Serving the medical needs of an aging population civilly committed to the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island means more doctor appointments and costs. The off-island trips for care, for a time, were starting to mean a decline in actual sex-offender treatment. Full Article
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great wish this would happen everywhere and triple the expense
This article gave me a smile. The system is collapsing under its own stupidity. At some point, I can see one of the hosprisoners (tip of hat to David Kennerly) suing for lack of treatment. The State is failing to provide the requisite treatment that would allow someone (in theory) to be released. That aside, just the fact the State has to keep shuttling people back and forth, at significant and increasing cost, is too funny. Maybe putting the facility on an island wasn’t so smart after all! (I’m sure it was for the children.)