Ohio- A family group in Ohio is introducing legislation that makes possession of pornography a parole violation for sex offenders. Phil Burress with Citizens for Community Values thinks sex offenders having hardcore pornography is a bad idea.

“The connection between the use of pornography and sex crimes, especially where it involves children is obvious though the other side always wants us to prove the correlation. Sex offenders would be prohibited by law from possessing hardcore, obscene pornography. They cannot possess it; buy it in any way, shape or form. If they’re caught with it and if they’re on probation then they will go back to jail.”

He’s hoping the idea spreads to other states. New Jersey originated Megan’s Law, a statute that tracks the movement of registered offenders. Len Deo, Executive Director of the New Jersey Family Policy Council, sees benefits if his state also takes porn out of offenders hands.

“I think anything that can be done to enhance the protection of the public when it comes to sex offenders is definitely a good step to take. We would be very interested.”

Burress says he can’t prove that pornography contributes to sexual offenses, but insists it’s hard to deny the common sense of the idea.