Their Time Served, Sex Offenders Are Kept in Prison in Cruel Catch 22

, ThoseModelCitizens Angel Ortiz, in prison for robbery and attempted sexual abuse, had done his time. But before he could go free, a judge wrote, he faced an unwinnable game of realestate Battleship. Mr. Ortiz was classified as a sex offender, and a New York law barred him from living within 1, 000 feet of a school while on parole. Prison officials would not let him go until he identified a suitable address.