Politics & Government

Jaskiewicz Signs MOU on Sex-Offender Facility

Details of the Memorandum of Understanding are not public, but the mayor says security is the primary focus

Mayor Joe Jaskiewicz has signed the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the rules and regulations for the sex-offender treatment center that will be built on the grounds of the Corrigan-Radgowski Prison.

Jaskiewicz said Thursday that he had signed the document at the behest of the Town Council.

The details of the document may not be made public yet, Jaskiewicz said, as it has not been signed by all parties.

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He did say that the MOU is “all about the security.”

“It’s about making people feel comfortable” about having the facility in town.

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He said that the Department of Correction and the Court Systems Services Department have to sign the document before it becomes official.

At the end of March, town council members, the mayor and state legislators met with the state Department of Correction Commissioner Leo Arone, and Gov. Dannell Malloy’s chief of staff, Timothy Bannon, to discuss the memorandum of understanding.

In that meeting, Arone said:

  • Sex offenders would not have any contact with the community unless there was an immediate medical need.
  • When sex offenders were outside the facility in the community, they would be escorted at all times.
  • No sex offenders would be placed in Montville when they were discharged, unless they were from Montville to begin with.
  • There will be a fence around the facility.
  • There will be alarms on all the doors.
  • There will also be motion detectors in areas that are not in use.
  • Everything will be monitored by cameras.
  • The perimeter patrol will be armed.

Last year, the town sued the state in an effort to stop the experimental facility from being built. The case was dismissed, but the town council voted to appeal that decision. So far, the town has spent more than $85,000 in the effort.


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