Replying to a message of Mark Lewis to Roy Witt:

 ML> -=> On 07-29-08 11:13, Roy Witt wrote to Cindy Haglund <=-

 CH>> So what happens to them once they serve their time?

 RW>> They get out and register as sex offenders with the local
 RW>> authorities where the parole board has told them they must
 RW>> live.

 ML> i'm aware of more than one registered sex offender that is not on any
 ML> kind of parole and they can live anywhere they like as long as they
 ML> do register...

A couple of towns in Iowa have passed laws that require all registered sex
offenders to live outside of the town limits.  Des Moines has a law on the
books that prevents most registered sex offenders from living in the city
(may not live within 2,000 feet of a school, church, park, day care center, etc.)
- several of them have registered their address as a rest stop on Interstate
80 outside of the city, and the sheriff checks on them *every* night to make
sure that they're "home," even in sub-zero winter weather.

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