Registered Sex Offenders Policy

Graves-Hume Public Library District Registered Sex Offenders Policy

The “Sex Offender Registration Act” (730 ILCS 150/1, et seq.) requires all persons adjudicated sexually dangerous who are later released, or found to be no longer sexually dangerous and discharged, to register with proper local law enforcement authorities so that their whereabouts are known by these authorities. This law also prohibits child sex offenders from residing within 500 feet of a school, park, playground, or other facility providing services exclusively to persons under the age of 18.

As public libraries do not provide services exclusively to persons under the age of 18, registered sex offenders in Illinois may enter and use a public library for all legal purposes.

Whenever a registered sex offender wishes to enter a Library facility, they must be aware of additional restrictions.

Registered sex offenders may not:

• Loiter on Library grounds, either indoors or outdoors
• Use the designated Youth and Teen Services areas of any Library property, or attend any Youth and Teen Services intended for minors
• Attend other Library programming whose audience can be reasonably expected to contain minors

Registered sex offenders may:

• Visit Library collection areas intended for adults
• Use a public computer, excluding those in designated Youth Services areas
• Request adult reference service, place holds on Library materials, check-out materials with a library card in a good standing or otherwise access Library information and services.
• Attend Library programming intended exclusively for adults

If a registered sex offender is also the documented parent or legal guardian of a minor, then they may accompany their ward into the Library’s Youth and Teen Services areas or to Youth and Teen Services events, provided they remain together for the full duration of their visit.