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How do we deal with sex offenders?

Tom Humphries has been released from Midlands Prison after serving 22 months of a two-and-a-half ...

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09.28 17 Aug 2019


How do we deal with sex offenders?


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09.28 17 Aug 2019


Tom Humphries has been released from Midlands Prison after serving 22 months of a two-and-a-half year sentence for child sex abuse offences.

He pleaded guilty to six offences dating from 2010 and 2011 including sexual exploitation and defilement of a child. 

But how do sex offenders adjust to life after prison and how do communities cope if a sex offender moves into their area?

Michelle Hennessy, Senior Reporter with TheJournal.ie who has been investigating this issue joins Shane Beatty in studio to discuss.


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