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	'''Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry''', also known as '''USA FAIR, Inc.''', is a non-profit organization based in [[Washington D.C.]]. It is part of the growing [[movement to reform sex offender laws in the United States]]. USA FAIR seeks to educate the public on issues related to [[Sex offender registries in the United States\|sex offender registries]] by focusing on the national news media, being a reliable contact for journalists to reach people who can speak of the issues first-hand, and holding them accountable for inaccurate coverage. USA FAIR was founded by family members of registrants; its members today include former offenders and allies from legal, social justice, and treatment communities.<ref>{{cite web\|title=About USA FAIR, Inc.\|url=http://www.usafair.org/about_us\|website=www.usafair.org\|publisher=USA FAIR, Inc.\|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref>		'''Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry''', also known as '''USA FAIR, Inc.''', is a non-profit organization based in [[Washington D.C.]]. It is part of the growing [[movement to reform sex offender laws in the United States]]. USA FAIR seeks to educate the public on issues related to [[Sex offender registries in the United States\|sex offender registries]] by focusing on the national news media, being a reliable contact for journalists to reach people who can speak of the issues first-hand, and holding them accountable for inaccurate coverage. USA FAIR was founded by family members of registrants; its members today include former offenders and allies from legal, social justice, and treatment communities.<ref>{{cite web\|title=About USA FAIR, Inc.\|url=http://www.usafair.org/about_us\|website=www.usafair.org\|publisher=USA FAIR, Inc.\|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref>

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'''Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry''', also known as '''USA FAIR, Inc.''', is a non-profit organization based in [[Washington D.C.]]. It is part of the growing [[movement to reform sex offender laws in the United States]]. USA FAIR seeks to educate the public on issues related to [[Sex offender registries in the United States|sex offender registries]] by focusing on the national news media, being a reliable contact for journalists to reach people who can speak of the issues first-hand, and holding them accountable for inaccurate coverage. USA FAIR was founded by family members of registrants; its members today include former offenders and allies from legal, social justice, and treatment communities.<ref>{{cite web|title=About USA FAIR, Inc.|url=http://www.usafair.org/about_us|website=www.usafair.org|publisher=USA FAIR, Inc.|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref>

On several occasions, through press releases and letters to editors, USA FAIR has requested corrections to inaccurate stories on sex offender issues.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rowan|first1=Shana|title=Letter: Sex offender residency bans are ineffective|url=http://www.nj.com/south-jersey-voices/index.ssf/2013/06/letter_sex_offender_residency.html|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=South Jersey Times|date=23 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rowan|first1=Shana|title=SHANA ROWAN: IDs of Level 1 sex offenders should be kept private|url=http://www.enterprisenews.com/x1893344866/SHANA-ROWAN-IDs-of-Level-1-sex-offenders-should-be-kept-private|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=The Enterpise|date=1 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rowan|first1=Shana|title=Court right to rule not all sex offenders same|url=http://m.jdnews.com/opinion/letters/court-right-to-rule-not-all-sex-offenders-same-1.195676|accessdate=17 November 2014|publisher=The Daily News - Jacksonville, NC|date=30 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rowan|first1=Shana|title=Advocate Thinks Reporter Too Harsh on Sex Offenders|url=http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/Stories/2013/Apr30/advocatethinks.html|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=Niagara Falls Reporter|publisher=Frank Parlato Jr.|date=30 April 2013}}</ref>

USA FAIR has publicly expressed its concern that highly publicized, violent sex crimes provoke knee-jerk responses in the form of even harsher sex offender laws, while in fact most registrants have little in common with the dangerous predatory offenders.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shana|first1=Rowan|title=My Word: Forget broad brush for sex offenders|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-07-14/news/os-ed-myword-sex-offenders-20130713_1_registry-laws-jessica-lunsford-john-evander-couey|accessdate=16 November 2014|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=14 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rowan|first1=Shana|title=Punish the sex offender - not the entire offender group|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/12/21/podium-sexoffender/4FWBtVZCMdb9BC38TjddMP/story.html|accessdate=17 November 2014|publisher=The Boston Globe|date=21 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Norlian|first1=Allison|title=Oneida County to use new program for monitoring sex offenders|url=http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Oneida-County-to-use-new-program-for-monitoring-sex-offenders-211038431.html|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=News Chanel 2 WKTV Utica|agency=NBC|date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Building Parks to Weed Out Sex Offenders|url=http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/pocket-park-sex-offender/513f66932b8c2a0bc000009c|accessdate=17 November 2014|publisher=Huffington Post|date=13 March 2013}}</ref> The Executive director of USA FAIR, Shana Rowan was interviewed by [[WHTV]]s CNY Central in 2013 in a story covering her personal history and the cause of USA FAIR.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kenyon|first1=Jim|title=Sex offenders - one woman's mission to separate myth from fact|url=http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=900812|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=CNY Central|agency=Granite Broadcasting Corporation|publisher=WMTV|date=22 May 2013}}</ref>

