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WI - Green Bay sex offender home called model for other communities

Original Article 03/26/2011 By Scott Williams To the casual passer-by on Shawano Avenue, it looks like a typical residential duplex. But the 16 small black mailboxes tell a different story. The former motel on Green Bay's west side houses the largest concentration of convicted offenders anywhere in Wisconsin, outside of prison. Newly released sex offenders often go here when the city of Green Bay allows them to move into the community. The state Department of Corrections pays a private contractor $200,000 a year to manage the operation, to help offenders transition back into society. Largely concealed behind a white stone facade, the no-frills apartments provide the most basic of necessities: bed, bathroom, stove, sink, refrigerator, TV, couch and telephone...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 26, 2011 (boomark / email).