Earlier this year, Federal Court Judge Donovan Frank ruled that the Minnesota’s Sex Offender Program, under which 720 men are currently civilly committed, is unconstitutional. Full Editorial
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Couldn’t have said it better myself.
“A program where no measurable results are being achieved is incarceration masquerading as treatment.”