CA: Louis Theroux’s LA Stories: Among the Sex Offenders

[documentaryvine.com – 2012]

In 2012 legendary British documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux relocated his family to Los Angeles after deciding that he needed a break from London. choosing Los Angeles for the lifestyle and the generally good weather. The BBC rented him a small old office in Hollywood which was originally built by Charlie Chaplin. and Louis and a small team set about developing a mini-series set in Los Angeles. The result is the three part series Louis Theroux’s LA Stories.

Among the Sex Offenders is the third of the three episodes and sees Theroux spend time at a residential facility for sex offenders who have been released from prison on parole, most of the residents would not be able to survive in a normal community and would be at far greater risk of re-offending. Among the offenders to feature are Amy, a female former teacher who abused an underage boy, and Randy a prolific flasher. Louis also meets a former resident of the facility who had left to live in his van.

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I try not to judge but this was an eye opener for me and I am saddened for everyone including the victims.

Great video but very sad. It’s unfortunate that the recidivism rate or sex offenders (registered citizens) isn’t mentioned.

Is this worth my time watching? I’m not an SVP. But after watching Louis Theroux’s disaster out of Coalinga State “Hospital,” I don’t have a very kind and/or favorable impression of Theroux.

Louis Theroux asks a resident if he is aware people want to kill those like him for their crimes. I wish he would have gone a step further and talked about how the US registry enables these murders. In Louis home country, the registry is less harsh. Registrants are not being murdered there like in the US and it would be better if the US system would be like England’s system in that respect.