Civil Commitment – Page 4

TX: Mentally ill offender to stay in treatment program officials say he cannot understand

·March 24, 2016
·5 Comments

At the state's home for sex predators, the Billy Clayton Center, the word "detention" has been removed from the facility sign. - The Texas Civil Commitment Office will create a special…

California

Confined at Coalinga: California sex offenders face indefinite detention

·February 22, 2016
·3 Comments

____ _____ ____, 54, is a pedophile; no one disputes that, not even his lawyer. Since the 1980s, he has been convicted three times of molesting very young girls —…

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TX: Court orders 83-year-old sex offender freed

·January 31, 2016
·1 Comment

AUSTIN -- In a decision that could presage other releases, a state appeals court in Beaumont on Thursday ordered an 83-year-old man be immediately freed from a controversial supervision program…

General News

Are We All Sex Offenders? Galen Baughman – TEDxCUNY

·January 28, 2016
·36 Comments

Galen works alongside many others in reforming the criminal justice system, but his angle might surprise you. Join him as he shares his crusade for equal justice, which has led…

General News

Why Some Young Sex Offenders Are Held Indefinitely

·January 27, 2016
·1 Comment

On the afternoon of ___ ___’s 18th birthday, three parole officers showed up at his home in West New York, N.J. Sanchez was in his slippers and shorts, and when…

California

California’s laws test whether sexual predators can ever be rehabilitated

·January 10, 2016
·6 Comments

At the foot of a fence around a small house in the desert, a protester cleared her throat. She wanted to scream loud enough for the man inside to hear.…

General News

Who is a sex offender? Lenore Skenazy

·December 18, 2015
·6 Comments

A guy you might be scared to meet, Galen Baughman, gave a talk at a TEDx event in New York City recently. TED is known for introducing new speakers with…

National

TX: Why Texas’ civil commitment program was found unconstitutional

·December 18, 2015
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Recently the Honorable P.K Reiter made headlines by finding Chapter 841 of the Texas Health and Safety Code unconstitutional. On Monday, December 14, Judge Reiter agreed with Defense Counsel Bill…

National

MN: Order Halts Changes to Minnesota Sex Offender Program

·December 16, 2015
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A federal appeals court has granted a full stay of a judge's order requiring changes to Minnesota's sex offender program. Full Article

National

TX: A first – visiting judge in Texas frees violent sex offender

·December 15, 2015
·1 Comment

HOUSTON (AP) — A visiting judge in Conroe has ordered, for the first time, the full release of a violent sex offender from the Texas civil commitment program. Reiter ruled…

National

MN: Reforms to state sex offender program suspended by appeals court

·December 4, 2015
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The state of Minnesota won a round in court Thursday, when a federal appeals panel suspended a judge's order that would have required prompt changes to the state's troubled sex…

National

MN: Minnesota House panel votes to back governor sex offender stance

·December 1, 2015
·2 Comments

A Minnesota House committee unanimously voted Tuesday to support the position Gov. Mark Dayton and Attorney General Lori Swanson are taking in appealing a federal judge's decision that a state…

General News

We’re All Offenders Who Haven’t Been Caught

·November 28, 2015
·5 Comments

That’s the question posed to the audience of mostly college students by Galen Baughman, a Soros Justice Fellow and the final speaker at the City University of New York TEDx…

National

MN: Judge rejects Minnesota’s bid to delay reforms in sex offender program

·November 23, 2015
·10 Comments

A federal judge has rejected a request by the state of Minnesota to delay dramatic court-ordered reforms to Minnesota’s controversial sex offender program. The decision, handed down Monday by U.S.…

National

VA: Cost of sex offender program shocks lawmakers

·November 13, 2015
·4 Comments

Lawmakers expressed shock Friday over the exponentially rising cost of a program to keep some sex offenders locked up after they complete their criminal sentences. The annual operating cost of…

National

MN: States Struggle With What to Do With Sex Offenders After Prison

·October 30, 2015
·4 Comments

MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — Behind razor wire and locked metal doors, hundreds of men waited on a recent morning to be counted, part of the daily routine inside a remote…

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Boogie man is still out there!

·October 22, 2015
·1 Comment

____ ____ is not the poster boy for one-trial learning. He has several sexual assault convictions behind him and was civilly committed for eight years. But he was released from…

National

MN: Judge mulls reforms to ‘unconstitutional’ sex offender treatment

·October 1, 2015
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A federal judge said Wednesday he will rule on the fate of Minnesota’s sex-offender treatment program within 30 days, hoping to protect the civil liberties of its patients but also…

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