Public stocks, public dunkings. These were the fates of those shamefully accused of witchcraft in the 1600’s. Scarlet Letter A’s for adulterers in the 17th century. A way of publicly humiliating and shaming those who went outside of their church…
Tag: Families of Registrants
HUD Bans Housing for Lifetime Registrants
In June 2001 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, now headed up by Secretary Ben Carson, banned lifetime registered sex offenders from subsidized public housing. (Only those tenants who were in subsidized housing before the law went into…
Taxpayer’s Money Wasted on Duplicate Registry Compliance Checks
For those registrants that are out on parole, home visits by a parole officer come with the territory. Let’s just say there are good P.O.’s and bad P.O.’s. Some arrive on your doorstep inconspicuously, badges slightly hidden so as not…
Does Social Justice Exist for Registrants?
There are dozens of definitions of Social Justice. Wikipedia defines it as the concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society. This is measured by the explicit and tacit terms for the distribution of wealth, opportunities…
Sex Offense: An Unpayable Debt?
“No matter how much time you’ve spent in prison, you haven’t exactly paid your debt to society.” This was recently told to a group of registrants by a counselor in a sex offender therapy group. So, are sex offenses an…
This site is now a secure .org
We have moved this blog from being a .com to being a .org website. We have also enabled SSL so the site should be visited by going to https://blog.womenagainstregistry.org . If you tried to visit the old website it should have automatically…
The Indignity of the Registry
Nothing says Indignity like being on the Registry! There’s the indignity of Compliance checks. Unannounced visits, intrusive walk-thru’s of your house, questions that, if asked of anyone else, would be deemed totally inappropriate . I’m not yet sure how I’m…
Registrants Not Allowed to Celebrate Halloween/ Fall Holidays
Hear ye, Hear ye, All Registrants, You Are Not Allowed to Celebrate Fall ! According to the Halloween/Fall Holiday paperwork one registrant received, Registrants can not celebrate the Fall Holidays! Not just Halloween, THE FALL HOLIDAYS! What does that mean?…
Bonds, Parolee’s and Sex Offenders
You’ve journeyed through Hell. You’ve traveled the long road of court dates and jail/prison sentences. Done your time. And now, finally, you’re out. Free, Semi-Free, On Supervision,whatever you want to call it. Time to get on with your life, right?…
Registrant Restrictions: Maybe SCOTUS “Just Doesn’t Know”
Here’s a question for you- Before you became a member or unofficial member of the circus nightmare we call “The Registry”, (cue the scary music), how much did you actually know about it? If you’re like me, probably little to…
Women Against Registry First Annual NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Women Against Registry held their First Annual NATIONAL CONFERENCE in (Maryland Heights) St Louis, Mo. on JULY 29-30, 2017.
17 states were represented at the 2 day conference in 2017.
The theme: Our Families ~ Our Future ~ Our Time
Canada Can Learn A Lesson From U.S. Registry
Canada is undecided as to whether a public registry for high-risk child sex offenders is the way to go. There seems to be somewhat of an uproar up north, Conservatives in the House of Commons wanting Liberals to create an…
Registrants More Likely to Die from Residency Restrictions Than to Reoffend
A recent article about residency restrictions in Pennsylvania has me peeved. It’s dawned on me that it’s not just that one particular article either, it’s all the articles we read about residency restrictions that say sex offenders are “more likely…
Sex Offender Registry Becoming Politician’s “Cash Cow”
This is just about the craziest thing I’ve read lately. NewsMS out of Jackson, MS. reported that according to Rep. Tom Miles, there is a serious shortage of highway patrolmen. Out of the 489 currently working the roadways, 189 are…
2017, New Year New Hope
There are times when I struggle with a topic for this blog, this last week of 2016 is one of those times. Like the rest of you, I want to see changes in the registry and I want them now!…
A Registry For Everyone and Everything
A recent Associated Press piece headlined with “More states are adopting registries intended to track former convicts”. The article mentions that when a University of Toledo student went missing last summer, her friends checked out the state’s sex offender list…
Irresponsible Journalism When It Comes To Sex Offenders
This past week a local newspaper ran a series of articles on the plight of the homeless. The headline to a sidebar in the article announced “No One Wants To Deal With Sex Offenders”. This was my first issue with…
The Registry: Government Sanctioned Bullying of Registrant’s Children
With all the hype in the news over bullying of children, the government appears oblivious to its own part in causing harm to children of those on the sex offender registry. Studies have shown that some registrants suffer from PTSD…
Registrants International Family Petitions Group
There is a new group forming especially for those registrants that have filed petitions with USCIS to bring a loved one to the United States. Currently the policy of USCIS is to deny any petition that is filed by a…
Vigilante’s Organize Sex Offender Sting
March 13, 2016, recent headlines in a local newspaper, “The Daily News”, Longview , Washington, a couple of counties away from where I live, read “Kelso citizens create sex sting at Tam O’Shanter”. This is a haunting article where…