Fifty State Survey of Adult Sex Offender Registration Requirements ...

Fifty State Survey of Adult Sex Offender Registration Requirements
NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape
Community Notification
and Websites Cont’d
(Connecticut)
the public during normal business hours.
The Department of Public Safety shall make registry information available to the public through the Internet.
Not less than once per calendar quarter, the Department of Public Safety shall issue notices to all print and
electronic media in the state regarding the availability and means of accessing the registry.
Each local police department and each state police troop shall keep a record of all registration information
transmitted to it by the Department of Public Safety, and shall make such information accessible to the public
during normal business hours.
(a)(2) Any state agency, the Judicial Department, any state police troop or any local police department may, at its
discretion, notify any government agency, private organization or individual of registration information when such
agency, said department, such troop or such local police department, as the case may be, believes such notification
is necessary to protect the public or any individual in any jurisdiction from any person who is subject to registration.
Limitations on Residency or
Employment
(Connecticut)
Duration of Registration
(Connecticut)
None.
CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. § 54-252(a) (West 2010)
Life for persons convicted of sexually violent offenses.
CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. § 54-251(a) (West 2010)
10 years for persons convicted of a criminal offense against a minor or a nonviolent sexual offense, unless the
offender has a prior conviction for any such offense, in which case registration is for life.
CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. § 54-254(a) (West 2010).
10 years for persons convicted of a felony which the court finds was committed for a sexual purpose.
** Denotes those states where sex offender registration is required for convictions under the staff sexual misconduct laws of the states. Staff and
inmates could also be required to register as sex offenders if the offense were charged under other registrable offenses.
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American University, Washington College of Law
Current as of November 2010