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LA gets more sex offenders

By "eAdvocate"

10-10-2010 California: Restrictions also lead to rise in homelessness Residency restrictions in neighboring cities have forced an influx of sex offenders into Los Angeles, where the difficulty in housing them has led to a spike in homeless parolees, police said Tuesday. Of the 5,100 registered sex offenders living in Los Angeles, about 1,020 ? or 20 percent ? are on parole or probation and thus prohibited from living within 2,000 feet of schools or parks where children gather, LAPD Detective Diane Webb told the Police Commission. Because this prohibition limits the neighborhoods where sex offenders can live, parole agents frequently place them in apartments or facilities that have been converted to house multiple sex offenders, Webb said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on October 10, 2010 (boomark / email).