Records show at least 45 sex offenders live in state nursing homes

At least 45 registered sex offenders live among other nursing home residents, according to a Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism review of addresses for the state’s nearly 20,000 registered sex offenders and 399 licensed nursing homes. But unlike many other sex offenders, most of those in nursing homes live unnoticed by their neighbors: State and federal laws don’t require background checks of residents or notification to the vulnerable people who live, work and visit with them. (JANESVILLE GAZETTE, 3/8)