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Counting registrants, family members and significant others, the number of people directly impacted by sex offense registration laws in the U.S. is estimated at several million.  Every state has had a registry for at least 25 years and politicians continually push for  harsher registration requirements.  These are all good reasons to question the registry.  DavidContinue reading “The Dobbs Wire:  Do we need the sex offense registry?”

Journal of Public and International Affairs: by Erika Parks; 2018 ____________________________________________________________________ IntroductionIn the United States, there are few crimes more abhorred than sexuallyviolent offenses, and by extension, few people more reviled than those whocommit them. In popular media, people accused of sexually violent crimesare variously called “monsters,” “scum,” or “the worst of the worst.” TheTexasContinue reading “The Only Way to Get Out Is to Die: Mental Health, Public Safety, and Legal Implications of Sex Offender Civil Commitment in Texas”

The TACC Team would like to thank NARSOL for allowing us to present at the conference and share information about civil commitment. We would like to express special thanks to Paul Shannon (Chair) and Robin Vander Wall (Vice-Chair) or NARSOL. Many thanks also to Texas Voices for hosting our table and for Mary Sue Molnar’sContinue reading “TACC Makes Connections and Educates Others at NARSOL’s 13th Annual Conference”

reason: by Jacob Sullum;  10.4.2021 5:00 PM ____________________________________________________________________ The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear Louisiana’s appeal of a decision against its 2006 law requiring that people on the state’s sex offender registry carry IDs or driver’s licenses that say “SEX OFFENDER” in orange capital letters. A year ago, the Louisiana Supreme Court concluded that the requirement amounted to compelledContinue reading “Supreme Court Declines To Hear Louisiana’s Defense of a Law That Stamped ‘SEX OFFENDER’ on Driver’s Licenses”

TACC will be at the NARSOL conference speaking and hosting a table. Come join us!! The National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) will convene October 8-10 in Houston, Texas for a program of presentations and workshops from attorneys, researchers, activists, and other notable people in the field of criminal justice reform. https://narsol.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/21-09-Houston-Conf.pdf GO TO NARSOL’SContinue reading “JOIN US AT NARSOL”

New DOC threats against a leader of the non-violent protests against civil commitment facility at Moose Lake, Minnesota. First Daniel Wilson and a dozen others civil commits were placed in the disciplinary unit at Moose Lake without any due process for their protests against Minnesota’s civil commitment program. Now, Charlie Sullivan of National CURE informs us thatContinue reading “Another request for your help from supporters of the civil commits at Moose Lake “

the drift: APRIL HARRIS, CHRISTOPHER BLACKWELL, COREY DEVON ARTHUR, DARLA JONES, FELIX SITTHIVONG, JOEL CASTÓN, OLETHUS HILL JR., PATRICK STEPHENS, WESLEY WILLIAMS; ISSUE 5  | SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 _______________________________________________________________________ Almost as soon as the Covid-19 pandemic was declared, writers rushed to narrativize the social experiment that was “lockdown.” Some of the reports, including those on the risks undertaken by workers newly deemed “essential,” have felt necessaryContinue reading ““Left in the Dark”​ | Covid Behind Bars”

PRISON LEGAL NEWS: by Gary Hunter; September 15, 2007 ______________________________________________________________________ For-profit private prison operator Management & Training Corporation (MTC) has recently lost lucrative contracts to run prisons in the United States and Canada. While the private prison industry is dominated by industry giants Corrections Corporation of America, Geo Corporation and Cornell Corrections, a number ofContinue reading “Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share”

ACADEMIA Letters: Kenneth Lang, Glenville State College; August 2021 __________________________________________________________________ IntroductionWith the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, and now the conviction of Minneapolis Police Officer Derrick Chauvin, decries to defund the police and institute genuine criminal justice reform continue to echo across this nation. Officials have struggled to grapple with the turn inContinue reading “Restorative Justice’s Role in Criminal Justice Reform”

Federal court to decide if state’s treatment system is constitutional.  Star Tribune: By Chris Serres;  FEBRUARY 24, 2021 — 6:10PM ________________________________________________________________________ A protracted case challenging the constitutionality of Minnesota’s system for treating sex offenders outside prison has gained new life after a federal appeals court in St. Louis ruled that claims contesting the program’s unusual conditionsContinue reading “Case challenging constitutionality of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program can move forward”