Registries are totally ineffetive at protecting the public from harm 7-17-2023. Raleigh, North Carolina . . . On July 8 in Rockford, Illinois, a horrible crime took place. A little ten-year-old girl, playing outside in her yard, was kidnapped and murdered close to
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In this timely and extensively researched book, sociologist Emily Horowitz shows how current sex-offense policies in the United States create new forms of harm and prevent those who have caused harm from the process of constructive repentance or contributing to society after
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By Sandy . . . As NARSOL’s impact grows stronger, so do the efforts of those who wish to assign malevolent intent to our organization. Being a strong believer in freedom of speech, I advocate for the right to do that. However,
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From Rushville Treatment and Detentiion Facility in Illinois: Dear Sandy Rozek, My name is XXXX, and on January 19, 2022, after six long years of fighting for my life in the courtroom (self-representation) and in the Cook County, Illinois jail, I pled
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Last week I received a letter from an inmate in Iowa nearing the approach of his release date and terrified that he would be sent to the Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders. He wote about what that facility was like. This
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By Vicky Campo . . . Meet Ryan, who, as a young man, had a caring and consensual relationship with his high school sweetheart. After months of dating, just before her 15th birthday and shortly after his 18th, their relationship became sexual.
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By Emily Horowitz . . . Watching the Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, I was struck by how Republican senators pounced on the judge’s thoughtful, considered, and mainstream sex offense sentencing. My research examines why our sex offense policies are
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By Sandy . . . “Sex offender” civil commitment is one of the cruelest of all practices to evolve from laws targeting men with sexual crime convictions. NARSOL has long engaged in advocacy against this practice, stating in our goals and positions,
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By Kelsey Turner . . . Cross, director of Oregon City-based nonprofit organization Free on the Outside, which provides housing and recovery for formerly incarcerated individuals, knows what strings to pull to get people housed. While working in Hillsboro west of Portland,
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By Sandy . . . Jacob Wetterling’s abduction and death in 1989 led directly to a massive system of laws that today affects close to a million men, women, and children plus their family members. In that same year, 1989, the death
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