- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
Sex offenders that committed their crime post 2006 have a 1000 foot restriction on where they can work and live. The two main places that restrict where we can work are schools and churches. Now I understand the restriction on schools, but the 1000 foot restriction on churches just blows my mind.
I am allowed to attend a church whenever I want for Sunday and Wednesday services and whenever they have small group, but I can't work within 1000 feet of one? Here in the medium sized city of Gainesville, there are churches every 10 feet and people take a 1 bedroom house, out a cross out front and call it a church and I can't work near it. Doesn't matter if the church has a playground, kids at it, nothing. If it has the name of a church, we can't work near it.
This has stopped me from getting 4-5 jobs, and moving up in the company I am currently in. So my question is this...
Would it be possible, and what steps would I have to take, to try and get this restriction removed, not just for me, but for all sex offenders. How would I go about talking to the right person or bringing a case like this to the people that could change something of this magnitude.
The restriction is absurd and stops the majority of sex offenders from getting jobs
I am allowed to attend a church whenever I want for Sunday and Wednesday services and whenever they have small group, but I can't work within 1000 feet of one? Here in the medium sized city of Gainesville, there are churches every 10 feet and people take a 1 bedroom house, out a cross out front and call it a church and I can't work near it. Doesn't matter if the church has a playground, kids at it, nothing. If it has the name of a church, we can't work near it.
This has stopped me from getting 4-5 jobs, and moving up in the company I am currently in. So my question is this...
Would it be possible, and what steps would I have to take, to try and get this restriction removed, not just for me, but for all sex offenders. How would I go about talking to the right person or bringing a case like this to the people that could change something of this magnitude.
The restriction is absurd and stops the majority of sex offenders from getting jobs