THE IRONY IS THAT PROXIMITY TO THESE LOCATIONS HAS NEVER HAD AN IMPACT ON RE-OFFENSE RATES, BUT THE ORDINANCES THAT RESTRICT THESE INDIVIDUALS’ HOUSING OPTIONS DOES – NEGATIVELY!]
Milwaukee looks for answers to helping sex offenders re-acclimate.
[FAC COMMENT: YOU DON’T NEED TO LOOK FAR FOR THAT ANSWER… REPEAL THE RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS]It started earlier this month when Mayor Tom Barrett blasted the state’s plan allowing a convicted sex offender to move in with his cousin. The residence is just across the street from Allen-Field elementary.
[FAC COMMENT: TOM BARRETT NEEDS TO READ THE STUDIES. THERE IS NO CORRELATION BETWEEN PROXIMITY TO A LOCATION AND LIKELIHOOD TO RE-OFFEND]Instead, that man, Luis Martinez, is now homeless and that has brought about a whole new set of issues.
[FAC COMMENT: SO INSTEAD OF THIS PERSON LIVING IN A STABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH THE SUPPORT OF A FAMILY MEMBER (BOTH BEING FACTORS THAT REDUCE RECIDIVISM) HE’S ON THE STREETS (HOUSING INSTABILITY AND LACK OF FAMILY SUPPORT INCREASES RECIDIVISM)]More than 300 plus sex offenders who will roam Milwaukee streets by summer, Richard Rosa’s brother is one of them.
[FAC COMMENT: FLORIDA HAS THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS SEX OFFENDERS ROAMING THE STREETS]“He’ll come out strong wanting to fight and do it the right way and then once he gets a few lumps on his head, he’s gonna fall,” Rosa said.
[FAC COMMENT: IF COMMUNITIES MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A REGISTRANT TO SUCCESSFULLY RE-INTEGRATE – THEY LIKELY WON’T. THAT’S NOT TO SAY THEY WILL RE-OFFEND SEXUALLY, BUT THEY WILL LIKELY GET A REGISTRATION VIOLATION BECAUSE IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OR THEY JUST ONE DAY SAY ‘FUCK IT’ AND STOP REGISTERING JUST SO THEY CAN PUT A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD AND SURVIVE]Ordinances in Milwaukee County municipalities and the city are so strict many aren’t approved a parole residence, leaving them homeless.
The mayor, Alderman Michael Murphy, the Department of Correction, and police representatives met with the community today in part to say they are in over their heads.
[FAC COMMENT: APPRECIATE THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT – NOW CONVINCE LEGISLATORS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT]More than 50 parolees are assigned to each officer, competing city ordinances lump sex offenders into concentrated spots, and some offenders are going rogue altogether. Now leaders are pressuring the state to respond.
“If anybody in particular in leadership positions says these are unintended consequences when all of us saw it coming, you have to wonder, why didn’t we do anything?” Mayor Tom Barrett said.
Alderman Michael Murphy added, “We need better answers and that’s why it’s a statewide concern and we need to see some leadership on that issue.”
That includes help from the governor; both the D.O.C and state police say they are doing everything within their capacity to remedy the issue.
[FAC COMMENT: THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN FLORIDA SINCE THESE ORDINANCES WERE PASSED IN 2006 AND IT’S LONG OVERDUE THAT OUR LEGISLATORS DO SOMETHING TO REMEDY IT AS WELL]
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