Miami Official Creates A Park For Sex Offenders To Keep Them Away From Kids

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NFS4

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In an attempt to keep Miami's sex offenders in one spot where the city can keep an eye on them, instead of roaming parks where children might play, the city commissioner has turned a vacant lot into a park for the offenders. They were hanging out near there anyway, why not make it a bit more homey?

Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff made the move to turn the lot into a park because about two dozen men were already there, congregating at night on the adjacent sidewalk and listing the lot as a permanent residence. They didn't have a lot of other options, reports Miami's CBS4, as they can't live within 2,500 feet of a school or near parks where kids play.

Some of the men living there say they were tipped off about the spot by their probation officers. They now have a park to sleep in, but no new offenders are allowed to "move in."

All of the men who list that corner as their home on a Florida Department of Law Enforcement registry wear ankle monitoring devices, so probation officers are alerted it they stray.

The commissioner isn't happy about having the men there, and sent a strongly worded letter to the governor and the State Department of Corrections demanding they stop sending sex offenders to that neighborhood.

You know what they say — if you can't beat'em, corral them all together in a park so you can watch them closely.
http://consumerist.com/2012/04/mayo...ex-offenders-to-keep-them-away-from-kids.html
 

AreaCode707

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It makes no sense to release a bunch of offenders who lack problem solving skills and require them to find an appropriate solution to a problem that has almost no possible options. It's a lose-lose situation for society - offenders who fail to figure out a place to live live anywhere, drop off the grid and stop checking in for probation.

This park isn't an adequate solution but at least it's some way of keeping track of these guys. Better than having them scatter to the winds, if they're serious offenders.
 

ViRGE

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As I recall, isn't this a continuing problem for Miami? Other than this place and a bridge there's nowhere for offenders to live due to laws regarding distances from public places, and due to probation the offenders aren't allowed to leave the city.
 
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