A convicted sex offender who had been kept in forced commitment as a sexually violent person since his prison sentence ended in 1998 will be released into the town of Birnamwood community later this month, according to a public notification sent out by the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department.
Jackson D. Carpenter, 41, was convicted in 1993 of second degree sexual assault of a child and child enticement of a 12-year-old girl. The incident took place in the town of Navarino in 1991.
Court records also showed an assault of a 12-year-old girl in July 1989; an allegation of sexual abuse of a 7-year-old girl in the summer of 1990; sexual relations in September 1992 with a 15-year-old girl who became pregnant with his child; and a March 1993 offense against a 13-year-old girl where the charge of second degree sexual assault was later dropped.
“Mr. Carpenter has a history of sexually assaulting minor female acquaintances by using force,” the Sheriff’s Department said in its notice.
In 1998, a Shawano County court determined that Carpenter could be classified as a sexual predator and thus could be held indefinitely in a state facility for treatment.
Carpenter, formerly of Bonduel, petitioned numerous times over the course of 16 years for his release, which was finally granted after a court hearing in August.
Three doctors — including the head of the evaluation unit at Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center in Madison, where Carpenter was being held — testified that Carpenter is making progress in his sex offender treatment and has been exhibiting good behavior for the past few years.
Under state law, a sex offender can be held under forced commitment if it’s found that he is more likely than not to re-offend.
Carpenter will be released on Dec. 23 to community supervision administered by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. He will be under “intensive supervision,” according to the Sheriff’s Department and will be required to wear a GPS unit.
For the first year of supervised release, Carpenter will be restricted to his home residence except for outings approved by the Department of Health Services that are under the direct supervision of a Department of Corrections escort.
He is required to register with the state Sex Offender Registry.
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