Most sex offender laws state that the offender may not live nears schools, parks or other places in which children gather. In Georgia, sex offenders who are being released from prison are finding that they are unable to find a place to live because of these laws. Now, some of these offenders are living in the woods. They have set up a small camp because they can't afford something else, or it is simply unavailable to them. Some of these people have stated that their probation officers told them about the wooded area. How safe is it to have sex offenders living in the woods without any kind of permanent address? How do the probation officers keep track of them? Homeless shelters aren't an option because there are children there, so where do they go? We don't want sex offenders living next door, but do we want them camping in the woods where it is harder to keep track of them?
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