10/10/2005 – Separation proposed for sex offenders: Rapists and molesters should be isolated under close supervision, an expert in treatment says. "A pioneer in managing sex offenders in Colorado is proposing an idea to put most rapists and child molesters in enclaves called Sex Offender Containment and Research facilities, where they would live apart from the rest of society."
– By Kirk Mitchell
Go to DenverPost.com to read this entire article about SOCR >

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Outside the Walls Ministries "sees the need" for SOCR.
"We embrace the idea SOCR has introduced that sexual predators be given a chance to live in a controlled environment and have the privilege to serve their sentence while paying back the State for the expense of this managed facility."
– Pastor Anthony John Costa
Read more in the October 2005 SOCR Newsletter > (144k)

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The Sunday Denver Post
Dated:  October 27, 2002
Editorial - Time bombs tick away
"The problem: More than 3,000 registered sex offenders on probation or parole, living anonymously in the Denver metro area with inadequate supervision or treatment to keep them from reoffending. The solution: There is none - yet.  But experts and officials say."

To search for article go to www.denverpost.com, Archives, then put in the name of the article and date.

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Denver Rocky Mountain News
Dated:  May 21, 2000
Article written by:  Gary Gerhardt
"If not here, then where?  Expert in treating sex offenders favors residential facility that could hold several hundred at a time"

To search for article go to www.rockymountainnews.com, Archives, then search "Veeder" and date.