All 6,622 Sex offenders on parole in the state will now be hooked up to and monitored by a GPS system and have now been "fitted with an ankle bracelet that transmits its location to parole agents, who also visit [them] on a routine basis." The program is the result of Jessica's law, which was passed on the ballot in 2006 as Prop 83, and it requires "that every paroled sex offender be monitored by GPS." 6 months ahead of schedule the GPS monitors are in place. Washington state has found that offenders can easily cut these monitor systems off and are considering surgically implanting them into offenders.

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