Normal, IL, USA / www.cities929.com
Mar 16, 2021 2:37 AM
A new bill going through the Illinois House would change sex offender laws and allow them to live closer to schools, day cares, and playgrounds.
Currently, sex offenders have to live a minimum of 500 feet away from places like these. Those in favor of the bill say this would help support and rehabilitate sex offenders.
WISC TV reports law enforcement officials think the whole idea is idiotic.
House Bill 3913 would make it so sex offenders could live 250 feet away from playgrounds, schools, and day cares, instead of 500.
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) Policy Manager Madeleine Behr said these residency restrictions on sex offenders are causing higher rates of poverty and homelessness, and thus, they would be more likely to re-offend.
San Bernardino County to host human trafficking webinars in January
Victorville Daily Press
The San Bernardino County Sheriff s Department and the county s Coalition Against Sexual Exploitation will present a series of webinars this month intended to educate the public on child exploitation and human trafficking.
Held every Thursday in January, the first webinar is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday. The county s Human Trafficking Task force is hosting the event.
Human trafficking includes the use of “force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act,” according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.