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New Iowa Law Creates Sex Offender Residency Zones
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2004
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2004, page 14
A new Iowa law, passed in 2002, prohibits any sex offender who has victimized a child from living within 2,000 feet of a school or child-care center. The law has effectively exiled these ex-cons to enclaves on the outskirts of town, far from any family or friends.
Filed under:
Sex Offender Registration,
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
State Statutes,
Zoning.
Location:
Washington.
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