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   Alvin Ray Quarles, who pleaded guilty to four forcible rape counts in 1989,   
   served 25 years in state prison before spending a decade in a sex offender   
   treatment program at Coalinga State Hospital   
      
   A man dubbed the Bolder Than Most Rapist for committing a series of rapes in   
   the 1980s was conditionally released from custody, according to the San Diego   
   Sheriff's Department.   
      
   Alvin Ray Quarles, who pleaded guilty to four forcible rape counts in 1989,   
   served 25 years in state prison, spent about a decade afterward undergoing sex   
   offender treatment at Coalinga State Hospital, from which he was released on   
   Tuesday. Prosecutors    
   said Quarles would assault his victims at knifepoint, sometimes forcing the   
   women's boyfriends or husbands to watch.   
      
   "Pursuant to a court order, Quarles has been released into the community as a   
   transient," SDSO officials said in a news release sent out Tuesday. "He is   
   temporarily housed at 1138 Custer Road, Campo, under the Conditional Release   
   Program."   
      
   Quarles, who is required to registered as a registered sex offender for his   
   entire life, will be under round-the-clock supervision conducted by Liberty   
   Health Care, a private company contracted by the state of California,   
   officials said.   
      
   "Liberty Health Care has a security employee who accompanies him on a 24/7   
   basis," the sheriff's office said on Tuesday.   
      
   In that same statement sent out Tuesday, the sheriff's department went on to   
   specifically say that neither it, the DA's office or the SAFE Task Force "was   
   responsible for the selection of this location," adding, rather that the   
   Department of State    
   Hospitals conducted the site-selection process.   
      
   Quarles' release is part of the conditional release program for sexually   
   violent predators, or SVPs — individuals convicted of sexually violent   
   crimes and diagnosed with a mental disorder that makes them likely to   
   re-offend.   
      
   After serving their prison sentences, SVPs undergo treatment at state   
   hospitals, but may petition courts to continue their treatment in outpatient   
   locations, where they are monitored and must abide by stringent conditions.   
      
   Quarles was ordered conditionally released nearly a year ago by San Diego   
   County Superior Court Judge David M. Gill, but the subsequent search for a   
   housing location for Quarles was unsuccessful, leading a different judge to   
   order a "transient release."   
      
   In mid-December, San Diego Superior Court Judge Marian Gaston ordered that   
   Quarles be released no later than Jan. 21 to a "non-fixed residence"   
   recommended by Liberty Healthcare, which operates the state's conditional   
   release program for sexually violent    
   predators. Quarles' release conditions include 24/7 GPS monitoring, as well as   
   security guards or law enforcement on-site on a round-the-clock basis.   
      
   Locating housing for sexually violent predators has proven difficult due to   
   the many regulations over where they can be housed and the common public   
   backlash over their releases. A state audit released earlier this year said it   
   takes an average of 19    
   months to find a suitable SVP housing location in San Diego County.   
      
   Another SVP, Merle Wakefield, was ordered released on transient status in   
   November after a four-year housing search that resulted in three proposed   
   housing recommendations that were either rejected by a judge or rescinded by   
   state hospital officials.    
   Wakefield was ultimately released to a home in Jacumba Hot Springs on a   
   temporary basis.   
      
      
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