Tracking Sex Offenders via GPS
Written by Chad on July 23rd, 2008Looking through the local paper for pictures from last night’s parade in town, I can across an article entitled
Sex offenders may be tracked by GPS
HARRISBURG (AP) — Sex offenders who are released from prison should be monitored more widely by global positioning satellite technology so law enforcement officers do not lose track of them as often, Pennsylvania’s auditor general said Tuesday.
Auditor General Jack Wagner urged state lawmakers to require at least five years of GPS monitoring for sex offenders who do not comply with Megan’s Law, requiring them to register their address with State Police upon their release from prison.
The last part is kind of funny, because it is not the initial releasase from prison where they loose track of people.. it is the subsuquent moves they do after the fact. I am all for “release from prison, get tracked right off the bat”.
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I am all for “release from prison, get tracked right off the bat”.
I am not. If they have to be tracked, then they’re obviously not ready to be let loose from prison. The whole idea behind being released from prison is that the offender in question is presumed to have paid their debt to society. They are also presumed to have been rehabilitated. If this is not the case, then keep them behind bars.
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Anymore it is not a matter of “ready to release” it is “we need the room, so you get out early”.
Sorry, but if you are released into probation.. I think you should be tracked. There have been too many repeat offenders.. or even worse of people that are “rehabilitated”.
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I remember seeing that story as well. It is interesting to see all the different applications of GPS technology. I agree completely with this use. Sex offenders should be tracked for a very long time, if that is possible. We must keep our children safe especially.