Civil Commitment Archives

NC: Man civilly committed as a sex offender for child abuse on Crow Indian Reservation

·October 3, 2021
·7 Comments

Source: ktvq.com 10/1/21 A man accused of sexually molesting young girls on the Crow Indian Reservation has been civilly committed as a sexually dangerous person under the Adam Walsh Child…

National

TX: Former Staffers Condemn Cruel Treatment of Inmates at a Texan Prison for Sex Offenders

·August 12, 2021
·20 Comments

Source: reason.com 8/12/21 The men must keep masturbation diaries, wear ankle monitors, and even use penile circumference gauges. Lenore Skenazy For many men serving time for committing sex offenses in…

National

Women Against Registry Joins OCEAN Community Rally Against Civil Commitment

·July 26, 2021
·4 Comments

Source: womenagainstregistry.org 7/26/21 On Sunday, July 18, 2021, Women Against Registry joined anti-registry activists and anti-civil commitment activists representing five Midwestern states in an outdoor community rally at the Minnesota…

National

IA: Audit says employee at Iowa sex offense treatment unit falsified husband’s work hours to collect more than $50,000

·June 2, 2021
·3 Comments

[msn.com - 6/2/21] Iowa's sex offense treatment facility is facing questions over falsified time card records said to have netted an employee and her husband more than $52,000 in unearned…

California

CA: Sexually Violent Predator Must Move Out Of Napa, Court Rules

·March 31, 2021
·9 Comments

[patch.com - 3/30/21] NAPA COUNTY, CA — As a result of a hearing Monday in San Francisco Superior Court, a convicted sexually violent predator living in Napa County must be…

National

MN: Case challenging constitutionality of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program can move forward

·February 24, 2021
·3 Comments

[yahoo.com - 2/24/21] A protracted case challenging the constitutionality of Minnesota's system for treating sex offenders outside prison has gained new life after a federal appeals court in St. Louis…

National

TX: ‘Left to die’: Therapists say Texas sex offender treatment program too often fails on purpose

·February 12, 2021
·1 Comment

[houstonchronicle.com 2/11/21] Texas’s civil commitment program for sexually violent offenders has earned a reputation as an unforgiving place. Much of that is by design. Each of the 378 men in…

Commentary

MN: Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders Pretends Prisoners Are Patients

·February 10, 2021
·0 Comments

[reason.com - 2/10/21] The practice evades constitutional constraints by casting punishment and preventive detention as treatment. Jacob Sullum | 2.10.2021 12:01 AM "It was my understanding that I was to…

National

MN: Sex offenders at Moose Lake end 14-day hunger strike after reaching deal with state officials

·February 5, 2021
·2 Comments

[bringmethenews.com - 2/5/21] A group of men at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program's Moose Lake facility have ended their hunger strike after nearly two weeks. The group went on strike…

International

New Zealand considers striking down civil commitment: Human rights test case for post-sentence detention and restrictions

·February 2, 2021
·0 Comments

[stuff.co.nz - 2/2/21] A public safety law potentially amounting to a life sentence, was double-punishment for past crimes, the Court of Appeal has been told. A rare “full bench” of…

National

VA: Virginia lawmakers squash repeal of civil commitment law

·January 29, 2021
·1 Comment

[13newsnow.com - 1/28/21] RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia lawmakers have squashed a proposal to repeal a decades-old Virginia law that allows the state to hold certain sex offenders at a psychiatric…

National

VA: Virginia bill would end civil commitment of sex offenders

·January 19, 2021
·14 Comments

[abcnews.go.com - 1/19/21] RICHMOND, Va. -- Two Virginia Democratic lawmakers are spearheading a push to repeal a decades-old law that allows the state to hold certain sex offenders at psychiatric…

National

MN: Sex offenders at Moose Lake protest harsh conditions after deaths from COVID-19

·January 19, 2021
·4 Comments

[startribune.com - 1/18/21] Outbreak fuels long-simmering tensions over civil commitment after sentences. A group of sex offenders at a northern Minnesota treatment center is refusing to attend therapy sessions, while…

General News

MN: Third COVID death at Moose Lake sex offender facility

·January 5, 2021
·6 Comments

A client housed in a Minnesota sex offender treatment facility has died from COVID-19, state officials said Monday. Friday's death at the Moose Lake facility is the third COVID-related fatality…

International

Taiwan: Justices urged to keep forced treatment of molesters [Updated 12/31]

·December 30, 2020
·11 Comments

[taipeitimes.com - 12/31/20] Victims’ rights groups and lawmakers yesterday urged the Council of Grand Justices to uphold the involuntary psychiatric treatment of sex offenders as the council is to hand…

International

New Zealand: Sex offender on preventive detention comes round to ‘path to integration

·November 30, 2020
·1 Comment

[stuff.co.nz - 12/1/20] A prisoner serving the harshest available sentence for sexual offending against children is “open to a graduated path of reintegration” and has been encouraged to get all…

National

Williams Institute report : Over 6,000 people are civilly committed in the US

·October 22, 2020
·5 Comments

[williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu - 10/2020] Black men and men with male victims are more likely to be committed Twenty states, the federal government, and D.C. have laws that allow for the indefinite…