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• Report Questions Expanded Ohio Inmate Electronic Monitoring
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — There's limited evidence that expanding the electronic monitoring of inmates in Ohio would reduce the rates at which ex-offenders... [ more ]
  U.S. News, Friday, January 10, 2020
  
  
• Case of inmate accused of killing prison administrator before 5-day manhunt is headed for a grand jury
  
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Tenn. (WMC) - After a long day of testimony in the preliminary hearing of a man who investigators say escaped from a Tennessee prison and killed the administrator, a judge in Lauderdale County has found probable cause to bind the case over to a grand jury.... [ more ]
  WMC Action News, Wednesday, November 20, 2019
  
  
• Illegal immigrant charged with raping stepdaughter, 15, was back in US after being deported
  
  A Honduran national who was in the United States illegally has been arrested for raping his 15-year-old stepdaughter in Maryland.... [ more ]
  washingtonexaminer.com, Saturday, August 31, 2019
  
  
• 2 Weeks After Epstein�s Death, Another Apparent Suicide Inside A Federal Jail
  
  Just two weeks after billionaire convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died of suicide inside a federal jail, yet another pretrial detainee jailed in a federal Bureau of Prisons facility has died in an apparent suicide, HuffPost has learned. ... [ more ]
  huffpost.com, Monday, August 26, 2019
  
  
• Man freed from prison doesn't blame rape victim for incarceration
  
  DETROIT – The victim in a rape case and the man convicted of the crime hugged after leaving a Detroit courtroom Thursday.... [ more ]
  Detroit Free Press, Friday, August 23, 2019
  
  
• Probe begins over whether US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein committed child rape offences in France
  
  French authorities have launched a preliminary probe to uncover whether any sexual assault offences linked to the case against American financier Jeffrey Epstein were committed on the country's soil or on French nationals.... [ more ]
  euronews.com, Friday, August 23, 2019
  
  
• Ex-Ohio St. diving coach gets 4 years in prison
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Ohio State diving club coach accused of abusing that role and having sex with a diver when she was a teenager was sentenced Monday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual battery.... [ more ]
  Associated Press, Monday, August 12, 2019
  
  
• Affidavit says fugitive Curtis Ray Watson strangled, sexually assaulted Tennessee corrections employee
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Affidavits released from the Lauderdale County Clerk's Office detail the allegations against Curtis Ray Watson, a fugitive who escaped the West Tennessee State Penitentiary on Wednesday. ... [ more ]
  USA Today, Friday, August 9, 2019
  
  
• Paedophile who abused girl, 11, is drowned in prison toilet in 'revenge killing'
  
  David Oseas Ramirez, 56, was drowned at Duval County Jail in Jacksonville, Florida, according to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office... [ more ]
  mirror.co.uk, Saturday, August 3, 2019
  
  
• Ex-trainer in abuse case wants to serve time in medical unit
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. — A 79-year-old ex-high school athletic trainer from Miles City who admitted coercing boys into sexual abuse over decades wants to serve his time at a prison specializing in long-term medical care.... [ more ]
  nbcmontana.com, Saturday, July 27, 2019
  
  
• Scot arrested after 'faking own death' in US to escape rape charges
  
  A Scot who US authorities say faked his death to avoid rape charges back home has been arrested. Kim Vincent Avis, 55, also known as Ken Gordon-Avis, was arrested in Colorado Springs, Colorado, last week and is being held by the U.S. Marshals Service, Cmdr. Kathy Pallozolo with the Monterey County Sheriff's Office said. The Associated Press has identified him as Kim Gordon.

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  www.scotsman.com, Saturday, July 27, 2019
  
  
• Ex-offenders in Minnesota are slow-but-growing pipeline for employers
  
  The administration of Gov. Tim Walz wants more Minnesota criminal offenders to find a job and housing and fewer to return to prison.... [ more ]
  Journal Star, Saturday, June 22, 2019
  
  
• Alabama�s law forcing sex offenders to get chemically castrated, explained
  
  A new Alabama law will require some sex offenders to undergo chemical castration, a forced medical treatment that critics say is both inhumane and ineffective.... [ more ]
  VOX.COM, Tuesday, June 11, 2019
  
  
• More than 40 Oklahoma officers banned for sex crime convictions in last five years, records show
  
