WI: 16% of homeless individuals are released sex offenders
The Wisconsin State Assembly has approved new legislation that would require sex offenders who are homeless to wear GPS ankle monitors – even those not on probation – as a way to track their whereabouts. The bill garnered strong bipartisan support in the Assembly with an overwhelming vote in favor and had already passed the State Senate before moving to Gov. Tony Evers for consideration.
Critics raised concerns that broad monitoring requirements might not account for the complexities of homelessness or effective reintegration, and there are ongoing legal debates about the scope and constitutionality of GPS monitoring laws for sex offenders.
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i thought WI was a majority liberal state, this surprises me
Yes, liberal at applying laws that will help them get re-elected.
Another attempt at forcing something on us, that leads to possible arrest. That’s all these laws motives are, punishment designed to cause another arrest.
Well if they are making them homeless how does that make anyone safer? Well to me it is on going punishment and when is that supposed to end?
Plug into your closest tree! These legislators need to go to a real school!
Why not, instead of forcing them to wear GPS, help them to get a safe place to live?….spend that money in educating the people and helping the registrant instead !! But I guess, that is tooooooo much to ask to those folks.
If you’re homeless, who’s going to provide a charging station for your monitor?
They’ll provide handheld wind turbines 😂
You have a point. Where are they going to charge the darn things if they have no place to live?…go to the nearest WAWA or 7Eleven?….
There are some real boneheads coming up with these laws. How are people supposed to charge these bracelets if they’re homeless? Someone is drinking a lot of dumbf*** juice at the legislation office.
Putting a GPS ankle unit on someone who is not on paper IMO is a 4A violation since there is no reasonable suspicion for them to do so. I don’t believe this would pass US District Court of WI or 7th CCOA muster if challenged by a crafty atty using an electronic freedom org.