{"id":1687,"date":"2019-09-04T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T18:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/sex-offense-litigation-policy\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2019-09-05T13:22:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T18:22:17","slug":"the-appeal-people-on-sex-offender-registry-should-shelter-from-dorian-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/sex-offense-litigation-policy\/2019\/09\/04\/the-appeal-people-on-sex-offender-registry-should-shelter-from-dorian-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"The Appeal: People On Sex Offender Registry Should Shelter From Dorian In Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Elizabeth Weill-Greenburg | September 24th, 2019<\/p>\n

For some people convicted of sex crimes in Florida, the only shelter open to them during Hurricane Dorian was the county jail. <\/p>\n

In some counties, people on the registry were barred from shelters set up for those evacuating, and told to go to separate locations, away from children and other community members. If they attempted to stay with friends or relatives, they faced daunting residency and registration requirements, according to the Florida Action Committee, which advocates for reform of sex offender registry laws. Failure to comply can mean a felony conviction and incarceration. <\/p>\n

In Osceola County, a separate shelter was set up at the housing agency for \u201csex offenders,\u201d meaning people on the registry, according to a local news report by WKMG-TV. And in Flagler County, registered sex offenders were directed to go to the sheriff\u2019s office for shelter, according to a WJXT-TV report. The Nassau County Board of Commissioners website advised people on the sex offender registry to seek shelter in the county jail.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was such a traumatic experience to be incarcerated. I\u2019m not going to subject myself to that voluntarily,\u201d a representative with the Florida Action Committee told The Appeal. \u201cI\u2019d rather tie myself to a tree.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Read at The Appeal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For some people convicted of sex crimes in Florida, the only shelter open to them during Hurricane Dorian was the county jail. <\/p>\n

In some counties, people on the registry were barred from shelters set up for those evacuating, and told to go to separate locations, away from children and other community members. If they attempted to stay with friends or relatives, they faced daunting residency and registration requirements, according to the Florida Action Committee, which advocates for reform of sex offender registry laws. Failure to comply can mean a felony conviction and incarceration. <\/p>\n

In Osceola County, a separate shelter was set up at the housing agency for \u201csex offenders,\u201d meaning people on the registry, according to a local news report by WKMG-TV. And in Flagler County, registered sex offenders were directed to go to the sheriff\u2019s office for shelter, according to a WJXT-TV report. The Nassau County Board of Commissioners website advised people on the sex offender registry to seek shelter in the county jail.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was such a traumatic experience to be incarcerated. I\u2019m not going to subject myself to that voluntarily,\u201d a representative with the Florida Action Committee told The Appeal. \u201cI\u2019d rather tie myself to a tree.\u201d<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

The Appeal: People On Sex Offender Registry Should Shelter From Dorian In Jail<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":836,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-notes","category-residency-news","category-sorn-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/sex-offense-litigation-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/sex-offense-litigation-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/sex-offense-litigation-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/sex-offense-litigation-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/836"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/sex-offense-litigation-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/sex-offense-litigation-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/sex-offense-litigation-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/sex-offense-litigation-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/sex-offense-litigation-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}