FAIR, Inc. is working year-round to educate Maryland’s lawmakers about the wide range of people on the public registry, and how damaging it is to innocent family members. We are also working to monitor and encourage legal challenges to the unconstitutional aspects of public registration laws as well as raise funds to support any legal injunction we may need to file, should our legislative efforts fail. We are especially busy during Maryland’s legislative session, from mid-January through early April.

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Registry and other restrictions on “sex offenders” serve punitive, not safety, purpose

By Jacob Sullum . . . 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...

NARSOL E.D. Brenda Jones interviews on MO’s Halloween restrictions for registrants

By Liam Garrity . . . Across the nation and the Ozarks, police departments are checking in on sex offenders to make sure they are compliant with Missouri’s Halloween law. Buffalo’s police chief, Chris Twitchell, said the Halloween law in Missouri was put in place in 2008 to limit sex offenders from contact...

Person-first language takes hold in CO

By Colette Bordelon . . . A board created by Colorado’s state legislature, which develops standards for the treatment and supervision of convicted sex offenders, is changing the language surrounding the term “sex offender.” The Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB) was created in 1992 and works with around 500 treatment providers within the state,...