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All California Sex Offender Parolees To Wear GPS Ankle Bracelets

By Corey Rayburnyung

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has announced that all 6,622 sex offender parolees in the state will now be fitted with GPS ankle bracelets. From MSNBC:Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger applauded the move as an added layer of protection for California children.?Having a GPS device on every sex offender parolee in California is an important public safety tool that will hold these individuals accountable for their actions and whereabouts,? the former actor said. ?Protecting our children and families from sexual predators is a priority, and with a GPS device on every sex offender on parole and parole agents monitoring these offenders aggressively, we will make our communities safer.?The sex offenders have all already been fitted with an ankle bracelet that transmits its location to parole agents who monitor them, according to the governor's office...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).