In February 2013 USA FAIR publicly condemned Suffolk County's proposal, which was later passed, to award a $2.7 million sex offender management contract to [[Parents for Megan’s Law]], a non-profit private organization with no experience in sex offender management, to provide monitoring of people required to register with the sex offender registry. USA FAIR called such a contract "government-sanctioned vigilantism", and demanded County Executive Steven Bellone conduct a Request for Proposals (RFP) to find the most qualified organization to provide such service. USA FAIR took the position that if sex offender management was to be done by a private organization, [[Atsa|ATSA]] would be more suitable candidate.<ref>{{cite news|title=USA FAIR: Parents for Megan’s Law Not Qualified to Administer Suffolk County’s New Sex Offender Law – Urges RFP|url=http://www.lipolitics.com/blog/2013/02/06/usa-fair-parents-for-megans-law-not-qualified-to-administer-suffolk-countys-new-sex-offender-law-urges-rfp/|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=LIpolitics.com|publisher=Long Island's Political Network.|date=6 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=USA FAIR Calls Suffolk County Contract with Parents for Megan’s Law Government-Sanctioned Vigilantism|url=https://www.longislandexchange.com/press-releases/usa-fair-calls-suffolk-county-contract-with-parents-for-megans-law-government-sanctioned-vigilantism/|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=Long Island Exchange|date=5 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rowan|first1=Shana|title=USA FAIR: Parents for Megan's Law Not Qualified to Administer Suffolk County's New Sex Offender Law - Urges RFP|url=http://patch.com/new-york/westhampton-hamptonbays/bp--usa-fair-parents-for-megans-law-not-qualified-to-4f32f23f0e|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=Westhampton-Hampton Bays Patch|date=19 February 2013}}</ref> The New York affiliate of [[ACLU]] agreed with the criticism with USA FAIR.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Civiletti|first1=Denise|title=New sex offender bill signed, but questions persist|url=http://www.riverheadlocal.com/2013/02/15/new-sex-offender-bill-signed-but-questions-persist/|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=Riverhead Local|publisher=East End Local Media Corp.|date=15 February 2013}}</ref>

==Stated Mission==
USA FAIR promotes "smart-on-crime solutions" to create more intelligent [[sex offender registry|registry]]. USA FAIRs Statement of purpose lists 13 points of intelligent registry that would:<ref>{{cite web|title=STATEMENT OF PURPOSE|url=http://www.usafair.org/mission_statement|website=www.usafair.org|publisher=USA FAIR, Inc.|accessdate=16 November 2014}}</ref>
* recognize that [[sex offender]]s have the second lowest recidivism rates of all offender groups<ref name=bjs>{{cite web|title=5 percent of sex offenders rearrested for another sex crime within 3 years of prison release|url=http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/rsorp94pr.cfm|website=http://www.bjs.gov|publisher=Bureau of Justice Statistics|accessdate=16 November 2014}}</ref><ref name=BJS2>{{cite web|last1=Langan|first1=Patrick A.|last2=Schmitt|first2=Erica L.|last3=Durose|first3=Matthew R.|title=Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994|url=http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rsorp94.pdf|website=www.bjs.gov|publisher=U.S. Department of Justice|page=24|date=November 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Langan|first1=Patric A.|last2=Levin|first2=David J.|title=Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994|url=http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rpr94.pdf|website=www.bjs.gov|publisher=U.S. Department of Justice|page=9|date=June 2002}}</ref>
* stop one-size-fits-all approach and target resources on monitoring the truly dangerous
* exempt so-called Romeo & Juliet offenders
* reduce the number of misdemeanor offenses that trigger mandatory registration
* classify risk levels based on a scientifically tested risk assessment of the individual offender
* reward good behavior by allowing law-abiding former offenders a process to have their risk level reduced
* incentivize good behavior by allowing offenders a process for relief from registration requirements
* limit public notification only to the truly dangerous
* recognize that listing place of employment on the public registry makes former offenders virtually unemployable and that job stability is a key factor in maintaining law-abiding behavior
* not trigger residency restrictions by recognizing that an offender’s support system of family and friends and connections to the community are critical factors in rebuilding law-abiding lives
* help families stay intact following a sexual offense by a family member. At present, residency restrictions can uproot and displace entire families, causing spouses to lose employment and children to move out of their school district.
* recognize that first time offenders who are not listed on the registry commit 95% of all sex crimes.

==See also==
*[[Arkansas Time After Time]]
*[[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]]
*[[Florida Action Committee]]
*[[Advocates For Change]]
*[[California Reform Sex Offender Laws]]
*[[Illinois Voices for Reform]]
*[[Michigan Citizens for Justice]]
*[[Women Against Registry|Women Against Registry - W.A.R]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.usafair.org// USA FAIR, Inc. homepage]

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			*[[California Reform Sex Offender Laws Organization]]
			*[[Sex offender registry]]
			*[[The Center for Sexual Justice]]
			*[[SOR problems‎]]
			*[[Criminalisation of youth]]
			*[[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]]
	*[[Arkansas Time After Time]]		*[[Arkansas Time After Time]]
	*[[~~Reform Sex Offender Laws~~, Inc.]]		*[[Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry\|USA FAIR, Inc.]]
	*[[Florida Action Committee]]
	*[[Advocates For Change]]
	*[[California Reform Sex Offender Laws]]
	*[[Illinois Voices for Reform]]		*[[Illinois Voices for Reform]]
	*[[Michigan Citizens for Justice]]		*[[Michigan Citizens for Justice]]

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