Garden House was been reviewed by the Department of Corrections before residents moved in — but neighbors have decried what they see as an unconscionable lack of security measures.
Many see huge issues with Garden House specifically, but also with the entire process of moving sex offenders off McNeil Island into these group homes.
Residents say they are being blindsided by the locations and sudden pop-up of facilities that will house the highest level of sex offenders. Now state lawmakers are pushing new bills to clear up the situation.