Colon: Not Enough Hustle Put Into Solving Sex Offender Problem
Milwaukee Democratic Rep. Pedro Colon criticized the "dumping" of sex offenders into certain areas, saying his Assembly district has a disproportionate number.
GPS tracking, Colon said, "may provide a lot of comfort, but in the long run may not provide any significant treatment" for offenders. "We may need to do something radically different," said a frustrated Colon.
"I don't know if we're hustling enough," said a frustrated Colon.
Corrections Secretary Frank defended the effort of his staff, saying the state's sex offender registry grows by 100 people per month. He said the department makes every effort not to "dump" sex offenders in any given area, but offenders often return to the neighborhoods they resided in before incarceration.
Colon was skeptical. "The fact is you have agreements with slumlords where you have taken these people," he said, citing a rooming house across the street from his home.
