sex offender registry

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

If I Join a Church After Prison, How Much of My Past Is Safe to Disclose?

Last Sunday, I tried to work up the courage to go to church. I did some Googling of the churches…

October 25, 2023

Do These Sex Offender Employment Restrictions Make Sense to Anyone?

In the month since I was released from Georgia Department of Corrections custody, I’ve been offered four different jobs. I…

October 19, 2023

Trying to Make Friends as an Adult, After an Adult Life Spent in Prison

The other day I was in Walmart when a little girl, maybe 8 or so, struck up a conversation. Her…

October 13, 2023

As a Trans Woman, Sex Offender Laws Make Re-Entry a Test I’m Meant to Fail

[Read Part 1 of this story here.] For the first 30 minutes of the drive to my release address on…

September 19, 2023

Leaving Prison After 13 Years, and the Preparations I Made to Get Here

On September 13, I got up at 4 am and took a shower. I fiddled with my belongings, which had…

September 18, 2023