Home for sex offenders

A home for sex offenders... That’s what this is, in a Bismarck neighborhood... Sex offenders need to live somewhere... The problem is no one wants them next door. But as Donnell Preskey reports... the state has found a solution rent a place for sex offenders who can't find a home on their own... Parole Officer Brian Weigel keeps track of where sex offenders live - this map is full of thumb tacks each one represents an offender. But there are a number of sex offenders who can't find a place to live. (Brian Weigel) For many reasons land lords are not willing to rent to sex offenders and trailer parks are not willing to rent to them. That's why the North Dakota Department of Corrections is renting this house in south Bismarck. It's for homeless sex offenders. They pay per day they can stay here until they find a permanent place. Two sex offenders have just moved in.... (Donnell Preskey) Officers hand delivered 80 letters to neighbors of this home. It explains why the sex offenders are living here. It also includes three pages of safety tips. Officer Weigel syas the two offenders are under the highest level of supervision just to help neighbors feel safe. (Weigel) Which includes curfew, GPS monitoring, frequent visits from probation officers, they are being supervised higher than any other even though not the most dangerous. Weigel says if a sex offender has stability they are less likely to reoffend. But the most important reason for putting them up is so Weigel can keep tabs on them. These offenders are in our community already, in Bismarck we have 100 offenders. Some of them don't have palces to stay. It helps bismarck because we know where these offenders are instead of failing to register and going on the run and still being in Bismarck, but us not knowing where they are at. Neighbor Bob Henschen sees that point... (Bob Henschen) Not many kids in this neighborhood, and they have to live some place, so it's probably about as good as any pla...