Thousands of convicted pedophiles in California served less than a year in prison after committing lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old, according to an investigative report.

The Daily Mail analyzed a statewide database of sex offenders that showed more than 7,000 child molesters were released within months after federal authorities sentenced them to prison.

Former Los Angeles sex crimes prosecutor Samuel Dordulian told Daily Mail that the statistics “shocked” him, adding the reality is “frightening for society.”

“Statistics clearly show that pedophiles don’t get reformed,” Dordulian said. “They’re going to come out, and they’re going to commit again. Letting these people out early, we’re allowing for a lot more victimization — and that’s terrifying.”

California law requires sex offenders to register their address and update their location upon moving with the Department of Justice. Those names and other personal details are then placed in a public database under Megan’s Law, which the Clinton administration passed in 1996 after a pedophile murdered 7-year-old Megan Kanka.

According to the report, 54,986 sex offenders were listed on the website in July 2019, of which 76% committed offenses involving children.

The average pedophile served two years and ten months in prison.

One of the examples outlined in the Daily Mail report said an offender in the database named Carlos Alexander Nahue, 48, of Reseda, California, lives one block from Royal Montessori School daycare and three blocks from Reseda Elementary School after allegedly being convicted of “continuous sexual abuse of a child” in 2015.

Authorities charged Nahue in October 2014. He pled no contest to the crime in January 2015, which resulted in a judge sentencing him to only two days in an L.A. county jail and five years of probation.

According to the database, some pedophiles committed misdemeanors, such as indecent exposure or attempting to send lewd pictures to children, and convicts received less jail time. However, the most common offenses were “lewd or lascivious acts” against children under 14 years old, and 7,152 pedophiles who committed this crime served less than a year.

Dordulian said the statistics were “‘surprisingly very low.”

“In my days [in the L.A. DA’s office], we made every effort to get as long of a prison sentence as we could because we knew that the minute they’re going to come out, they’re more likely to re-offend and another child’s gonna get harmed,” he told Daily Mail.

Dordulian said as a lawyer who represents victims of sexual abuse, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s policies shorten prison sentences to reduce the population locked up.

“That has been the push for the last at least five years: letting people out of prison much earlier than what their sentences were for,” he said. “But these types of individuals, they’re not amenable to rehabilitation, and studies have shown that. They’re gonna harm another child — It’s a very, very scary trend.”

A spokesperson for the state’s attorney general told Daily Mail that “public safety is a top priority for the California Department of Justice,” adding that the issue generally falls on the responsibility of local district attorneys, courts, and state lawmakers.

“Our office actively works with law enforcement across the state to protect our state’s children and families, whether that’s through conducting sting operations targeting sexual predators, issuing guidance to reduce harm to sexually exploited youth, or launching Human Trafficking and Sexual Predator Apprehension Teams,” the spokesperson said.

Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami, a child abuse prosecutor in the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, said the situation was “a disgrace” to Daily Mail, adding the problem is only getting worse under his boss George Gascón, who supported Proposition 57, which allows early parole for nonviolent felons.

“Thousands of child victims are being denied justice, and George Gascón and his group of radical prosecutors can care less,” Hatami said.

Hatami said the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation stopped notifying the child victims and their families of such early releases.

“It’s shameful,” he said. “Furthermore, most of these sex offenders who are released early have not been rehabilitated whatsoever. This will clearly endanger our future generation of children and our entire community — it’s a disgrace that the state of California is not prioritizing the safety and well-being of our children.”

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the city will begin to involuntarily hospitalize mentally ill residents.

In a press conference Tuesday, Adams announced that first responders in the city would be able to remove people who appear to be mentally ill and pose a danger to themselves. First responders will be able to remove individuals and take them to a hospital for evaluation, and the individuals will be held until a treatment plan is established.

“It is not acceptable for us to see someone who clearly needs help and walk past,” said Adams. “For too long, there’s been a gray area where policy, law, and accountability have not been clear, and this has allowed people in need to slip through the cracks. This culture of uncertainty has led to untold suffering and deep frustration. It cannot continue. We need to change that culture and clarify our expectations. No more walking by or looking away. No more passing the buck. Going forward, we will focus on action, care, and compassion. If severe mental illness is causing someone to be unsheltered and a danger to themselves, we have a moral obligation to help them get the treatment and care they need.”

“It begins with an immediate shift in how we interpret our obligation to those in need and calls upon our outreach workers to take deeper actions and more intensive engagement,” Adams continued. “We can no longer deny the reality that untreated psychosis can be a cruel and all-consuming condition that often requires involuntary intervention, supervised medical treatment, and long-term care. We will change the culture from the top down and take every action to get care to those who need it.”

Adams issued a directive to first responders Tuesday, outlining the procedures necessary for removing an individual for mental health concerns. According to the directive, New York state’s mental hygiene law, a peace officer, police officer, or mental health professional working on a mobile crisis outreach team may take an individual into custody or direct him to be removed for the purpose of a psychiatric evaluation if that person “appears to be mentally ill and is conducting themselves in a manner likely to result in serious harm to self or others.”

The directive instructs mobile crisis workers, police, firefighters, and EMS workers to escort or facilitate transport to the nearest hospital, to inform hospital staff of the person’s condition, and remain with him or her until he or she is admitted as a patient. Once the individual has been admitted, the city would instruct the hospital to keep that person in the hospital until they are in stable condition, and only release them once a long-term care plan is established, Adams said, via The New York Times.

On top of the new directives, Adams announced a hotline and new trainings to help first responders assess a situation before making a call about whether to remove an individual.

“[T]he common misunderstanding persists that we cannot provide involuntary assistance unless the person is violent, suicidal, or presenting a risk of imminent harm. This myth must be put to rest. Going forward, we will make every effort to assist those who are suffering from mental illness and whose illness is endangering them by preventing them from meeting their basic human needs.”