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by DanBC 2622 days ago
Of course they should not have committed those crimes, and their victims deserve justice.

But justice isn't served by making someone homeless and then preventing them visiting a library.

Importantly, that also doesn't help with rehabilitation or with preventing reoffending.

If you have a sex offender at risk of re-offending you want to know where they are and what jobs they have. That's made much harder if they're homeless.