What You Can Do

Be a Support in Time of Crisis

We need caring people to lend a supportive ear to hurting families. People who have been there and know what it’s like to be caught in the ‘system’.

Let Your Voice Be Heard!

Don’t remain silent. Is your family is being harmed in any of these ways because of the registry?

Housing Discrimination
Job Loss/No Employment Prospects
Threats/Harassment
Vigilatism

You are a citizen with every right to express your opinion to your elected official. The policies of our own government threaten to create a permanent underclass of over 750,000 individual Americans, not to mention the people who depend on them for support. This should not be happening in America! Stand up and let your voice be heard!

Remain Silent No Longer
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November 1, 2024

Oregon Voices is committed to justice and rationality in policies regarding sex offenses and continues to work toward supporting legislation that will positively impact the lives of registered citizens and their families. We also support the efforts of other organizations that are also striving to make lives better for AICs and those reentering our communities. Please view the most recent Oregon Voices Newsletter to learn more.

Relief from the Registry Alerts

How to Apply for Relief from the Registry

Documents to Petition for Reclassification and Relief from the Registry

OTHER RESOURCES & HIGHLIGHTS

Expungement FAQ coming to OV’s website soon!

A new FAQ coming to OV’s website will discuss the distinct differences between expungement and relief from registration. Registered Citizen petitions for relief from the obligation to register are handled by the Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision. A successful application for relief will remove one’s name from the Sex Offense Registry in Oregon. Expungement, on the other hand, is a process that removes a conviction from the record—as if the conviction never happened.

Legal Aid Services of Oregon (LASO) helps with a wide variety of legal problems and offers expungement clinics throughout Oregon. Criminal justice attorneys are also familiar with the process of expungement and can offer guidance. The Oregon Justice Resource Center runs expungement clinics in Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington counties as well.

Only a limited number of low-level sex crimes can be expunged, and then usually only after relief from registration has been granted. But if one has other convictions besides a sex offense, it can be useful to seek expungement of those convictions before applying for relief from registration. Do not despair! The forthcoming FAQ will explain which convictions can be expunged, when it is possible to apply, and where to find assistance with the expungement process.

Sign up for a free Mitchell-Hamline monthly newsletter providing information about the latest developments in the field of sex offense litigation and policy.

A Council on Criminal Justice study suggests lower recidivism for those with early release: First Step Act: An Early Analysis of Recidivism.

An uplifting perspective from the Legal Action Center illuminates the protections and benefits to employers who hire people with criminal records.

REENTRY RESOURCES

Check out Oregon CURE’s website for reentry resources such as food, housing, employment, addiction & recovery, support groups, and other vital services.

NARSOL’s Lives on the Registry offers compelling stories about lives touched by overreaching sexual offense laws.

Oregon Voices