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Changes to Sex Offender Registry Requirements Across the U.S.

Changes to Sex Offender Registry Requirements Across the U.S. Probation Information Network is dedicated to bringing you the most recent information regarding the variations in Sex Offender Registry requirements across the U.S. Our original research on the topic was conducted in 2022 and encompassed all 50 states and the five major U.S. territories. Whenever state and territorial legislatures meet there is the possibility that the laws governing the registry may change, potentially affecting over 750,000 registered citizens. Our recently concluded study has found that over half of the jurisdictions have updated their registry statutes, 12 in significant ways. The overall trend seems to be a tightening of registry requirements, with the exception of a few states. Most updates were simple wording changes to statues. We know it can be difficult to understand the requirements and restrictions of the registry, so we have updated our guides for each jurisdiction and each registry…
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One Size Fits None

Prison Policy Initiative’s new report, One Size Fits None, studies the standard conditions of probation across all 50 states. Topics of the study include:

• Financial burdens • Movement and travel restrictions • Relationship or “association” restrictions • Searches • Other unnecessary and discriminatory rules around conduct

From Prison Policy Initiative: One Size Fits None: How ‘standard conditions’ of probation set people up to fail Courts and probation agencies impose a standard set of rules on everyone under their supervision, before tacking on any extra restrictions. Our national review finds these mandatory rules are often unnecessarily burdensome and incredibly vague, making it all too easy to “fail” at probation and land behind bars. Read the full study here: One Size Fits None The Prison Policy Initiative is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization. Visit them at www.prisonpolicy.org.
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