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Shannon Moriarty
Boston, MA
Shannon is an avid runner, coffee guzzler, designer, city enthusiast, accordionista, and economic justice optimist at United for a Fair Economy.
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Shannon commented on the article |Hi Dennis,
I think it's funny that people interpret my pieces about homeless sex offenders as advocacy in their favor. All of the research shows that when former prisoners - including sex offenders - are safely housed following their release from prison, they are less likely to commit future crimes. In other words, we're all safer when sex offenders are not left out on the streets.
When sex offenders are left homeless - or allowed to list their address as a homeless shelter - there's no way to track their wherabous. When sex offenders are in shelter, it's a potential danger to other homeless individuals. Thus, my position has consistently been that there is a need for better-coordinated re-entry programs that will provide housing for sex offenders. The burden should not be on homeless service providers to monitor sex offenders in a shelter setting.
One of the best ways to tend to victim's needs is to prevent recidivism. And in order to do this, we need to be asking difficult questions about what to do with sex offenders following their release from prison. It's a tough issue, and it's unfortunate you've chosen to interpret my analysis of these complexities so narrowly.
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