Residency Restrictions (SORR)

Strategies for reducing COVID-19 exposure [paper]

·March 29, 2020
·3 Comments

[mitchellhamline.edu - 3/28/20] SEX OFFENSE LITIGATION AND POLICY RESOURCE CENTER Strategies for reducing COVID-19 exposure by revising the implementation of registration policies, housing banishment laws, and other restrictions impacting people…

National

NJ: Bill seeks to restrict school bus stops and child care facilities from opening too close to registrants

·March 18, 2020
·5 Comments

[floridaactioncommittee.org - 3/18/20] In a fascinating twist to Sex Offender Residency Restrictions, a bill pending in the New Jersey Legislature (S2066) also seeks to restrict the placement of a school…

California

Fresno Co., CA, striking residency restrictions due to ACSOL suit

·March 12, 2020
·16 Comments

[narsol.org - 3/11/20] Fresno County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted this week to repeal an ordinance that restricts how close convicted sex offenders can live near schools and parks — a…

National

MI: Ypsilanti adds ex-offenders as protected class in nondiscrimination ordinance

·March 5, 2020
·12 Comments

[mlive.com - 3/4/20] YPSILANTI, MI – People with felony convictions cannot be discriminated against in Ypsilanti in a new addition to the city’s non-discrimination ordinance that passed Tuesday. Ypsilanti City…

National

FL: Day care opens near transitional house with sex offenders

·February 19, 2020
·2 Comments

[actionnewsjax.com - 2/19/20] JACKSONVILLE,, Fla. — A local day care opened in a neighborhood surrounded with registered sex offenders and predators. An Action News Jax investigation found people convicted of…

National

MN: Minnesota sex offenders sue over residency restrictions in Apple Valley

·February 13, 2020
·9 Comments

[startribune.com - 2/13/20] A group of convicted sex offenders has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a far-reaching ordinance in Apple Valley that severely restricts where they can…

National

IL: Registered sex offenders can stay at Wayside Cross a little longer after ruling again delayed

·January 23, 2020
·2 Comments

[chicagotribune.com - 1/21/20] The child sex offenders living at Wayside Cross in Aurora can remain at the ministry for at least a while longer, after a judge again delayed ruling…

National

WI: Fond du Lac council mulls ordinance to restrict sex offender placement near parks, schools

·January 23, 2020
·3 Comments

[fdlreporter.com - 1/23/20] FOND DU LAC - Should the city regulate the distance from which sex offenders can reside from parks, schools and child-care facilities? Fond du Lac City Council members…

California

CA: San Diego Officially Rescinds Sex Offender Law

·January 23, 2020
·11 Comments

[nbcsandiego.com - 1/22/20] The city of San Diego has agreed to remove a law that restricted potential living locations for registered sex offenders who are no longer on parole for…

National

ME: Old Town will restrict where sex offenders can live

·December 17, 2019
·3 Comments

[bangordailynews.com - 12/17/19] OLD TOWN, Maine — Registered sex offenders who have been convicted of felony-level sex crimes will be restricted from living within 750 feet of areas that children…

National

IL: Wayside Cross child sex offender residents receive new notices citing proximity to Aurora park

·December 14, 2019
·2 Comments

[chicagotribune.com - 12/13/19] For the second time this year, child sex offenders who live at Wayside Cross Ministries in Aurora were given letters stating they must find a new place…

National

NY: Town adopts hotel/motel, special events laws

·December 12, 2019
·3 Comments

[uticaod.com - 12/11/19] New law sets limit on number of registered sex offenders who can stay at a hotel or motel HERKIMER — The Herkimer town board adopted a pair…

National

TX: Neighbors: Sex offenders may follow proposed Good Samaritan homeless shelter to area

·November 30, 2019
·2 Comments

[caller.com - 11/29/19] There was a time when Abel Palacious found himself homeless. Now, he lives across the street from the old Lamar Elementary School. The school, at the corner…

National

WI: 65 percent of registered sex offenders approved for Green Bay housing exemption since Nov. 2018

·November 28, 2019
·5 Comments

[nbc26.com - 11/28/19] Darlene Esquivel did not want Theodore Blazek to be able to live next door. Blazek, a registered sex offender convicted of possession of child pornography, asked for…

National

WI: Gov. Tony Evers Vetoes Changes To Sex Offender Residency Requirements

·November 26, 2019
·5 Comments

[wpr.org - 11/25/19] Measure Passed Legislature With Unanimous Vote, Bipartisan Support Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have lifted state restrictions on how close people convicted…

ACSOL California

CA: Federal Court Voids San Diego Residency Restrictions [NEW LINKS]

·November 20, 2019
·25 Comments

[New related links added] [ACSOL] A federal district court determined today that San Diego's residency restrictions are void. As a result, the city cannot restrict where a registrant who…

National

NY: Sex offender rules an inconsistent maze

·November 16, 2019
·7 Comments

[timesunion.com - 11/9/19] ALBANY — A New York law that is intended to protect children from convicted sex offenders has created a maze of contradictory policies and regulations, leading to…

National

FL: Bringing Sense to Sex Offender Laws [Audio recording]

·November 5, 2019
·0 Comments

[Miami Law Explainer on soundcloud.com - 10/28/19] In the decade since the national shame of a colony of sex offenders made homeless by draconian residency restrictions, how far has the…

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