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Thousands Of California Paroled Sex Offenders Removing Tracking Devices

February 25, 2013 at 9:56 am by Morbid

California - Thousands of paroled child molesters and rapists in California are removing court-ordered GPS monitors, aware there’s little risk of serving time for doing so, and some are being charged with new crimes that include sexual battery, kidnapping and attempted manslaughter.

A Times investigation has revealed that since October 2011, when the state began referring parole offenders go to county jails instead overcrowded prisons, more than 3,400 arrest warrants for convicts who tampered with tracking devices. Most of these warrants were for sex offenders, and many were for repeat violations.

“It’s a huge problem,” said Fresno parole agent Matt Hill. “If the public knew, they’d be shocked.”

California has 33 adult prisons designed to hold a maximum of 80,000 prisoners, but currently has 140,000. The Supreme Court declared California prison overcrowding unconstitutional in 2011, stating California cannot imprison more than 109,805 inmates at any time, then ordered 33,000 prisoners be released over two years

To help with this demand, Gov. Jerry Brown introduced a ”realignment” program that would see 52,000 prisoners released, 19,000 more than what was required. This program included immediately putting 30,000 convicted criminals up for early release, or have them transferred from state prisons to county jails.

Now that two-thirds of California’s 58 counties are under some form of mandated early release, 20 complying with maximum population capacity limits and 12 having self-imposed population caps to avoid lawsuits, parolees “certainly are feeling more bold,” said Jack Wallace, an executive at the California Sex Offender Management Board.

For example, 33-year-old Rithy Mam (pictured) is a convicted child stalker who was arrested three times in two months after skipping parole and freed almost immediately each time. After his third release, he removed his GPS device and molested two teen girls in Stockton, California. He was later arrested in a public park and is now in custody on felony child molestation charges.

The Times article is a pretty interesting read and includes some more examples and alarming statistics. California is definitely between a rock and a hard place – adhering to Supreme Court demands while still preserving public safety is probably no simple task. Some are trying to introduce bills that would require anyone who tampers with their GPS device be sent back to prison for three years.

That’s nice, I guess, but doesn’t seem like it addresses California’s current prison population issue. Anyone got any better ideas?

Tags: Crime, GPS, prison, realignment program, Sex Offender

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Sam

Uhh, I don’t know, maybe like, build more prisons?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000315039445 Lakme Hesse

Execute sex offenders…problem solved. There’s no rehabilitating them anyway.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=740085475 Dave André

A large portion of these offenders are illegal aliens. Give them a stiff fine (as well as one for anyone aiding them) and then deport them.
kimbev69

yea release the people in there for drugs and keep the sex offenders in prison … i mean how many are in there for non-violent offenses?
kimbev69

exactly….how nuts they release people like this guy instead of non-violent offenders…and this just blows the recidivision numbers out of the damn water..doesn’t it. they say most sex offenders do not re-offend..i have always called bullshit on that…they just don’t get caught so easily…or as the article states they do get caught but not charged or charged and not imprisoned….that’s some scary shit
techsupp0rt

They’re being given a chance being given those ankle monitors. If they would like to tamper with that, they would like to tamper with their life and freedom. If they tamper with it, fast track their asses to the execution chamber, and be done with it. They didn’t want the chance that they didn’t deserve in the first place.
http://www.facebook.com/ericagieras Erica Gieras

but that makes sense so it won’t happen
Heather_Habilatory

BULLETS FOR ALL! Problem solved
Gee

It makes better sense then releasing sex offenders. At least you have a chance at rehabilitating drug addicts. The recidivism for drug addicts is petty theft for the most part. as opposed The recidivism for sex offenders ….
JGo555

You mean some of my friends could be the lucky recipients of unwanted dick and pain!? Why I’ma go call them right now and tell them the “awesome” news!!! And people refuse contraceptive care…
JGo555

Not all of them. I see the early release of someone that slept with their girlfriend that’s 2years younger than them & someone that pissed in a playground a sex offender I would have no problem with being released. But once you rape or touch kiddies is the led treatment for you.
JGo555

WEED, release weed users and dealers and keep these sick fucks in.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XA4RDSRSUX3XRSCPRR7XNGSPUQ Joshua

If you killed the sex offenders these problems wouldn’t exist
http://www.facebook.com/minizilla David Richter

My thoughts exactly, Lakme.
G.I.R.L.

