Thursday, July 21, 2005

DOJ sex offender registry

The U.S. Justice Department yesterday launched its national directory of sex offenders registry, representing the input of 22 states with the remainder expected to be on by the end of the year. Ohio and Kentucky are included now.

The site is a compilation of those states participating, and is neither hosted by, nor the responsibility of the DOJ. Users are urged to read the information collection & privacy confidentiality policies of the Dept. of Justice, and cautioned that many of the participating states have their own such policies which are also posted.

Users are also informed that if further information or verifications are needed, or errors found, they are to contact the state agency providing the information.


The FBI maintains a national registry as well, and local registries are maintained by the individual county sheriff’s offices (Hamilton, Butler, Clermont, Warren); Indiana and Kentucky have state-wide listings.

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