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"Should sex offenders get GPS before leaving prison?"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this local California story.  Here is how it gets started: At least twice in the past month, sex offenders prompted multi-agency manhunts in the North County when they refused to be monitored by GPS ? a responsibility that falls on the offenders when they get out of prison. One man, who is accused of committing a sex crime the day after being paroled, was caught days later, while the second surrendered to authorities three weeks after going offline. The cases beg the question: Why aren?t sex offenders strapped with GPS devices before leaving prison? In San Diego County, which has roughly 500 sex offenders who are monitored by GPS, there are outstanding warrants for 10 who have either cut off their GPS bracelets or never obtained them, according to the regional Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task Force...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 27, 2010 (boomark / email).