Really good policy IMO.

 

 

Sex offenders banned from Florida storm shelters

 

 

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) -- Hundreds of sex offenders being tracked by authorities would not be allowed into public hurricane shelters under a new policy, but would be allowed to ride out the storms in prisons instead.

 

The policy was created to keep sex offenders and predators away from children in the public shelters, Robby Cunningham, spokesman for Florida's Department of Corrections, said Saturday.

 

Sex offenders who choose to seek safety in a prison would be kept in areas such as visitor or meeting rooms, not with inmates, he said.

 

"They are not incarcerated," Cunningham said. "We don't want them on the streets. We don't want them violating their probation either."

 

The policy only affects sex offenders under state supervision who are not allowed near children, according to the report published by St. Petersburg Times.

 

Sex offenders will also have to sign a form that outlines the evacuation plan and instructions. They must wear an ID badge, while smoking is not allowed. They can make collect calls on a pay phone. No pets or family members are allowed and no using the canteen.

 

They can also be searched at any time by authorities.

 

Randall Marshall, a legal director of the Florida branch of American Civil Liberties Union, said the policy could push sex offenders out of the supervision of authorities.

 

"If you take people who have served their sentence and are released from prison and try to (reinstate) themselves in society, the more steps you take to isolate and ostracize them ... there are very few options for them to live their lives and not reoffend."

 

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/06/sexoffend...e.ap/index.html

IMO it should apply to all sex offenders. What makes a rapist less likely to go after children or other women?

IMO it should apply to all sex offenders. What makes a rapist less likely to go after children or other women?

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Yeah true. I like laws that affect criminals negatively. You don't see many of those these days. It seems like most laws are made to protect the scum of society. Shitbags of any kind don't deserve rights.

Anything that protects Florida from sex offenders I support , they can not taught to change or control their ways once a sex offender always a sex offender. As far as the ACLU who are against this and any measure that protects us from sex offenders ....you reap what you sew ...sooner or later the people who they vigorously support will come to haunt them on a personal level

haha

They should be.

HAHAHAH f***ing awesome policy, LMAO.

If I was in a hurricane shelter, the last thing I would want is to be sharing it with rapists and child molestors.

Good policy. Now if they make it to apply to all sex offenders.