WomenAgainstRegistry.org ~ Arizona Chapter
Please read this story from semissourian.com to understand how inane the laws of our Country have become and how afraid of dealing with our American Veterans just because of a “label.” http://www.semissourian.com/story/2296311.html Please read the comments at the bottom of this story when you get a chance. There are comments from both-sides-of-the-fence which will show […]
The passages of sexual offender registries have grabbed headlines as steps toward public safety against unchanging “predators” who are being released back into society. The registry laws themselves have cost billions of dollars and generally are passed with overwhelming support. But do they work? “These kind of laws have a limited usefulness, which is they […]
Please read this intense article by Sarah Stillman, staff writer at The New Yorker and a visiting scholar at the N.Y.U. Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. The following is truncated and an excerpt of her post, due to the length and explicitness of the full article. link: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/14/when-kids-are-accused-of-sex-crimes [first four paragraphs in disassociate order] One afternoon, […]
Below is excerpt from original article that you can read here: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/02/18/i-married-a-sex-offender?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=opening-statement&utm_term=newsletter-20160219-388#.a8mkGIRAH For the first three years he was home, his picture wasn’t even on the [sex-offender registry] website. You would actually have to go into the police department to find out anything about him. And then they said they had made a mistake. Then, […]
What is recidivism and what is the impact on the state? How does Utah compare nationally? What is Utah doing to address inmate recidivism and where is there room for improvement? What are other states doing? One in 31 adults in the U.S. was incarcerated or being supervised. Total state expenditures on Corrections grew to […]
MESA, AZ – A Mesa neighborhood gathered together Wednesday night to protest a halfway house for sex offenders near Loop 202 and Power Road. The Schmidt couple, who owns the home, was told to cease and desist all operations in December, as they did not have the proper special use permit to set up a […]
Group Meeting January 19th Group meeting ~ On January 19th at 7 PM we will have an Arizona Women Against Registry group meeting to put the final touches on our approach and presentation the next day during our visit to the legislative body and our event planned that evening. We will possibly be making signs for […]
