July 26, 2013
Contact: Gail Colletta
561.305.4959
Lake Monroe, FL— July 26, 2013.
90 Sex Offenders Might Become Homeless in Miami-Dade Next Week.
The Florida Action Committee has been advised that next week, approximately 90 registered sex offenders might be notified that they have to leave the mobile homes that they own or rent at the River Park Trailer Park, located at 2260 NW 27nd Avenue.
Recently, authorities were advised by a representative of the County’s Homeless Trust that the registrants are living there in violation of the County’s 2500 foot ordinance, because a “school”, the Miami Bridge, is within that buffer zone.
It is unclear as to whether The Bridge is even a school. It is not listed on the Department of Education site and the sex offender registration unit has been permitting the residents to move in for a while – apparently not considering it a school either. On its website, miamibridge.org, the facility is described as a shelter for at-risk youth.
Regardless, the residents of the mobile home community and the Miami Bridge have coexisted within the 2500 foot buffer for years, but now 90 otherwise law-abiding, former offenders who are clustered at the trailer park will likely be kicked out of their homes and the County may receive 90 new homeless sex offenders.
The Florida Action Committee urges the media to contact the office of the Circuit Administrator of the Department of Corrections, the Miami-Dade Police Department or the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust, to find out more and ascertain the exact date these individuals would become homeless in the community.
Florida Action Committee (FAC), founded in 2006, is a state-wide consortium of concerned citizens and professionals whose purpose is to promote the prevention of sexual abuse while preserving the safety and dignity of all citizens through carefully structured laws targeting the truly violent, forced, and/or dangerous predatory acts of sex. FAC believes that many aspects of the current approach to sex offenders seriously undermine justice and actually increase the threat of sexual assault against others, particularly children. FAC opposes a publicized registry of sex offenders and seeks to bring an end to the humiliation of people who have already paid for their crimes. FAC asserts that only by supporting justice for all people—offenders and victims alike can a truly safe society be built and secured for all Americans.
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