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Bid to ban serious sex offenders from shelters draws fire

By "eAdvocate"

Shelters prohibit registered sex offenders access even in sub-zero temperatures. Lawmakers nationally fail to resolve this issue.. We urge folks to contact your local lawmakers and shelters, and ask them to resolve this issue before another freezes to death.12-14-2009 Massachusetts:NORTHAMPTON - Proposed legislation that would ban from homeless shelters those convicted of the most serious sexual offenses is drawing fire from local observers.Put forward by state Sen. James Timilty, D-Walpole, and other legislators, the amendment is supported by the advocacy group Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance. Timilty told the Boston Globe last month a major concern is protecting recently homeless families from sexual predators.But Jack Downing, president of the Solider On homeless shelter in Leeds, said forcing sex offenders out of shelters is a bad idea...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 14, 2009 (boomark / email).