Let’s reopen Alcatraz?
Heather_Habilatory

Yeah, but those aren’t the sex offenders any one is worried about.
Heather_Habilatory

California is in MASSIVE debt. They can’t afford to build more prisons.
CT

Yes but more often than not those who were deported simply returned illegally again.
NY_Mommy

They just sneak back in. When I was in jail I met this chick that was from Ecuador or something like that. She had been caught in the US illegally and was waiting to be deported back to her country. The amount of time and red tape to send her back was ridiculous. Not to mention this was like her 3rd time getting sent back home. She told me that once she got back to her country, she would be coming back to the US. Or sneaking back I should say.
NY_Mommy

Thats why they should go ahead and legalize the marijuana!
Athena

Sex crimes are associated with a high rate of wrongful conviction. You want to turn that into wrongful execution?

By the way, a death penalty case costs the state millions of dollars more than housing an inmate in maximum security for 40 years. So, your plan would bankrupt the state. Any state that tried it, really.
Heather_Habilatory

That’s been my plan for 15 years. Legalize pot and prostitution, tax the fuck outta both…. WHAT DEBT?
Wolf_of_Mars

Have you tried to buy bullets lately? The shelves are bare for many of the popular calibers like 7.62×39.
I went as far as to try to buy a quality reloading system because the old one was problematic. No can do. Hell, I can’t even find the reloading supplies in stock anywhere…
ShelbySP

Or the ankle monitors could just blow up when tampered with.
LuvsHorror

The public knows now, and we ain’t happy.
Jycorro

There is a guy here locally to me facing 30 years and a million dollar fine. What did he do? got caught with 6 plants in his house. Mississippi is closing in on Floriduh. Damn shame.
LuvsHorror

I like that!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Rochell-Arnold/100000587657456 Rochell Arnold

easy….kill all the child abusers and molesters. Poof no more prison population issue.
midniteshadows

This has been going on for quite some time and I’m surprised it’s just being mentioned. My brother works as security/loss prevention and is a bounty hunter has said that the crime rate is through the ceiling. It started back when the state was nearly bankrupt and couldn’t balance the budget. They cut almost 50% of law enforcement.

He has cases where people have had 3 felony arrests and have never gone to trial because the judicial system is overwhelmed. The perp is arrested, booked and then released – at most, serving maybe a day in jail. He’s had to wait up to 6 hours before police can get to him to arrest a suspect.

Right now, law enforcement and the judicial system is working under a triage system. The lowest priorities are theft, assaults, and drug offenses. Priority calls are death involvements. It’s a war zone and it’s only going to get worse.
Tundratot

If the state cannot afford jails/prisons to keep the prisoners, nor people to monitor the ankle devices, they’re in a world of hurt. It would seem that they need to make some choices, whether it’s taking a hard line on repeat offenders, reducing sentences on victimless crimes, sending prisoners to other jurisdictions, or issuing summary justice on the street. If I were a citizen of California, I might find I prefer to take my own chances with the justice system after executing the bastard that raped my child.
EveryVillainIsLemons

Maybe the tracking devices should be implants that explode if they are tampered with.

Another solution, as many others have mentioned, would be to release non-violent offenders, such as those who were in possession of marijuana. Legalizing and taxing the hell out of marijuana would also free up jail space while creating revenue for the state.

But hey, I imagine that there are a lot of fucktards in power who are profiting mightily from the black market drug trade, so its not in their best interests to do something that is beneficial to others.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Anna-Hall-Grillot/100000054600337 Anna Hall Grillot

Or the politicians could just stop spending so much money on bullshit.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Anna-Hall-Grillot/100000054600337 Anna Hall Grillot

And put then around their necks, first.
Suzy Sears

Shoot them
Athena

When the numbers come out regarding what Washington and Colorado save/make in a year by legalizing and regulating weed, CA will be clamoring to get on board.
EveryVillainIsLemons

I hope you’re right. Heck, I hope the whole country follows suit. They’re really missing out on a revenue gold mine, in my opinion.
Andyman

Let out all the effing pot sellers/smokers and you will find the disparity you seek to correct. Why the fuck we still incarcerate people for smoking a little fucking pot when we could use the proceeds to pay off our deficit will never understand. Let’s end this war on pot already. It is pathetic.
Andyman

DING DING DING! WTF kind of sense does that make?
Andyman

I’m going to venture a guess and say MOST of them. This fucking war on drugs has been lost a LONG time ago. Yet here we are.
Andyman

They should have done this EVERYWHERE ages ago. Of course the alcohol people have a LOT to worry about (and lots of money to fight it) which is why I believe we have seen such a lack of progress in getting this done. It is so overdue it is sickening.
Eliza Berntsen

Why not send the prisoners to other states to serve their sentences there? Spread the love, so to speak.
creamofflicka

Way to go California. Release your rapists, lock up your pot smokers, and disarm your populace so they can’t defend themselves. Bravo!

