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September 15, 2008

New program reintegrating sex offenders into their communities

The year-long program, which is being run by the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, provides support services to community members, as well as sex offenders on parole or community-based orders.

The program's coordinator, Malcolm Frost, says the initiative came about after similar programs with offenders in jail were successful.

He says it will help community members deal with an offender, as well as reducing the risk of them reoffending.

"It gives the community some preparations, some time, to work out amongst themselves, with me, to put in strategies to work with this guy and his problems," he said.

"It also means the community can apply a level of supervision to the guy to monitor his behaviour, to watch out for risk factors, just to provide an extra layer of supervision."