Sex Offender Registries Contribute to Unemployment
The immediate access of the sex offender registries by anyone with internet access has kept those required to register out of work. Potential employers are simply unwilling to take a chance.
Meet William from Michigan, convicted of a misdemeanor offense. He paid his debt to society, returned to school and earned a bachelor degree in computer science.
He can't get hired.
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"...the married, 39-year-old Army veteran cannot have his name stricken from the police and public sex offender registries. He must remain listed until 2027.
With many employers unwilling to hire a person on the registry, the lengthy term could relegate him to a life with no job or being underemployed.
Being on the registry also limits where he can live and shuts him out of his son's school activities. Although his crime had nothing to do with children, he's subjected to the same restrictions as a convicted pedophile.
"It's miserable," William said. "I've had people leave church because I'm there."
He was on the management track and had been named employee of the month at his last job. A co-worker discovered that he was a listed sex offender, threatened to blow the whistle, and they were both fired, he said.
That was five years ago.
At a recent job interview with a large company, William was confident he'd landed the position. Told that a routine background check was required, he admitted to being listed on the registry.
William is waiting to hear from the company but doesn't hold out hope.
"I can't get hired," he said. "If somebody would give me a chance."
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Tracy Velazquez, The Policy Institute:
State registries were originally set up to help law enforcement keep track of potentially dangerous and violent sex offenders. They were later expanded to provide information to the public, now by Web sites.
"It's the widespread use over the Internet that has negative effects, Velazquez said. "For law enforcement keeping tabs, it makes sense. But for people trying to live successfully in society, it makes sense for them to have jobs and decent living conditions."
Read the commentary over at the Herald Palladium (An Unfair Stigma, 1/2/2010) here.
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I was convicted because my 2 yr old grandson touched me and I did not report it to social services in Feb 99. I could not find a job. I also have a BA in Accounting. I moved in 2006 and was charged with faliure to register in the state I moved to even though i continued to report to the state that I was convicted in. Now 2010 and Im still unemployed. So whats new?
Full compliance with the AWA will free up even more jobs for the 'good' people.
Job discrimination, anyone? On top of housing discrimination?
And for how many persons designated as sex offenders? How many of their families continue to be impacted?
Although I am continually not surprised, then again, I am...in this country, how has this been permitted legally to continue?
I did want to say $100 million has been released by the feds in green job grants, perhaps self-employment opportunities. Check with your area WorkForce center for more information.
why would anyone report that to social services?
RED ALERT:
Yall better jump on this one.
Hank Asher, John Walsh, Scumford, I mean Lunsford, ED SMART (imagine your surprise) And Asher in an old IBM bldg. Imagine that. IBM produced the data for the NAZIS to track jews ... Go read. Make noise. The United Nations is in on this one. A virtual sea of child pornographers they say. Right. Cause that's all anyone does with the internet.
Yknow what's interesting??? Even before I summoned the smashed frog forces: the comments were leaning towards this guy is an asshole. Sunny... get on this bob butterworth connection going to DCF first and then quietly going away after less than two years??? Maybe less than a year ... and IT WAS WEIRD that he even was summonsed to that position IN THE FIRST PLACE. So .. he is quietly using info gleaned as a state emp. to further the ambition of a trafficker. Get on this ...
Also ... you guys see what I mean about SPT???
I'm forming a PAC. This is as in political ACTION COMMITTEE. In this fashion we will topple these bastards before they topple ALL OF US. I see asher going after anyone ... where has ron book slithered away to? Why no mention of HRH and girl wonder here?? Isn't he ALL STAR enough??? Sunny ... susan taylor martin: Smart cookie.
Isn't it awesome how I have decided that you are powerful enough to summon for an article powerful enough to estoppel the filth?? Yeppers. PACs can FOIA the snipe out of stuff. Do some reading about civil commitment and the fraud therein. I bet you already have. Do another series. Yep. You're welcome for the invitation to work you harder. Sorry, I'm pretty busy as noted by my lack of blogging, constant stalking of myself and family and powerful connections taking notice on the light side. ROFLCOPTER. Also ... a viewing of the end of schindler's list. PUSH PUSH PUSH BACK.
Also, that ekonomou name... remember the freak who was stealing body parts from accidents ergo her ousting from the FIRE DEPT??? REAL ESTATE. Shows up all ova da place.
asset seizure via the RSO SRO list. Standing room only on the RSO. Soon Asher-co will be the only names NOT ON the list. Look at that photo of him. Still trafficking. Protected.
BUT all that is about to topple. Don't ask me how I know.
One of my T H A N G S.
his reticence is due to:::: MY ASS.
OH MY GOD. I never left the link and there is STILL a viable discussion going on w/the majority falling on the side of the RSO and w/ the remainder attacking the journalist.
Get there, guys::
Sorry about the link.
My very very bad.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article1064010.ece
For myself you can almost always assume it's the SPT (tampabay.com)
In this case, Ms. Taylor Martin is ON IT. YAY, Ms Taylor Martin.
Everyone should link to her with thanks and congrats cause they are beating up on her as she wages this against known criminals who are exploiting thought crime. Pop a disk in to find child porn MY ASS. Gimme one of those disks at random> I bet you FIVE MILLION DOLLARS that they PLANT child porn. It's THAT QUICK. Seen it done on a computer system at my old college employment ... Once in the root directory it's going to pop up EVERYWHERE. betcha ten million bucks that what asher is doing. Someone please suggest this to ms. taylor martin.
You know, I have tried to join up with that news group with 3 different email addresses and I got no response from them, so I could not join in the conversation,
But I have got to say... Anonymous, you are wasting your time trying to talk to those idiots. They have already made up their mind and you seem to be more intelligent than they are. Probably because the commenter's are mostly law enforcement.
Do yourself and your community a favor. Start a blog and let people know of your findings. You will be read by the public. Leave room for comments, but stop feeding the pigs. They are not worth your time.
But book the point is that if no one has a say ... it sways public opinion ... you have to have to have to ... keep putting your thoughts forward. I'm surprised you did not hear from them. Keep trying. It's worth your time. F those idiots. Let the world see the intelligent people.
That's a good point about "mostly law enforcement", Book.
For those who have never attended a child safety conference or workshop, those in attendance are not everyday citizens...it's LE, victim advocates, effected family members. Oh, and usually one reporter, a step up from the obituary beat.
Politicians more often meet behind closed doors with these folks.
Unfortunately, the same few urge legislation through.
This database is considered illegal in certain states that forbid public listings of all offender names. I suggest those involved in the latest profit based listing hire plenty of legal.