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Nursing Homes And Sex Offenders

By Corey Rayburnyung

The Chicago Tribune has an interesting article about Illinois sex offenders in nursing homes. According to the article, most sex offenders who live in nursing homes are not listed on the registry. From the article: Under Illinois law, families researching nursing homes are directed to search a state police Web site for critical information about sex offenders living in the facilities.But only 59 of the 192 sex offenders in Illinois nursing homes -- or less than one in three -- were listed on that online state registry, a Tribune investigation found.The shortfall is especially acute in Chicago, where fewer than one in five sex offenders in nursing homes were posted on the state police Web site, the Tribune found.Part of the problem is a gap in the law: Although some sex offenders can remain dangerous for decades if unmonitored and untreated, many are no longer required to register with police if their convictions or final parole dates occurred more than 10 years ago...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on November 30, 2009 (boomark / email).