sex offender registry

The Sex Offender Registry Isn’t Meant for Public Safety. Just Public Shaming.

It happened on an ordinary afternoon; the kind of day when sunlight falls softly on the house, when nothing feels…

December 17, 2025

The Sex Offender Registry Shouldn’t Mean We’re Unwelcome at Church

In the Bible Belt, there’s basically a church on every corner—especially here in Nashville. It feels like there should be…

September 25, 2025

Background Checks Keep Saying I Can’t Do Jobs I Was Already Hired For

After two or three phone interviews with Walmart, they hired me for a clerical position at a distribution center. It…

April 9, 2025

Georgia Suggests Making Sex Offender Registry Removal More Confusing

Georgia is weighing legislation that would make it more difficult for people on the state's sex offender registry (SOR) to…

March 27, 2025

No One Prepares You for the Sex Offender Registry Phone Scams

In April 2024 I picked up a call from an unknown number at the grocery store where I work. The…

February 5, 2025

Enough With the Sex Offender Registry

Law enforcement has done a good job of portraying recidivism as a kind of unfortunate tendency some people just can't…

October 23, 2024

Nothing Sums Up the Sex Offender Registry Quite Like Halloween

Since 2008, people on sex offender registries in Missouri have been required to post a sign at their home each…

October 9, 2024

What Options Does the Sex Offender Registry Leave Us, If Not Sex Work?

They say that time is money, but if that’s true then mine doesn’t seem to be worth that much. I…

July 16, 2024

Sex Offender Treatment Class: Four Years, $10,000 and No End in Sight

Recently, my wife and I were having a quiet dinner at home when armed officers arrived without warning. They ordered…

May 6, 2024

Not Everyone Chooses the “Sober Dating” Life. Some of Us Are on Parole.

Many people who are in recovery have noted that the culture of modern dating isn’t the most suited to them.…

November 3, 2023