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NC: Hotels could be used to house people convicted of sex offenses

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Jun 03, 2008 Hotels could house sex offenders Public would pay for temporary stays Charlotte News and Observer Dan Kane, Staff Writer Tough new laws preventing pedophiles, rapists and other sex offenders from living near schools, child-care centers and parks have made it hard for some to find housing when they leave prison. It has become so difficult, state prison officials say, that they want to put them up temporarily in hotels at public expense. A provision in a state budget bill that could be voted on this week would let prison officials spend public money on hotel rooms or other temporary housing to prevent them from wandering the streets. It's cheaper than keeping sex offenders in prison, where the average annual cost of housing and feeding an inmate is about $26,000...continue to full post

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