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A Person on the Registry in Australia

May 6, 2021May 7, 2021 anonymous 2 Comments homeless, punishment, registrant, registry, restrictions, sex offender

I had a horrible day yesterday. There is no letting up. Haven’t had a break, a holiday, a decent night’s

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Eliminating Disparaging Labels

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 Vicki Henry 1 Comment APA, moratorium, perjorative, person first, reptilian brain, stigmatizing

  Gail’s Gateway   Change for Registrants & Families ELIMINATING DISPARAGING LABELS Disparage (dih-spar-ij) Verb (used with object), dis-par-aged, dis-par-ag-ing To

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Employment In The News registry Uncategorized 

The Shaming of America

September 11, 2018 Kat 7 Comments Families of Registrants, Hollywood, human being, registrant, Scarlet Letter, sex offender

Public stocks, public dunkings. These were the fates of those shamefully accused of witchcraft in the 1600’s. Scarlet Letter A’s

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In The News newspaper registry 

TN Sex Offense Could Get Judicial Diversion

September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 Kat 4 Comments judicial diversion, public safety, punishment, registrant, sex offender, solicitation of minor, Tennessee

September 5, 2018, a Knox County Court has given a former youth minister who pled guilty to soliciting an underage

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In The News newspaper registry 

Doctor Who Raped Sedated Patient Receives No Prison Time

August 22, 2018 Kat 2 Comments prison, punishment, registrant, sex offender

Several news articles this week have reported on Dr. Shafeeq Sheikh, a former Houston doctor who surprisingly received no prison

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Employment Housing registry 

Failure Is Not An Option

August 8, 2018 Kat 3 Comments registrant, restrictions, Scarlet Letter

What if you knew that no matter what you did, you couldn’t fail? What if “failure” just wasn’t an option?

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Sex Offenders Take Over Island of Oahu !

August 1, 2018 Kat 0 Comments Hawaii, Oahu, public saftey concerns, registrant, residency restrictions, sex offender

Now that I’ve got your attention- The current population of Hawaii’s 3rd largest island, Oahu, is approximately 992,605 as of

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HUD Bans Housing for Lifetime Registrants

July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 Kat 9 Comments Families of Registrants, homeless, justice, prison, public safety, registrant, residency restrictions

In June 2001 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, now headed up by Secretary Ben Carson, banned lifetime

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A History of Suffering and Misunderstanding

July 18, 2018 Kat 3 Comments leprosy, registrant, residency restrictions, Scarlet Letter, sex offender

The first reference to the disease was in 1550 B.C., by 4000 B.C. many were infected. Those afflicted were made

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Child or Adult, Age Just Doesn’t Matter On The Registry

July 14, 2018 Kat 2 Comments registrant, restrictions

Recently I read a study from Johns Hopkins/Bloomberg School of Public Health/Dec.6, 2017 titled “Children on Sex Offender Registries at

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In The News registry Uncategorized 

Scammers Targeting Registrants

July 4, 2018 Kat 3 Comments non-compliance, registrant, registry, scammers

Scammers- They come in all shapes and sizes and use any means possible first to scare and intimidate you and

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Sex Offender, Registrant or Registered Citizen: Does Society Care About The Label?

June 28, 2018 Kat 7 Comments labels, registered citizen, registrant, sex offender, sex offender label

First I struggled with the label “sex offender”.  The words sit in the mouth like a heavy after-taste. Then “registrant”

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Witch Hunt Mentality Equals A Win For Registrants

June 20, 2018 Kat 4 Comments bus stop, NY senate, public safety, registrant, residency restrictions, sex offender, witch hunt mentality

Because of a hysteria driven, over-zealous mother, the New York State Senate recently passed legislation that prohibits placing school bus

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Parks registry rights 

Summertime and the Livin’ Ain’t Easy!

June 6, 2018 Kat 4 Comments bikepaths, greenways, Knoxville, parks, public safety, registrant

Knoxville, Tennessee. The South. Home of plantation porches and sweet tea. Land of greenways, rivers, lakes, mountains, parks and bike

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The Dating Debacle for Registrants

May 30, 2018 Kat 6 Comments dating, prison, registrant, restrictions, sex offender

Who do you tell, what do you say and when do you say it? That’s just one of the many

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West Virginia’s Fake News Regarding Sex Offenders

May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 Kat 4 Comments prison, registrant, registrant fees, restrictions, sentencing guidelines, sex offender, w. virginia

I thought it started out as a good news article from The Exponent Telegram in West Virginia.  A judge was

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Check Your State’s Sex Offender Treatment Board For Conflicts of Interest

May 10, 2018 Kat 1 Comment Colorado, conflict of interest, polygraph, registrant, sex offender, TN

A few weeks ago I wrote about registrants being used as what amounts to “uncompensated lab rats” for VASI/Visual Assessment

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Taxpayer’s Money Wasted on Duplicate Registry Compliance Checks

April 24, 2018 Kat 2 Comments Compliance Checks, Families of Registrants, public saftey concerns, punishment, registrant, sex offender

For those registrants that are out on parole, home visits by a parole officer come with the territory. Let’s just

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Registry Restrictions VS Parental Rights

April 19, 2018 Kat 7 Comments public safety, registrant, sex offender

Recently I wrote a piece on Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s denying and then limiting a father who also happens to

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In The News Parks registry State Supreme Courts 

How To Eat An Elephant

April 13, 2018 Kat 1 Comment Illinois Supreme Court, public saftey concerns, registry, sex offender

How do you eat an elephant?  One bite at a time. That’s how solving an enormous problem has often been

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