1) Many individuals who are doing some of the most amazing work in the areas of employment and housing, still find the very specific challenges of those subject to registration outside of the scope of what they are able to help with.
2) This should tell policy makers what those of us who live with those impacts every day already know. There is no way to mitigate or control the collateral consequences of a system that insinuates that people on a list are so dangerous that their rights can be infringed upon.
3) Disclaimers that “no assessment of dangerousness has been made” do not work when the very nature of the “list” is a label meant to shame an isolate under the myth that this will create “public safety”. It’s circular logic that does not hold up.
4) There is a solution that will help these dedicated providers of services for employment and housing assistance to be able to work with this population, as well as help employers and landlords access an additional pool of applicants without the fear of shame to them.
ABOLISH the registry. This does not take a conviction away or take away the ability for background checks, it simply takes away the public’s ability to shame/harm those affected by the registry (including employers & landlords) away. This will create more public safety folks./end
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