Believe it or not, my husband got a parole but had to stay in prison fro nearly 12 more months (if it went over 12 months the board would rescind the parole and keep him in prison until next time (a couple of years) until his next board. Anyway, we had a house in the other state and I was living there so his parole plan was to parole to the state where I still lived. However the state wouldn't accept him for supervision even though I tried for almost a year. In the end I gave up the house and moved to the state where he was (that state had to take him. When I got there I asked the Parole department where they would allow us to live (turned out to be a down town residence hotel. We lived there while we got our bearings and I got a job then moved to an approved place where we have been for the last 10 years. It's better here but with life time supervision...good luck. Just accept where ever they already let SO's live in the state where he is and make the best of it, is my advice. If you need to you could Google "apartments for felons and see if you can find something in the area/state they will allow him to parole to... ..

Do you know why
the Sate would not accept his parole or the reason giving?

The State that refused probably had enough of their own SO's to supervise? Who knows. What they do does not have to make sense. By the way, if you have to move where they say you are allowed to live (and you have to find another job etc) get a Post Office box (Not a US post office box but one of those maill boxes are us boxes that you pay for. You will need one to use as your address when you apply for jobs then you won't have to explain where you live or who you live with. (hopefully there are no minor children in your family. That will complicate things, probably make it impossible to live together unless you give up either him or your kids. . Anyway, living with a sex offender/ a parolee means you need to follow his parole conditions scrupulously all the while living a sort of double life at your job so your boss won't find out who you live with and fire you because your guy probably won't be able to find/keep a job and your income will have to do for both of you. Just saying...I gave up my house when I moved. It was hard but I would do the same thing again. Take Care. .

I know your situation is different than mine is/ was however, describing where you live as "park like" when all sex offenders are restricted from living near or even going to any "Parks" at all might have posed a problem...and are there schools or day care centers or churches or children living within a mile of your "park like" house? Was it your house or your state they said he cannot live at? If it's your house then he could live elsewhere in state. If he is in prison out of state and your state won't accept him paroling to "your state" then he's going to have to make a parole plan that fits their requirements probably in the same state where he was convicted and a lot depends on his SO level classification (1,2,3 ) the higher his "dangerousness " as expressed by his SO level the more restrictive the parole plan, the more likely a state will refuse him and the more restrictions on where he can live/ where he can go/ who he can be around/ what kind of job/ if he can find work/ andwhat the requirements and cost of therapy once he gets out etc.. . I do not know how the federal parole system works as far as where he is supposed to parole to. At least he isn't already on parole and still in prison hoping his parole plan will be approved and he can get out side. Good Luck. Might help if you get something in writing regarding his classification and what the board expects his parole plan to look like. Maybe your son could send you something

Indiana has to approve his transfer, as does the federal district which sentenced him and has control over him and his supervised release. 6 years does seem like pretty early to get the ball rolling, but at least it shows you Indiana is willing to cooperate. Does Indiana have residency restrictions for level 1s?

Whether or not a sex offender can live near a park/school/daycare depends on the state as each one is different.

HankMoody,
As far as residency restrictions, so far from what I can find, h has to be 1000' from any park, daycare, and secondary school.
I have not heard anything about churches, unless of course they run a daycare...

Also, I have been told by this person who contacted us, he ill not only have to abide by Indiana's rules ( if he does get paroled here), but also the state in which he was convicted (GA). WTH??? talk about setting someone up for failure!! My God, as if the rules don't change everyday...Sheesh!

@jmjh2001 Since your son's conviction is federal it won't be up to the state on whether or not his parole is accepted it will be up to the federal district he wants to reside in which for you right now would the Southern District of Indiana.

The comment about having to abide by both IN and GA rules only applies to someone convicted of state charges wishing to transfer supervision via an interstate compact and does not apply to federal convictions. While there may be minor differences in supervision between federal districts by and large they're all the same because they're all federal and follow the exact same federal rules. You might want to talk to Nakohichi because her son was convicted on federal charges in FL, served his time in FL and yet she able to get him paroled directly to Pennsylvania.

It's odd to me that a federal PO would even mention anything like having to follow IN and GA rules. Usually federal PO's barely even know the Interstate Compact system exists because it doesn't apply to them. A federal conviction by definition means the defendant was not convicted under the jurisdiction of any state so state supervision rules can't apply. (Supervision rules only - residency restrictions are completely separate)

@Aladdin........
Thank you fo the clarification.
It is possible she ( The Federal Probation person), was referring to residency restrictions, since we were in discussion about our current home NOT being suitable for him to stay here, however, she didn't really say so.
I guess what threw us mostly was, he still has 6+yrs to go.
Oh, also, I have to add , he can't be 1000' of a public boating dock...for crying out loud...for real??
I guess its all those under-age boaters & fisher-persons! Wow!

It's definitely confusing. While my charges aren't federal and are state I still have to transfer to my state of residency. Under the interstate compact rules I must be transfered to the state that I have lived in for a year or more and cannot jump over to the other state. Sort of lucky in the sense that my state doesn't have buffer zones while the other state does. If you read the guide book it sort of contradicts itself in places to make matters worse.