Poland to set up sex offenders register

Zbigniew Ziobro, the Minister of Justice, said that the government plans to establish a pedophile registry containing names, addresses and the profiles of sex offenders. Ziobro explained that the registry's aim is to prevent "easy access to children" by those leaving jails. The first, open registry will contain data of people convicted of rape with particular cruelty committed against minors under 15 years of age and old offenders of sexual crimes. The other, which is classified, will hold names of convicted offenders, whose proceedings were conditionally discontinued. Only police, judges and prosecutors will have access to it.