Sheriff Brad White has confirmed a convicted sex offender is living in the woods behind or near the former Lamar Pre-Release Center that has been converted by the state to a day reporting center for probationers.

Mark Alan Jones
Imagine what they would have in their neighborhoods.
thats nice,why is he out?why is he even alive?
"Authorities at the center told neighbors Jones is living in a tent or lean-to in the woods."
first off,if he doesn't own the land he's tresspassing.why doesn't the law lock his sorry as# up for tresspassing.?
Now place a Pre-Release Center in our neighborhood without any neighborhood notices or any mention to the communitiy?
Smooth move "elected officials".
definitely will bring more incorrigible's and their families to settle down in barnesville.
If you don't think so, then just keep your head in the sand. the powers that be are just making one good decision after another. "thinkers"
That's just wrong.
Mine does not have a housing unit.