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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 25, 2024

The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) will conduct its annual “Operation Blackout” on Halloween to monitor sex offenders on probation and parole, Fox Chattanooga reports. Officers across the state will visit the homes of sex offenders whose convictions involve children to ensure they are abiding by any restrictions imposed by their probation or parole. Offenders are prohibited from distributing treats to children and from being present at any home where items are being distributed to trick-or-treaters. There are more than 26,000 registered sex offenders in the state with 5,000 of them under state supervision. TDOC plans to visit the homes of several hundred high-risk sex offenders.