National Sex Offender Public Resgistry

It's about time! The government finally put up a Sex Offender Public Registry and so far, 22 state have opted to join. I see that Washington State isn't on it yet and I plan on writing my Congressmen and Senators to make sure we get on the list. Is it me or simply the heavy media coverage? Seems like the number of sex offenders walking around freely has gone sky high in recent decades. I'm convinced that there's little we can do about and for these people and keeping them locked up somewhere is probably the safest thing for them and for society. Especially our children.