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As Expected, Halloween Sucked For Sex Offenders
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Christopher Robbins
Published Nov 1, 2011
Modified Nov 1, 2011
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Christopher Robbins
Published Nov 1, 2011
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Despite being a holiday primarily geared for children, Halloween in New York City is very much for adults, with boozy parties and haunted houses that require waivers. But one group of adults were left out of yesterday's fun: sex offenders. And the Daily News reports that the state's Division of Parole made sure that those who are on probation for sex-related crimes stayed indoors.
Dubbed "Operation Candy Cane," the plan called for officers to knock on the doors of Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders to make sure they weren't violating curfew, and "some answered the doors in their pajamas, interrupted while playing video games."
At one Flatbush home, a man who is on parole after pleading guilty to raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter, said, "It's difficult. It basically destroys your life and to get a place or to get a job, it's very hard." One of the parole officers seemed oddly gleeful about catching her charges in the act of violating the terms of their probation. "Sometimes when you're very sweet, they take it for granted. They think, 'I'm going to get one over on her.'" She continued, "I love it when they do that—that's the night I show up at your house and you get in trouble."
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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