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"DOC May Have To Pay For Sex Offenders To Stay In Motels"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this local story from Colorado that highlights the challenges facing sex offenders ? and facing those responsible for managing and monitoring sex offenders ? after release from prison.  Here is how the piece starts: The Department of Corrections and the Denver Police Department told 7NEWS they were scrambling to find alternative housing for roughly 100 registered sex offenders who currently stay at Crossroads, an overnight men's shelter run by the Salvation Army. Last week, the Salvation Army announced they would be closing the shelter by mid-August. The city and law enforcement urged them to keep it open until Aug. 31.  Sex offenders told 7NEWS that housing isn't easy to come by because of the stigma associated with the crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 05, 2009 (boomark / email).