CA Steps Up Sex Offender Monitoring After Dugard Case
Saturday, March 20th, 2010California parole officials have issued new rules that increase monitoring of thousands of sex offenders already required to wear global positioning system tracking devices, reports the Los Angeles Times. The move that comes after sharp criticism of high-profile lapses by the department. Parole agents must now track the whereabouts of nearly 5,000 low-level sex offenders through ankle monitors at least four days a month. Previously, no policy mandated how often low-level offenders had to be tracked. An additional 2,000 high-risk sex offenders, who already are supposed to be monitored daily, must be visited by a parole officer at their homes twice a month, up from one monthly visit. (more…)

