Comments on: Dr. Chrysanthi Leon Asks Re-entry Workers: “Why Would You Do This?”

By: James

James — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 23:37:32 +0000

To clarify how Indiana does sex-offender treatment, they use a ‘containment’ based format with the offender being ‘contained’ by the therapist, probation officer, and most importantly the polygraph. To complete treatment one must ‘pass’ 4 consecutive polygraphs and/or complete probation. ‘fail’ one and you start over. If you DO finish before probation ends, any violation (technical) will put you back in group treatment to start the cycle all over.

By: James Tanksley

James Tanksley — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 22:48:14 +0000

After 70 months incarceration, I began mandatory group ‘treatment’ with all types of offenders and one curriculum. Compliance is solely based on ‘passing’ polygraphs every 6 months. The vast majority of experts, including the justice system and American Psychology Association, do not support the use of the polygraph due to it’s coercive nature and unreliable results. How do the sex-offender treatment providers, often social workers and psychologists that Dr Leon has surveyed justify their use and total reliance on the polygraph for their group participants?

By: vincent

vincent — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 23:27:10 +0000

don’t ask why they do what they do! And please stop with labels that keep this thing alive i am 30 years about on the registry and do not associate myself with those hurtful book titles that got you a PHD! Everyday i wake up and see very intelligent and hi IQ supposedly moral pillars of the community leaders of the supposed free world lie , murder ,steal and poison society for their own benefit and thank the god that is within every man that i am not that corrupt or that far gone! I am sure you wont print this of course even though we are called those ville things as written above that i wont repeat but it seems the censoring can be just as bad or the freedom of expression needs to be molded to suite the needs of the oh well sorry just had one half of serious cervical stenosis spine surgery and i am antsy

By: Tim in WI

Tim in WI — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:07:52 +0000

In reply to Annoymous. Registration violation requires state to put forth paper evidence in the form of a judgement or notice thereof, pertaining to a conviction to sex case statute (s). The evidence therefore if used in trial on an occasion can only be used once. If state's attempt to convict a second subsequent time the use in the first registry violation case may no be available in the second registry violation case. All bets are off for the defense if the case where State have signed standard waiver of civil right. Fact is in a scenario whereas the one time offender demanded bench trial but was convicted, may very well claim his innocence in the sex case should the subsequent registry violation arise sometime down the road. In that scenario the defendant is not only free to reclaim factual innocence to the underlying sex crime he can damn well demand via discovery state produce the modus by which defendant was " lawfully committed" to DOC or SOR. That man can also put the gov agent on the stand. Any jury will recognize the wrong in convicting a man of prison escape ( or FTR)when there's zero documentation proving the man was obligated to ( register) be locked up in the first place. It has been a moderately successful strategy for me.

By: Tim in WI

Tim in WI — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:39:19 +0000

Reentry seems an awkward untenable term considering all pre registry act offenders were re-entered into DOC or DPS electronic systems with key stokes outside of normal processes and in the dark as to them. I do not think reentry was an issue identified in the preamble of the Act at all. Who needs productive people when you have robots who never take time off.

By: Annoymous

Annoymous — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 23:13:39 +0000

I recently wrote about this topic in a other topic post but feel it is appropriate to mention here as-well again “Fresh Start Act of 2021” H.R 5651, excluding sex offenses as the only criminal offenses that can not be expungements. While we are as a nation slowly moving towards rehabilitation and programs to support the communities. Sex offenders are the only classification that continues to be only excluded from having the ability to be deemed fully rehabilitation and obtain expungements. In Tennessee currently our laws prevent all offender’s who committed a sexual offense the inability to obtain a expungement under TCA 40-35-313 (B)(C) even if they have a pretrial or judicial diversion. Those who have committed a sexual offense against a minor or violet offense are require to register for life on SOR unless challenge the 2014 amendment to those who became victim of SOR prior to 2014 and then it must be challenge to the court that it applies to that defendant for ex post facto.