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How officials track where sex offenders live and help them locate appropriate housing
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The local office of the Georgia Department of Community Supervision is on Aviation Boulevard in Gainesville. - photo by Shannon Casas
For the past four months, J has been searching for mostly one thing: a bed. He was released from prison June 6 and has spent much of the time since then living under a bridge. J is a registered sex offender who spoke on the condition of anonymity in fear of reprisals. “Nobody wants a sex offender around them,” he said.