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OpEd: Smart to slow Web process
By Bangor Daily News
Published: 06/26/2008

MAINE - If the state has learned anything from its online sex offender registry debacle, it is that putting a lot of personal information on the Internet without thinking of the consequences is an invitation to litigation, or worse. That’s why it was smart to slow down the process for making information about prisoners and those on probation more readily available.

The Department of Corrections has for some time been considering an online database of prisoners and those on probation. The intent was to help police more readily determine the probation status of suspects and to let crime victims see if perpetrators are incarcerated. Read more.

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