Prisoners in the Population

The vast majority of inmates are eventually released back into Granite state communities, but lately more cities and towns say they want more control over where the most violent offenders or sexual predators can live. The recent controversy over the release of convicted child murderer Raymond Guay, living in the Concord area reopened this debate. We’ll look at what happens when prisoners finish serving their time, and how these policies may be changing.

Guests

• Representative David Welch, state representative from Kingston and member/former chair of the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee
• Buzz Scherr , former public defender in New Hampshire and Professor of Law at Franklin Pierce Law Center.

We'll also hear from

• Ken Merrifield - mayor of Franklin, which in 2007 passed an ordinance to restrict residence of newly registered sex offenders
• Michael Iacopino - past president of the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and co-author of a 2007 national report on sex offender residency restrictions
• Jeff Lyons - Public Information Officer for the New Hampshire Department of Corrections