPS monitoring will trigger if they leave the area (probation has them designated to) and they don’t want…

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Unintended Consequences: Sex Offenders in Motels

·May 11, 2018
·2 Comments

[nbcchicago.com 5/7/18] In April of 2014, a 5-year-old girl was playing with her brothers on the grounds of the Econo Lodge in Terre Haute, Indiana, where she was staying with…

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FL: ACLU Sues to Stop Miami Homeless Sex-Offender Camp Evictions

·May 8, 2018
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[miaminewtimes.com 5/8/18] In 2007, New Times broke national news with a story about how a group of sex-offenders was forced to live in tents underneath the Julia Tuttle Causeway because…

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FL: Miami-Dade Sued Over Sex Offender Eviction

·May 7, 2018
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[floridaactioncommittee.org 5/7/18] A Lawsuit and Emergency Motion for Temporary Injunction were filed against Miami-Dade County on behalf of registered sex offenders legislated into homelessness and directed to live at an…

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FL: Residents Of Homeless Sex Offender Camp Ordered Out Given Extension

·May 7, 2018
·1 Comment

[floridaactioncommittee.org 5/7/18] MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Residents of a homeless sex offender camp near Hialeah who have been ordered to leave have been given an extension. Originally, they were supposed to…

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