Midtown Residents Upset Over Occupants at Nearby Transitional House

WSB reports that prisoners such as rapists and murderers are among those living in a transition center in Midtown.

According to the report, some residents weren't happy to find that some of the prisoners at the Atlanta Transitional Center, 332 Ponce de Leon Ave., had such a violent history.

WSB cites state policy that prisoners in the center “must not be serving a life sentence for a violent or heinous crime, which may result in adverse community reaction.”

But the news outlet found that a parole board's recommendation, and the language of the life sentence, carry a lot of weight.

Tell Patch: How do you feel about the violent criminal history, detailed in WSB's report, of some the prisoners living at the Atlanta Transitional Center? Leave a comment below.