Montgomery, AL – The Alabama House has given final passage to a bill aimed at easing a burden that the Community Notification Act places on counties where state prisons are located.
Inmate sex offenders who don't get a valid address upon release from prison are being jailed in those counties.
The bill passed Thursday will start the process for finding a valid address six months before the offender completes his or her sentence and gives them a chance to provide another address if the first is not accepted.
Sex offenders are required to provide a residential address that is at least 2,000 feet away from a school, childcare facility and college or university.
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