The Boston Globe quotes John Reinstein, ACLU of Massachusetts Legal Director, in a story about the ongoing controversy over sex-offender registry restrictions. Recently, a Dedham bylaw that declared three-quarters of the town off-limits to sex offenders, but its implementation has been delayed pending review of its details.
Reinstein told the Globe that such ordinances "give the illusion of providing protection while not providing real protection." Sex offenders have a low rate of repeat offenses, but ordinances could actually make rehabilitation harder by cutting offenders off from jobs and forcing them into isolation from friends and family .
Sunday, August 12, 2007
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