I believe I rather go to Florida.
Gee

Lets hope so… We Californians can’t believe the stupidity of our government.
Pyncky

I think the sneaking back in thing could be handled like this. If you are caught committing a crime as an illegal alien, then you should be put on a plane, given a knife and a bow and arrows and some flint and steel and then dropped off somewhere in the Arctic or Antarctica. Then no one would be sneaking back to do more crimes. It also would help the polar bears survive.
Wicked Smilee

wrongful conviction? California is notorious for not convicting fools,… “If the glove don’t fit, you must acquit” is our state moto.
Twisted1

There was a family in base housing who had the Active Duty service members brother living with them on a student visa (he was from Africa). The kid got into trouble breaking into homes and the police gave the family to option to either send him back to Africa or leave the state. They sent him to California and a few months later the wife told me they paid someone $3000 to marry him so he can become a citizen. This kid was messed up and a perfect target for Muslim extremists. Angry at the world for not handing him everything on a silver platter and hated women.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000315039445 Lakme Hesse

You’re right and I am just talking about the ones who commit sexual assault especially on children.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000315039445 Lakme Hesse

How many claim to be falsely accused then years later it turns out that yes they were in fact guilty and continued to commit assaults? How many are really wrongful convictions? How many were really just released on technicalities or not prosecuted at all because of the unreliable testimony of a minor or better the child was somehow convinced to retract his/her story? I’m thinking about the victims. I’m thinking about justice for them. Their lives are essential over. They may go on to build some semblance of a life and have families, that is if they don’t kill themselves…or at least try…and the likelihood of them at least trying is very high…but they will NEVER have any kind of normalcy or peace. In all honesty, I cannot answer your question because it is very difficult for me to see past their suffering and the fact that those animals spend just a few years in prison (if they are even convicted or even brought to trial) and then are set free and allowed to go on their merry way and destroy more people.
AssWho?

Agreed, However I believe they should be given a choice.

#1 Death
#2 Castration
Sam

I don’t know, i think it could be kinda fun seeing them hobble around on bloody stumps.
Athena

I’m not talking about those who “claim” to be innocent. I’m talking about those proven innocent by things like DNA evidence and recanted testimony.

Yeah, it sucks that we can’t nail every bad guy to the wall. But killing innocent people won’t help that.

Oh, and, as a victim, I can tell you that our lives are nowhere near “essentially over”, but I do appreciate your concern.
Athena

California is where I interned. Plenty of wrongful conviction in CA.
Athena

You Californians voted down legalization. Get out there and picket, lady!
Buffettgirl

My first paper in college (Sept. 1988) was about how Oregon should legalize pot, tax the shit out of it and get the damn budget balanced. Decriminalize pot and suddenly you have ample jail space for all the little fucktards out there that think they’re so damn smart they’ll be the one that “gets away” with commiting crimes…
Buffettgirl

Do they have gun shows in Florida? Not to sound ignorant, but they have one within about 200 mile radius of me (Portland, OR) just about every weekend. That’s where we’ve been buying bullets. It’s just about the only place where there is a little competition with the prices too. Just a thought.
Wolf_of_Mars

We have a decent sized Gun Show about every month, just a few miles north of us in Tallahassee.

Oh, I can find .380 & .40 caliber rounds for the handguns all day & night. I can even get hollow-point dual slugs for the .410 shotgun… I’m just having no luck finding quality boxer primed(re-loadable) brass & loaded ammo for my AK-47 & AK-74(new toy) in 7.62X39 & 5.45×39 as are folks trying to find .223′s for their AR-15′s. Reloading units & supplies are difficult, at best, to find at all.

When the present Federal Administration announced their plans, it created panic buying for anything related to “Big, Scary-looking Guns.” I say it that way because semi-auto rifles aren’t “Assault” weapons even though they use the same ammo. “Assault” weapons are select-fire, from semi-auto to (sometimes) auto to full-auto. Not all have a 3-way selection lever.

The average person isn’t aware that:

Semi-auto is: “pull the trigger, fire ONE round.”

Automatic is: “pull the trigger, fire a 3-4 round burst.”

