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GPS devices considered to keep track of homeless sex offenders

By "eAdvocate"

Another dumb bill: In order for this GPS program to work, in a non discriminatory manner, police would have to apply the GPS unit ONLY for the hours that the homeless person sleeps. Remember, anyone with an address IS NOT tracked outside of the hours they sleep. So police will have to go to where the HOMELESS person is registered -TWICE DAILY- to apply the unit, then come back when the person gets up (he will need a charged cell phone to call police to come remove the unit when he gets up) to remove the unit. So if the state wants to pay for all that, so be it! OH YES, people call a night different times of a 24 hour span, can't forget that.In addition, how will a homeless person charge a GPS unit? Further, monitoring a homeless person 24/7 is further punishment based on prior crime and the fact that, the person is homeless; criminalizing homelessness...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 10, 2009 (boomark / email).