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No evidence Jessica's Law works, California officials say

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

There's no evidence Jessica's Law works, California officials say A state board says tight residency limits on sex offenders have driven many to homelessness, which could propel them back into crime. The state spends $25 million housing some of the offenders. By Michael Rothfeld January 14, 2009 LA Times Reporting from Sacramento -- A state panel is urging the governor and legislators to change "Jessica's Law," saying its restrictions on where sex offenders can live are counterproductive and calling the nearly $25 million a year spent to house them a poor use of taxpayers' money. The residency restrictions, passed by voters more than two years ago in Proposition 83, have never been shown to prevent new crimes and may reduce public safety, the panel says...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).