Full-Automatic is: “pull the trigger & you can empty the magazine” In other words: “Point & Pray.”
Buffettgirl

Actually,this I did know, but only because Boyfriend is a former Airborne Ranger Sniper, that also taught weapons, hand to hand and land nav. Three years ago (hmmm, just realized it was three years ago today!) you would have stumped me if you’d said ANY of this to me. ;D His dream, to recreate his 50 cal. from his sniper days.
Gee

hold on I ‘m getting my sign I will be out there shortly.
Wolf_of_Mars

He could also “upgrade” to the Steyr .50 cal. sniper rifle. The Steyr .50 is the sweetest SR I’ve ever used, but the ammo is proprietary & horribly expensive. For GOOD reason, though.
Buffettgirl

Hmmm – I don’t know off hand! I mean I do normally, but my brain has been taken over by Flexeril and Vicodin today and I can’t think of what it was… I do know he has drooled over the Steyr .50 though! He’d love a tank mounted one, and the tank it comes with too!
Califboy

Both, castration first and then death..
ShelbySP

I was gonna say, it will be a lot harder for them to do their rapin’ with one or no feet, but there is probably a DD story to prove me wrong.
dynadom

California is insane lock up all criminals!
Sam

Curse you for making me imagine stumping. Like fisting, only…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Junes-Upyers/100002966558652 Junes Upyers

thank you thank thank you

as a survivor myself I get SO BLOODY TIRED of the “their whole life is over” BS

I was raped, it took hours, I REFUSE to have that predicate the rest of my life and I thing the mythology that it does is of zero benefit to survivors…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Junes-Upyers/100002966558652 Junes Upyers

you ah, got actual citations for that vague assertion? cause it isn’t actually true– less than 30% of CA prisoners are undocumented folks and further the VAST majority of them are in for (drum roll please) immigration violations not sex crimes…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Junes-Upyers/100002966558652 Junes Upyers

little overly simplistic and not true, many sex offenders can be rehabilitated given the right forms of treatment and depending on the original offense…
cedric

For a lot of these clowns justice would be early release with a bullet to the back of their head;no further monitoring required.
cedric

Ced is against drugs.
cedric

People want dealers released too – a lot of dealers have zero issue with murdering over their product.A lot of dealers are also involved in side crimes as well.
cedric

Hi my friend – I see you are still beating that drum.
cedric

Ced likes that idea.
cedric

Ced loves your suggestion.
Buffettgirl

It was a Remington 700 Police Special 308. (crap, did I get that right?)
http://www.facebook.com/tinamariematthews Tina Matthews

Deporting 30% of the prisoners would clear an awful big chunk then, would it not? Then those who are in for commiting sex crimes can stay put!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Anna-Hall-Grillot/100000054600337 Anna Hall Grillot

I was wondering where you were!
Guest

Illegal aliens make up less than 10% of the entire prison population. It’s about 20 thousand about of 180,000. The largest group of prisoners that make up the body of inmates are those who have commited robbery. Is the problem undocumented people, or a terrible economy?
onlyme356

This guy pictured is Cambodian by the way
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000315039445 Lakme Hesse

I am also a victim which is why I spoke that way…that is how I felt growing up with what was done to me and not having any pay for what they did. Not that that would have made any real difference in the end. Watching them enjoy their lives while I suffered is something I will never get over. So, yeah I do feel my life essentially ended. I never got to be a normal child. I couldn’t let people touch me until I was well into adulthood without panicking or getting violently ill…I mean anyone in any way and even now there are sometimes problems. So, that is what I mean by it being over. No need to appreciate my concern. I wish someone had shown as much concern for me.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000315039445 Lakme Hesse

I am speaking from MY OWN experience. My experience that lasted years…all of my childhood. I am speaking how I felt. Then you are better than me. Because I still have yet to deal well with it even though it ended 28 years ago and despite having gone through therapy. I am glad that neither you nor Athena have had the problems i’ve had. That doesn’t make MY feeling that MY life ended as I knew it BS. FOR ME, it was not.
Steve Smith

The money for the legal system (cops, lawyers, alcohol/substance abuse programs, the jail system, ….) is in the drugs and seizing assets. is pot worse than alcohol?–HELL NO but the legal system likes it since it’s an easy target. Shouldn’t cops be focusing on child safety, murder, rape, assault…..yes, but busting some kid with a joint is so much easier.
http://twitter.com/QueenLopezz Queen Lopez

Kill’em
http://twitter.com/QueenLopezz Queen Lopez

agree 100%
restlessvagabond

Castration. Then set them free.
AliceinChainsman =]

California is a sick place…
AliceinChainsman =]

I like that Idea!
AliceinChainsman =]

shooting them out of a big circus cannon into ..say Cuba would work too
AliceinChainsman =]

Stockton is a Shithole area..
AliceinChainsman =]

ever see the rap sheets? and i Dont Mean Coollios..lol
AliceinChainsman =]

I have no issues with killin dealers…
AliceinChainsman =]

looking at my neighbors down the road..rehabs up Amy whinehouses Street..or Elmos
AliceinChainsman =]

yes the american public..hoodwinked
AliceinChainsman =]

lots of led!!!
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