Sex Offender Community Outrages Citizens

Anyone convicted of a sexual based crime must register as a sex offender in the state and/or city they live in after incarceration. In some areas, citizens are notified that there is a sex offender residing in their neighborhood. Such is the case in a suburb of Birmingham, AL called Avondale, where residents were bombarded with fliers in their mailboxes warning them that 26 such offenders, ranging from rapists to others convicted of sexual abuse, were in their neighborhood. It seems that Shiloni Transformation Ministry, Inc. rented apartments in four homes to house the offenders. Although the ex-offenders have rules to follow beyond the traditional laws of not being able to live or work within 2000 feet of a daycare or school, etc., citizens are still alarmed at the concentration of that many offenders in one area. The Avondale community plans to discuss the matter at their next association meeting.