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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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Housing In The News Lifetime registry social panic Uncategorized 

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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In The News newspaper registry social panic Uncategorized 

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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In The News 

Foxes Guarding the Henhouse in Colorado and Tennessee

June 13, 2018 Kat 1 Comment Colorado, conflict of interest, Department of Corrections, public safety, registrant, registry, Tennessee, TN

Colorado’s House Bill 18-1427 to eliminate conflicts of interests within the state’s Sex Offender Management Board seemed like a sure

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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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Housing In The News journalism reporter Uncategorized 

A Heartless Man Without A Soul

May 16, 2018 Kat 1 Comment homeless, Lauren Book, public safety, public saftey concerns, registrant, residency restrictions, sex offender

CBS/ South Florida recently had Ron Book/Chairman of Miami-Dade Homeless Trust debating with host and investigative reporter Jim DeFede about

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In The News rights 

Neighborhood Hysteria: This Time It’s Not Over A Sex Offender!

May 2, 2018 Kat 1 Comment prison, public safety, sex offender

77 year old Carl Reimann gets out of prison. He has served his sentence for the 1972 Yorkville murders of

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In The News newspaper registry Uncategorized 

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 

You’ve Got A Friend, But It’s Not U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions !

March 16, 2018 Kat 3 Comments justice, mandatory minimums, Nashville, public safety, sex offender, Washington

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke at a conference for the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Nashville, TN

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In The News rights Uncategorized 

Sex Offense + Civil Commitment = A Second Prison Sentence

February 23, 2018 Kat 0 Comments civil commitment, imminent danger, prison, public safety, sex offender

Time served should be just that, a sentence of time decided by the court that has a beginning and an

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Employment Housing Parks registry Uncategorized 

A Camper In The Woods: A Counselor’s Definition of “Housing Success”

February 14, 2018 Kat 0 Comments banishment, public safety, registrant, residency restrictions, sex offender counseling
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registry rights Uncategorized 

Registrants Forced to Wear “Imaginary Blinders”

November 17, 2017 Kat 3 Comments blinders, public safety, registrant, registry, sex offender

I sure you’ve seen horses wearing blinders. Their purpose is to keep the horse looking straight ahead and focused, keep

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The Indignity of the Registry

November 3, 2017 Kat 3 Comments Families of Registrants, non-violent sex offender, public safety, registrant, restrictions, sex offender

Nothing says Indignity like being on the Registry! There’s the indignity of Compliance checks. Unannounced visits, intrusive walk-thru’s of your

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Lifetime registry rights Uncategorized 

Registrants Not Allowed to Celebrate Halloween/ Fall Holidays

October 26, 2017 Kat 0 Comments Compliance Checks, Families of Registrants, Halloween, public safety, registrant, restrictions, sex offender, US Probation Office Rules

Hear ye, Hear ye, All Registrants, You Are Not Allowed to Celebrate Fall ! According  to the Halloween/Fall Holiday paperwork

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In The News newspaper registry 

Things That Go “Bump” In The Night

October 7, 2017 Kat 0 Comments audit, child pornography, homeless, Massachusetts, prison, public safety, registrant, registry

Does the idea of an audit scare you? How about an audit where states lose track of registrants? Out of

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Housing In The News registry 

Louisiana Banishes Registrants in the “Eye of the Storm”

September 7, 2017 Kat 0 Comments banishment, homeless, hurricane, Louisiana, public safety, registrant, sex offender, tent city

With Hurricane Irma bearing down on Florida, I got to thinking about the registrants in tent cities, living under bridges,

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Registration Fees “Nothin’ From Nothin’ Leaves Nothin’!”

September 1, 2017 Kat 0 Comments government waste, public safety, registrant, registrant fees, registry, sex offender

Some of you may recall an old song by Billy Preston, Nothin’ From Nothin’ Leaves Nothin’. That’s what I think

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Employment Housing In The News registry 

Homeless Registrants And GPS Ankle Monitors

May 24, 2017 Kat 1 Comment California, GPS ankle monitor, homeless, library, public safety, registrant

Where does a homeless sex offender charge their GPS devise? Sounds alot like an opening line of a bad joke.

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Employment In The News registry Uncategorized 

South Carolina Bill to Bar Registrants from Becoming Locksmiths

April 18, 2017April 18, 2017 Kat 0 Comments public safety, registrant, sex offender, south carolina

A few months ago I wrote a piece about Rep.Swan in Missouri who didn’t want registrants anywhere near museums, children’s

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In The News newspaper rights State Supreme Courts 

One Court Comes to It’s Senses While Another Makes No Sense at All?

March 25, 2017 Kat 0 Comments public safety, sex offender

Two recent articles, one from NJ the other from TN have me wondering how we ever make any progress when

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