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MN - Finding new homes for sex offenders

Original Article 02/28/2011 By Nick Halter Minneapolis leaders want state lawmakers to stop the trend of concentrating Minnesota?s sex offenders in the city Minneapolis is home to nearly half of all Level III sex offenders in Minnesota, even though the city?s population is only 7 percent of the state?s total. Some of the city?s neighborhoods have a disproportionately high concentration of sex offenders. One zip code alone in North Minneapolis has 24 chronic sex offenders, more than in all of St. Paul. Many others are homeless, and list addresses of Downtown Minneapolis shelters. The Minnesota Department of Corrections says they are known to spend their time on Downtown streets. Studies show that Level III sex offenders have a low likelihood of repeating their crimes, but local officials say that concentrating them into small areas stresses communities and hurts property values...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 01, 2011 (boomark / email).