Editor’s note: This is part of a series examining the issue of sex offenders living in nursing homes. Check back on our websites this week for more, and pick up Sunday’s Dayton Daily News for a special report.
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Ohio has a duty to protect its most vulnerable citizens, many of them frail or disabled. But safeguards enacted to keep sex offenders in check are more difficult to enforce when the predator is down the hall.
A Dayton Daily News investigation found that 136 sex offenders are living in 43 nursing homes in Ohio, where an intricate safety net is supposed to balance the needs of all patients with a responsibility to shield them from danger.
Click here to see which Ohio nursing homes house registered sex offenders and details about each offender.
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