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| Sex offenders to face stiffer parole conditions |
| By Bureau County Republican |
| Published: 10/25/2004 |
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Several recent government actions regarding sex offenders on parole should help Bureau County (Ill.) resident Judy Schiffer sleep better at night. Several years ago, Schiffer was driving to work on the interstate, and a truck driver exposed himself to her. Schiffer pursued the issue and had the truck driver arrested. When the case went to court, Schiffer discovered he was a sex offender in five states. "These guys can get their CDL license and go from state to state," she said. "There's not one state that bans registered sex offenders from getting a CDL." Schiffer said she's not saying all truck drivers are bad, but that some companies will hire sex offenders. On Aug. 5, Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed legislation that for the first time in the state's history establishes specific parole conditions for sex offenders released from prison. "These strict measures, coupled with the Department of Corrections' aggressive new parolee-monitoring program, will prevent offenders from being in situations where they could pose a danger to our children or the community at large," Blagojevich said. Under House Bill 6786, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2005, the Unified Code of Corrections will be amended to add 15 conditions of parole that can be imposed on sex offenders. These new conditions are in addition to the governor's Operation Spotlight parole reform initiative, which increased monitoring and supervision of all 35,000 parolees in the corrections' system. |
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