Trailer to house ND sex offenders

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Prison officials say a mobile home just east of the state penitentiary in Bismarck will be ready next week for up to seven homeless sex offenders.

Men who are under state supervision for sex offenses will pay $7 a day to live in the trailer until they find permanent homes.

Officials say the trailer has four bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. The men living there will have to wear GPS locators and will have curfews.

Corrections officials say the price tag is about $35,000 for the trailer along with water and other services.

Parole and Probation Division Director Leslie "Barney" Tomanek says the corrections department had rented a house in Bismarck for homeless offenders but did not renew its lease after neighbors complained. Two men living in the house were arrested last year after police found a 17-year-old girl with them.