Schepers v. Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Indiana, like many states, maintains a public database of persons convicted of sex offenses. Its database is called the “Sex and Violent Offender Registry” and is accessible via the Internet. See Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry, http://www. icrimewatch.net/indiana.php (last visited August 23, 2012). People visiting the registry’s website find, on each registrant’s page, a recent photograph, home address, information about the registrant’s height, weight, age, race, and sex, and information about the particular offenses that required placement on the registry.…