October 2010:Executive Summary:
Citizens across California have become increasingly concerned about sex offenders returning to their neighborhoods. They want greater assurances that these offenders will not place their children or themselves in jeopardy of victimization. As a result, laws have recently been passed that increase incarceration and community supervision periods, place restrictions on where sex offenders can reside, and prohibit them from being in specific locations.
In California, there are approximately 85,000 registered sex offenders in our communities, more than any other state in the nation. Even with increased sentences, nearly all convicted sex offenders sentenced to state prison will eventually be released back to their respective communities. They will be placed on supervised parole for a period of time to monitor their reintegration and help protect the public. Currently, fewer than 10% (approximately 6,600) of all California sex offenders are on supervised parole in the community and being monitored by GPS technology. Additionally, there are approximately 2,900 sex offender parolees that are on parole, who are either in custody pending revocation, committed to a State Mental Hospital or have absconded supervision.
Over the past year, two horrific crimes have focused the concerns of citizens. Phillip Garrido and John Gardner, both registered sex offenders, committed unthinkable acts that forever changed the lives of the victim’s families and communities. The Governor requested a review of the John Gardner case be completed by the California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) to offer recommendations for improving sex offender management. Meanwhile, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated an independent investigation of these cases and also offered recommendations on how to improve sex offender supervision.
Acting on the content of the reports, CDCR reviewed relevant policies and practices and made substantive changes to both sex offender parole supervision policies and GPS tracking policies. Further, at the direction of Secretary Matthew Cate, the Division of Adult Parole Operations (DAPO) convened a task force of CDCR staff, outside public safety representatives, and victim advocates to review the OIG and CASOMB recommendations, as well as relevant sex offender supervision policies and practices. The objective of the task force is to make further recommendations to improve public safety as it relates to parolee sex offender supervision.
The Sex Offender Supervision and GPS Monitoring Task Force met weekly between July and September 2010. Participants included statewide representatives from CDCR, Board of Parole Hearings, local law enforcement, probation, district attorneys, Office of the Inspector General, National Institute of Justice, treatment providers, and victim advocates.
Following presentations from subject matter experts and comprehensive discussions, the task force decided upon the following recommendations. It is the intent of the Task Force that these recommendations not be viewed individually as they are interrelated and are most effective when implemented together. For the remainder of this report: by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Within the report is their recommendation for "Tiered Supervision" which clearly explains why the Adam Walsh Act's Classification System is absolutely useless for Public Safety. Consider these highlights of what they said:
Recommendation: Implement tiered parole supervision, according to the offenders risk to re-offend and danger to the community.Knowing that the Adam Walsh Act is an "offense based" system, not based on any assessment of individual offenders, and not a "continual assessment of variables (equate parole officers to local law enforcement) including criminal history, life circumstances, length of time in the community and overall adjustment and stability.," clearly says AWA is wrong for the community and will not enhance public safety! Effectively the Adam Walsh Act would override their recommendations.
Tiered supervision allows Parole Agents to devote the most time to those sex offenders that present the greatest danger to the community. There are several tools that can be used to help distinguish which sex offenders pose the greatest risk. Risk assessment instruments such as the Static-99, which is currently being used by CDCR, is one such tool. Other risk assessment instruments, as discussed elsewhere in this report, measure risk of sexual and non-sexual violence.
A tiered supervision model is based on continual assessment of variables including criminal history, life circumstances, length of time in the community and overall adjustment and stability. Presently, CDCR has a two-tiered system: High Risk Sex Offenders and all other sex offenders. An increased ability to determine risk permits CDCR to employ a three or four-tiered system of supervision. This allows CDCR to move sex offender parolees through a dynamic continuum of supervision.
CDCR data concludes sex offenders pose the greatest risk of re-offense during their first year of parole supervision. For that reason, during this initial period, all sex offenders should be supervised at the most intensive level.
2 comments:
Here in Europe we have learned our mistakes from Centuries of: Monarchies, The Dark Ages, Gov't Brainwashing'/Illegal Over-Control, Witch Hunts, etc.
** How would YOU feel if you have small children of your own, and/or have a business employing 10-50+ people, and/or are a well deserved, earned, integral member of the Community -but suddenly, unprovoked, 20-30+ years later you supposedly had to 'Register' as Mr./Mrs slithering Offender' and play the role of something you have no clue of -viciously ripping your children/family apart, had to foreclose on your house, quit your job, go live under a bridge as a rat, then put up your kids to adoption because you are suddenly 'committing a crime' by raising your own kids, or taking your own kids to school/the Park/the Mall/, etc. This highly ILLEGAL NONSENSE and has to stop somewhere - and your local Governments personally know they are only supposed to be there for National Security and certainly not illegal invasion into Family business nor illegal Community tyranny as this clearly has become.
Most of the World (outside of the newly-made hysterical North America) knows this very well: -The ONLY real 'Danger' in North America nowadays are your WEAK Leaders and your out-of-control Police tyranny -those very person(s) Campaigning or Supporting their Illegally damaging & wrongfully defaming 'Offender' or 'Predator' NONSENSE, as to conveniently create a Scape-goat for 'their own' failing Empire or other current Mischief, and to selfishly create false 'power' for themselves. Only the WEAK attempt to gain that 'power' from such known illegal nonsense as they knowingly practice.
Suddenly making excuses to plant false 'Offender Danger' all over a Community -thus, making the rest of the Community an angry mob sporting 'Frankenstein Torches' (your 'Leaders' and Police perfectly know...)- it is NOT doing ANY Community a 'favour' and especially NOT 'protecting' anyone. It is ILLEGALLY tearing apart innocent families, cruely ruining innocent lives and ripping the Community apart, forever, especially when you blindly & forcefully shove into each others' faces the commonly exaggerated or commonly Falsely Recorded information about your dear Neighbour's/Fathers/Mother's/Grandmother's/niece's/nephew's supposed distant past.
Thank God we don't have don't have 'predators' or 'offenders' here in Europe, nor hardly any Crime. Why is it that only 'N. America' does ? Why is it that only 'N. America' has a Conviction & Prison 'Industry'? This Nonsense has to -STOP- Somewhere people -and the torn Families of the falsely accused/wrongfully convicted MUST be ultimately compensated, and those Criminally minded Police & Prosecutors who commonly tell Lies or withhold information MUST be PROSECUTED!
[in Europe] we have learned our mistakes from Centuries of Monarchies & Witch Hunts.
*How would YOU feel if you have children of your own, and/or have a business employing people, and/or are a well earned member of the Community -but suddenly, unprovoked, 20-30+ years later you supposedly had to 'Register' as Mr./Mrs slithering Offender' and play the role of something you have no clue of -viciously ripping your children/family apart, had to foreclose on your house, quit your job, go live under a bridge, then put up your kids to adoption because you are suddenly 'committing a crime' by raising your own kids, or taking your own kids to school/the Mall, etc. This highly ILLEGAL NONSENSE and has to stop somewhere people!
The ONLY real 'Danger' in America nowadays are your WEAK Leaders, your illegal Police tyranny & your hysterical Campaigning or Supporting their Illegal damaging & wrongfully defaming 'Offender' or 'Predator' NONSENSE to create your Scapegoats. When will you all learn?
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