This is a serious question, folks.

Should convicted pedophiles and violent sexual predators, those who are on the lists of such people, be allowed in public libraries? Or should they be banned as they are from school grounds?

Children from birth through the teen years are in public libraries all day and I, as a Library Director, do not want them harmed. Right now Idaho law does not prevent "sexual predators" from coming in (although it can be made a condition of probation and that is a "sometime thing"). They are usually banned from using any computer which could access the World Wide Web or the Internet. And they could use the facilities of academic libraries, which are usually populated with adults.

They do have a right to the informational, educational, and recreational opportunities libraries provide. But does this extend to the privilege of using the public library? Does the potential harm they could do outweigh their needs for the public library?

Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.