  The crimes range from rape, to sexual battery, to child sexual abuse or revenge porn. The guilty parties are from law enforcement agencies across the state — from metro departments in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, to smaller outposts like Carter County, Wewoka or Vinita. ... [ more ]
  enidnews.com, Friday, May 31, 2019
  
  
• Albion corrections officer accused of having sex with inmates
  
  An officer at an Albion correctional facility is accused of having sex with two female inmates, according to New York State Police.... [ more ]
  Democrat and Chronicle - Part of the USA Today Network, Monday, May 20, 2019
  
  
• Arizona high school basketball coach arrested for sexual conduct with multiple female athletes
  
  A high school basketball coach from Dobson (Mesa, Ariz.) has been arrested for alleged sexual conduct with several female athletes, and at least one of the athletes was coached by the perpetrator in middle school basketball, KNXV-TV reported.... [ more ]
  USA Today High School Sports, Saturday, May 18, 2019
  
  
• Pentagon: Sexual assault survey is a call to action. We can do better.
  
  The 2018 sexual assault survey results are unacceptable. The increase is among women, ages 17 to 24, with perpetrators of similar age and grade. This is a call to action.... [ more ]
  USA Today, Wednesday, May 8, 2019
  
  
• Extended probation, no prison for USA rapist
  
  Shane Piche was sentenced to 10 years of probation for rape on April 25, according to The Watertown Daily Times.... [ more ]
  SB Dirty South Soccer, Friday, May 3, 2019
  
  
• Florida woman says 'mom�s instinct' helped bust sex offender lurking on elementary school property
  
  A Florida mother credited her instincts for figuring out a man she spotted lurking behind a dumpster at her child’s elementary school was a registered sex offender.... [ more ]
  Fox News Network, Monday, April 29, 2019
  
  
• Priest in Oakland Diocese arrested on suspicion of child abuse
  
  A priest in the Catholic Diocese of Oakland, California, was being held Sunday on charges of lewd and lascivious acts with a child, according to court records.... [ more ]
  NBC News, Monday, April 1, 2019
  
  
• Kindergarten teacher accused of recording sexually explicit videos with a child, sending them to ex-boyfriend
  
  A kindergarten teacher from Florida is facing jail time for allegedly recording herself sexually abusing a young child and sending the videos to her ex-boyfriend.... [ more ]
  Fox News, Sunday, March 17, 2019
  
  
• Former Washington Co. Jail officer sentenced to prison after having sex with inmate
  
  A former corrections officer at the Washington County Jail is sentenced to 3-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to sex crimes for having sex with... [ more ]
  WTap News, Thursday, January 24, 2019
  
  
• New sex offender registration and public notification website launches in Brazos County
  
  Sheriff Chris Kirk and the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office launched a new sex offender registration and public notification website.... [ more ]
  NBC Local, Wednesday, March 15, 2017
  
  
• N.J. Serial Sex Offender: Search For Suspect Continues
  
  Belleville-Nutley, NJ - Police are looking for a possible serial rapist who has committed a rash of violent sexual assaults in New Jersey... [ more ]
  Patch, Thursday, March 9, 2017
  
  
• Authorities search for Montana sex offender
  
  The Bozeman Police Department, as well as Probation and Parole are seeking your help in locating Registered Sex Offender Justin Doran.... [ more ]
  KTVQ, Thursday, March 9, 2017
  
  
• How police monitor homeless sex offenders
  
  Its something no parent ever wants to think about.... [ more ]
  Local News 8, Tuesday, February 21, 2017
  
  
• DIGGING DEEPER: Tracking Sex Offenders
  
  Do you know who is living in your neighborhood?  There are about 860,000 registered sex offenders living in the United States according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.... [ more ]
  KTIV, Tuesday, February 21, 2017
  
  
• Sex offender gets four years for child porn
  
  An Antioch man was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday after he was convicted … ... [ more ]
  SFBay, Thursday, February 16, 2017
  
  
• Sex offender recently released from prison is charged with rape, murder of Ohio State student
  
  Just a few days ago, Reagan Tokes was excited about graduation.... [ more ]
  Washington Post, Monday, February 13, 2017
  
  
• Hendersonville police locate, arrest registered sex offender
  
  Police in Hendersonville are searching for a convicted sex offender against children who no longer lives at his registered address.... [ more ]
  WMC Action News 5, Monday, February 13, 2017