MONROE - Where registered sex offenders live once released into a community depends on what is available, two people from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) said Thursday.
Jeffrey H. Bahn and Gary J. Dunlavey will be returned to Monroe next week after serving time in prison for sexual assault.
Bahn will live at 1011 27th St. and Dunlavey will live at 1317 17th St.
Tina Gensler and Mike Monroe of the DOC, who attended the public notification meeting at city hall, said the DOC tries to find a place that will offer released offenders a support system to make the transition from prison to freedom.
"If they have family members, we try to see if they can live with them," Monroe said.
If there isn't a family member who will take the person in, Monroe Police Chief Fred Kelley said, the state tries to find a place for the person to live.
If they stay with family members, Monroe said, the family members are aware of restrictions placed on the offender.
In the instances of Bahn and Dunlavey, they are forbidden to have contact with their victims and can't have unapproved meetings with minors; no alcohol or illegal drugs, cannot visit bars, taverns or liquor stores; and cannot have relationships without prior approval.
Gensler said there is no law which would prohibit the two from living within a certain distance from a school or park but obviously, she said, it's in the best interest of everyone to keep a child sex offender away from a school.
Bahn and Dunlavey are not child sex offenders.
Jeffrey H. Bahn and Gary J. Dunlavey will be returned to Monroe next week after serving time in prison for sexual assault.
Bahn will live at 1011 27th St. and Dunlavey will live at 1317 17th St.
Tina Gensler and Mike Monroe of the DOC, who attended the public notification meeting at city hall, said the DOC tries to find a place that will offer released offenders a support system to make the transition from prison to freedom.
"If they have family members, we try to see if they can live with them," Monroe said.
If there isn't a family member who will take the person in, Monroe Police Chief Fred Kelley said, the state tries to find a place for the person to live.
If they stay with family members, Monroe said, the family members are aware of restrictions placed on the offender.
In the instances of Bahn and Dunlavey, they are forbidden to have contact with their victims and can't have unapproved meetings with minors; no alcohol or illegal drugs, cannot visit bars, taverns or liquor stores; and cannot have relationships without prior approval.
Gensler said there is no law which would prohibit the two from living within a certain distance from a school or park but obviously, she said, it's in the best interest of everyone to keep a child sex offender away from a school.
Bahn and Dunlavey are not child sex offenders.