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I must say that I would also welcome a closely monitored and secure home in my neighborhood.

At any given moment, there are sex offenders in my neighborhood already not to mention federal prisons and people wandering the streets.

An attempt to help rehabilitate any criminal is a major leap forward in the way we deal with criminals. Clearly the current method we use to deal with sex offenders and criminals does not work and most often they are turned back loose on the streets in worse shape then they began only to create more crimes.

I find it sad that the an attempt to help make positive change has been halted due to uneducated fears. These will not be open facilities where the criminals can just walk free. The greater fear in my opinion is if the criminal justice system remains as it is which is clearly broken and does nothing more then make criminals worse off then they were to begin with.

posted 5 years ago
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