Well, I got the job in MD and am a bit worried on what happens next. If work finds out I know that, by the culture there, I would be let go asap. I am looking for places to live, have thought of PA - but that appears to be a bad place, and other possibilities but have not made any choices yet so so far....

My son was sentenced to 10 years in prison and level 2 Sexual violent predator for fooling around(no sex) with a girl 4 months younger than him. He was 18 and she was 4 months shy of 18. I would say run as far as you can from Indiana.

3hopeful, PA isn't too bad, you just have the who AWA compliance thing, but living wise it's good, no restrictions

Housing in PA is generally cheaper than in MD. There are a lot of Marylanders who move just over the state line and commute to work in MD.

We're in PA and it's livable.

Me and my mom was joking around and we said of trump becomes president where moving to Canada

Kali: Sorry that I didn't get back to you, sooner. Been dealing with the death of an old friend.

To answer your question, Kansas has been very reasonable, overall. I've now been on the list for twelve years, and have had a relatively easy time of it, here. There are no residency restrictions of any kind. A couple of politicians have tried to pass them in the past, but they were summarily shot down, due to the massive problems that those types of restrictions cause. There are also no restrictions on offenders being near public parks, schools, etc. I have a 12 year old daughter who has lived with me full time since she was 10 months old, so I've kept a close eye on that type of thing.

The only real negative with Kansas is its AWA compliance. I was originally classified as a Tier I offender, due to the circumstances of my case, but when the AWA passed, I was reclassified as Tier III, and changed from ten years to life on the list, due to the AWA. Because of this, I have to register every 90 days, and pay $20, each time. Due to the fact that I attend college classes in a county other than my home, that means that I have to register in that county as well, bringing the total to $40, every three months.

Other than the AWA, though, Kansas has (surprisingly) been one of the most reasonable states for SO laws, as far as I have seen. I hope this info helps.

Does anyone know anything about Arizona? I have a friend who has a line on some cheap land, there, and am considering it.

Amynmesa is from Arizona and there is one other poster here who lives in Arizona.

Sadsong has some experience in Arizona, I think.

Knownot's guy moved from Arizona to Texas.

gotfaith31310 lives in Arizona, but I have not seen her post lately.

rm351 is from Arizona.

Heartstar either lives in Arizona or her son did. He was arrested there, but is using Interstate Compact to get to Oregon upon his release from prison.

Personally, I don't think it is a very good place for RSOs.

Hope this helps.

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jc85, it sounds like Kansas and PA are similar only hubby doesn't have to pay $20.
He was also tier changed to a tier 3 after being a level 1. I hope to someday have the money to fight that cos, he took a plea and as far as I'm concerned the state broke the contract they made with him

What does it mean when you say "civilly" commit?

In certain states, after an inmate---a sex offender--- completes his sentence in prison, he can be civilly committed to a hospital---a so-called treatment center----if they deem that he has a mental disability that might make him a continuing threat to society.

They call them "treatment centers" but very few of the inmates there ever leave and it is more like a prison than a hospital. Actually, it is just a method the government uses to keep sex offenders detained past their court ordered sentence under the pretext of treatment.

Twenty states (Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin) and the District of Columbia have enacted laws permitting the civil commitment of sex offenders.

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I would stay away from AZ. Life time Registration and life time Probation. You are not only on the internet but also your neighbors are flyered with your mugshot. The local police show up at my house once every couple of months and probation is terrible.. Off paper is doable as a level one but the assessment they use is terrible and the sheriff can change you from a level one to a three for no reason. I tell people to go to another state from prison. The Federal PO's are better then the state PO's.

My guy was charged and did his jail time in AZ and had in his court paperwork that he would be going to Texas immediately upon his release.

We don't hear much from AZ. His PO gets a piece of paper every once in a while asking if he is still within compliance and if he is still alive (his PO's words "they just want to know if you are still alive.)

We were going to move to AZ at one point because it looked like life here in Texas wasn't going to work out for both of us (more so him) and we thought that his probation would be easier in AZ. I did a lot of research on it and we stayed here.

AZ seems really quite insane and I have heard maybe 1 decent story out of the the hundreds of horror stories from there.

We also stayed in TX because I have yet to hear of anyone in AZ getting off of lifetime probation that lived in AZ. There was a transfer to TX strangely that was able to petition to get off and I read another case that was an interstate transfer to a different state. My guy's PO said they would fight like hell for him to get off of probation when the time came. I don't know if I can take that to heart or not now, because he has since switched PO's last year and I'm having a hard time trusting anything this one says.

I would avoid AZ.

Does anyone have any information on Idaho? It looks to me like they are not SORNA compliant, which is a plus. The only drawback I see is that they do have residency restrictions, however, they are far more reasonable, being only 500 feet, rather than 1000 or 2000.