Residency Restrictions (SORR)

NY: Appeals Court hearing oral arguments online Oct 13 on continued detention of former sex offenders after release

·October 13, 2020
·4 Comments

[nycourts.gov] These appeals were filed by level three sex offenders to challenge their indefinite detention in prison or prison-based residential treatment facilities (RTFs) after their prison terms expired or they…

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FL: Reentry Task Forces Recommends a Stop to Residency Restrictions for Sex Offenders

·October 12, 2020
·4 Comments

[from the last page] We affirm the findings of the OPPAGA that “many studies have established that sex offenders who maintain stable employment, housing and family relationships have significantly lower…

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Action Alert: UPDATED 8/29 Wellington, FL council looking to pass new rules for vacation rentals and those on the registry

·August 24, 2020
·12 Comments

[floridaactioncommittee.org - Action Alert - 8/24/20] 8/28/20 UPDATE: Wellington approves rules for vacation rentals Wellington, Florida is considering creating a rule that would require vacation rental owners to check…

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NY: Despite Politicians’ Assurances, All Sex Offenders are Not Barred from New ‘Homeless Hotels’

·July 30, 2020
·3 Comments

[westsiderag.com - 7/29/20] Despite reassurances from politicians that there are no sex offenders at the three new homeless shelters on the Upper West Side, the city can’t bar all sex…

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WI: A convicted sex offender has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Muskego’s rules that restrict where he can live

·July 29, 2020
·9 Comments

[amp.jsonline.com - 7/28/20] A convicted sex offender has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Muskego's rules that restrict where he can live, or whether he can live in the city at all.…

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IL: Lawsuit dismissed after sex offenders living at Aurora ministry find new homes

·July 28, 2020
·3 Comments

[dailyherald.com - 7/27/20] Sex offenders who sued to stay at the Wayside Cross Ministries halfway house in downtown Aurora after a judge ruled it is too close to a playground…

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Kat’s Blog: City Walk-Urban Mission Wins Preliminary Injunction

·July 16, 2020
·2 Comments

A few months ago, I wrote about a small organization called City Walk-Urban Mission in Tallahassee, Florida. The ministry was started in 2012 by Anthony and Renee Miller, it’s purpose,…

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Sex Offender Registries Are Fueling Mass Incarceration — And They Aren’t Helping Survivors

·June 23, 2020
·7 Comments

[jacobinmag.com - 6/22/20] The “sex offense legal regime,” which has developed alongside mass incarceration over the last forty years, has failed. US sex offender registries now list nearly one million…

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Kat’s Blog: Wakulla County, Florida Discrimination Case

·May 14, 2020
·9 Comments

This news out of Florida is one of those David and Goliath type lawsuits, the little guy against the giant. City Walk Urban Mission in Wakulla County, Crawfordville, Florida, a…

ACSOL News

CA: Town repeals sex offender ordinance

·April 27, 2020
·14 Comments

[hidesertstar.com - 4/24/20] YUCCA VALLEY — Facing costly litigation, the Yucca Valley Town Council discussed repealing the ordinance restricting where paroled sex offenders can live within town limits. The urgency…

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Strategies for reducing COVID-19 exposure [paper]

·March 29, 2020
·4 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…

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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…

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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…

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

·March 5, 2020
·13 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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…