Maestro, I agree with you all too well. But not just probation. I feel parole is the same way. Depending on who you get, shows how understanding and credible they are. My parole is lifetime. I am on that ankle mpnitor for life. And they have me on SOTP for the third time. The others say, wow, your good at this. I said, yeah well this is my third time in this class. Each and everytime, I take notes. Notes that are repeated, that I have written down previous times. But its the little things that they take away from us. And as a woman, its hard being on an ankle monitor. I can’t dress up like a woman. And shaving irritates me. Its like they didnt even have women in mind when they made this!

Today It is one of one’s fundamental rights that we should be given liberty to vote but that is only if one decides to vote. Remember we are still “We the people” no matter what and we are a nation under God. I think one could think Thomas Jefferson for that or are the bill of rights no use today.

I do not want to get started on the Ministers of Satan today as that is for the Preachers Pulpit but I will just say that those that are caught up in all this light or heavy sex offense thing should have the right to vote or voice their opinions.

I am inclined to agree with J. P. up there. I would really rather agree with Smokey the bear on a lot of this stuff with all these affairs today. And ole Smoky said that “Only you can Prevent” forest fires…….(.I wonder what was really meant by forest fires.)

A probation officer’s job is – simply put – a waste of tax payers’ money.

P.O.’s and their high on authority supervisors treat the client as if the crime happened 5 mins ago. Even when you’ve been on it for a few years and it’s nearing its end, they make sure you’re not doing ANYTHING that any other law abiding, tax paying citizen can do LEGALLY. Owning a computer, traveling, having a drink with coworkers at a company Christmas party, having contact with those damn minors that like to walk all around you in the line at a Walgreens as if you’re compelling them to be near you.

I’ve pissed probation off several times with the argument that they can never answer with ANY type of logic:

“When my probation is over, I’m still the same guy who had an affair with a minor which was deemed CONSUNSUAL by the court who convicted me, so what difference does it make if I own a computer NOW, or if I get one AFTER my probation is over and I laugh in your face about it?”

They cannot answer that question with LOGIC. Only with their brainwashed training that they follow with pride to say some outlandish nonsense (and this is how backwards they are) such as “Well suppose you were to chat with someone online in a messaging board about aviation and that person turned out to be a minor and makes a complaint against you? Even if it’s untrue, who do you think the court is going to believe?”

Probation amounts to nothing but a paycheck for these baffoons. I know of people who diliberately took MORE time in prison to have probation taken OUT of the plea bargain. I know people who diliberately VIOLATED probation and went back to prison (and not even close to the amount of hang time they were given) just to get probation withdrawn upon their release.
If these things can be done, as well as hiring an attorney at your probation period’s half-way point to get it satisfied, that is MORE than enough reason to argue that probation is NOT helpful to ANYONE (client, victim or society). I would rather be subjected to a lifetime on the registry than to have to get permission from a power hungry buffoon to do every day normal life activities.

We should start a petition against the probation departments. These are more of the reason for joblessness and homelessness than the SOR itself. Probation made ME homeless for 3 months and my P.O. shrugged his shoulders at me when I told him it’s not fun and there’s no reason for me to have been made homeless!! Enough is enough of this USELESS “career”.

Thank you

Hey JR!
I wish I knew the answer to that question, but I find trying to reason with it only sends my head into circular arguments. I’m not an attorney and I never studied laws, but I am a reasonable thinking person.
The only logical thing I can thing of is that someone has written a logical list of logical fallacies, and all the illogical thinkers believe them to be logical truths. That like two drunks sitting in a bar, where drunk #1 is telling of his sexual endeavors to drunk #2, knowing that they are all made up lies, but yet he believes every sexual endeavor that drunk #2 tells him. And they sit there, drinking and one-upping each other until drunks #3 thru drunks #99 vote on who got the best story and then, the logical fallacies are born.
I wanted to write a synopsis on the last 20 years of my life showing what every new and/or added change to the laws which impacted my life or the life of my family. I thought it would be a revealing graphic. Turns out that I had an entire page of dates with my obligation changes and I only looked a the residency restrictions.
I didn’t even bother looking at the travel restrictions, internet and social web sites, hunting gun laws, jury duty, going to a park or swimming pool, my grandchildren’a school, not being in my home more than 3 nights within 1 year of time, or even the things I can or cannot do on Oct. 31st of every year. Those rules as well as the penalty, also change frequently. I can go on and on. There is no synopsis. That’s a novel!

I feel the same way. I have lost my taste for political labels. I cringe when I hear “liberal” or “conservative” because the terms mean absolutely nothing to me anymore. And I’ve grown weary of the American voter’s capacity to fall for the same trickery over and over again. “Let’s elect candidate [fill in blank]! He/She’s going to make things change” Blah Blah Blah. And nothing really ever changes for anyone, in my estimation. So I’m not certain there are any sides to the aisle anymore. From my viewpoint, either party will walk all over SOs and their families to win votes. They really couldn’t care any less about our problems. Our governments have become tools to cram ideological beliefs down our necks and what’s good for the whole is whatever 51% of the people will go along with. That’s pretty scary to me.

@John W,

It is difficult to come to the realization you present. I am sorry for this situation for you (and all of us on the registry). Perhaps you and Robin, with your intimate experience in the political process, can work together to change these things?

I am curious, with your experience, what are your thoughts on the fact that many of us pay taxes (property especially) on property we are banished from by residency restrictions?

After reading this, I realized how negative I am. I didn’t mean to be that way. I was only trying to point out, as a registered sex offender, that I am personally at a complete loss of what side of the aisle to be on.

Congrats, Stephen. Bob shocked a lot of people when he went to the left on voting rights. Didn’t shock me because it was my idea, although I doubt seriously Bob would ever fess up to that. haha.