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Sex Offender Conditions

  1. The defendant shall comply with the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act as directed by the probation officer, the Bureau of Prisons, or any state sex offender registration agency in which he or she resides, works, is a student, or was convicted of a qualifying offense.
  2. The defendant shall attend and participate in a mental health treatment program and/or sex offender treatment program as approved and directed by the Probation Officer. The defendant shall abide by all program rules, requirements, and conditions of the sex offender treatment program, including submission to polygraph testing to determine if you are in compliance with the conditions of release. The defendant may be required to contribute to the cost of services rendered in an amount to be determined by the probation officer, based on the defendant’s ability to pay. Any refusal to submit to assessment or tests as scheduled is a violation of the conditions of supervision.
  3. The defendant shall not possess or use a computer with access to any on-line computer service at any location (including place of employment) without the prior written approval of the probation officer. This includes any Internet Service provider, bulletin board system or any other public or private network or e-mail system.
  4. The defendant shall not own or possess any type of camera, photographic device and/or equipment, including video recording equipment, without the approval of the United States Probation Officer.
  5. The defendant shall not view, purchase, possess, or distribute any form of pornography depicting sexually explicit conduct as defined in 18 U.S.C. §2256(2), unless approved for treatment purposes, or frequent any place where such material is the primary product for sale or entertainment is available.
  6. The defendant shall not be at any residence where children under the age of 18 are residing without the prior written permission of the United States Probation Office.
  7. The defendant shall not be associated with children under the age of 18 except in the presence of a responsible adult who is aware of the defendant’s background and current offense, and who has been approved by the United States Probation Officer.
  8. The defendant shall submit to a search conducted by a United States Probation Officer of your person, residence, vehicle, electronic communication, data storage device, media, office and/or business at a reasonable time and in a reasonable manner, based upon reasonable suspicion of contraband or evidence of a violation of a condition of probation/supervised release.  Failure to submit to a search may be grounds for revocation.
  9. The defendant shall consent to the United States Probation Officer conducting periodic unannounced examinations, without individual showing of reasonable suspicion, on any computer equipment, other electronic communication or data storage devices or media used by the defendant. The examination may include assistance of other law enforcement agencies. This may include retrieval and copying of all data from the computer and any internal or external peripherals to ensure compliance with conditions and/or removal of such equipment for the purposes of conducting a more thorough inspection, and allow at the direction of the probation officer, installation on the defendant’s computer, at the defendant’s expense per co-payment policy, any hardware or software systems to monitor the defendant’s computer use. The defendant shall comply with a Computer Monitoring and Acceptable Use Contract, which includes a requirement that the defendant use a computer compatible with available monitoring systems. The defendant shall have no expectation of privacy regarding computer use or information stored on the computer. The defendant shall warn any other significant third parties that the computer(s) may be subject to monitoring. Any attempt to circumvent monitoring and examination may be grounds for revocation.