"Stronger" rules on SO housing... who is this going to help?

[Lennon72]

Did he succeed?

[terminally_unique]

Illinois is considered a very progressive state, but it’s ironically one of the worst for sex offenders (even once they’re off the registry).

[Jim Burton]

How are the rules "stronger", exactly? Someone is angry at sex offenders existing and moving around after asking for legal notifications whenever sex offenders did things like exist and move around. In response: Now we are gonna LAW HARDER!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/st- ... 44159.html

St. Tammany Parish officials are now putting stricter rules in place to limit how many sex offenders live under one roof.

“I started getting these just about every week, almost every week. We were getting a new one, a new one, a new one,” said Lacombe resident Jeremy Young.

Young has been living in the area for about five years. He says the first few were rough, as a new sex offender notice appeared in the mail daily.

[Jim Burton]

Emergency flats used to house offenders in Flint to close

https://www.deeside.com/emergency-flats ... -to-close/

[Jim Burton]

https://www.avpress.com/news/newsom-ink ... 758d8.html

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 380, which directs the Department of State Hospitals to study the feasibility of placing sexually violent predators in state-run transitional housing facilities upon their release, rather than in residential neighborhoods.

Under current practice, sexually violent predators are often conditionally released into local communities, raising serious public safety concerns.

The bill, authored by Senate Republican Leader Brian Jones, R-San Diego, included an urgency clause, meaning it took effect immediately upon the governor’s signature.

[Jim Burton]

Pirro criticizes DC Council for lack of law restricting where sex offenders can live

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/loca ... e/4002483/

[Bookshelf]

It'll help politicians when it comes to election season. "You can vote for me again, look at how hard I was on sex offenders. I'll be even harder if I get into office next term!" Unfortunately most politics isn't evidence based, it's feelings based. Politicians will do/say what they can to get elected, which often means ignoring evidence and bringing in policy whether it'll be functional or not.

The implication that has on MAPs and sex offenders is that, because people are never going to be pleased with the existence of either group regardless of how hard their lives are, every new election cycle will bring in more and more stupid laws. This fact is relevant towards youth as well, where every new cycle brings in some draconian youth control legislation just because it appeals to voters, ignoring whatever evidence exists towards it effectiveness or lack thereof.

[Jim Burton]

Bredefeld says ‘everything is on the table’ to deal with sex offender home in Fresno

https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/ ... der-homes/

[Jim Burton]

https://www.fox19.com/2025/11/26/ohio-a ... ld-change/

CINCINNATI (ENQUIRER) - Convicted sex offenders in Ohio can’t live near a school or daycare. But they can live next door to their victims.

State lawmakers want to change that, according to our media partners at the Cincinnati Enquirer.

The Ohio House of Representatives passed House Bill 102, which would prohibit anyone convicted of a sex offense or child-victim offense like kidnapping from knowingly living within 2,000 feet of their victims or loitering within 1,000 feet of them.

The bill does not require anyone to sell property they owned before they were convicted as a sex offender or child-victim offender.

[Jim Burton]

https://fresnoland.org/2025/12/08/fresn ... r-housing/

No more than six registered sex offenders would be allowed to live in one single-family home in Fresno County if a new ordinance is approved by the Board of Supervisors.

Property owners would face fines totaling over $50,000 for successive violations, a six-month jail sentence, the loss of their business license if they’re a care provider, and potential litigation from the county.