Civil Commitment Archives

ACSOL Conference to Feature Distinguished Speakers, Important Panels

·August 3, 2022
·14 Comments

The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) will conduct its annual conference on Saturday, October 1. The cost is just $25. The conference will be virtual on Zoom and…

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FL: He Served 18 Months for a Sex Offense. He’s Re-Imprisoned Anyway, Possibly for Life.

·September 23, 2022
·3 Comments

Source: flaglerlive.com 9/21/22 Under Florida law, imprisonment does not depend only on proven guilt of a crime. It can also result from the possibility of a future crime. The imprisonment…

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MN: Locked Up For Good—Or Forgotten?

·April 23, 2022
·2 Comments

Source: minnesotamonthly.com 4/19/21 Minnesota has the highest per-capita commitment rate of sex offenders nationwide, and one of the lowest release rates The Minnesota Sex Offender Program housed at Moose Lake…

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TX: Protestors make alarming allegations about statewide sex offender treatment program in Littlefield

·April 11, 2022
·6 Comments

Source: everythinglubbock.com 4/11/22 LITTLEFIELD, Texas – Protestors gathered in front of the Civil Commitment Facility in Littlefield on Saturday morning to shine a light on the injustices they said are…

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TX: Public awareness event at the Texas Civil Commitment Program

·March 18, 2022
·1 Comment

posted on FAC website 3/18/22 April 9th, 10:30am Central Time, in front of the Texas Civil Commitment Center, 2600 S. Sunset Ave, Littlefield, Texas 79339 @ 10:30am Please join us…

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ACSOL New Jersey Action Alert: Petition to Abolish or Reform the New Jersey SVP Civil Commitment Law

·January 31, 2022
·1 Comment

Source: Jim Grushack started this petition on Change.org to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy The symbol above is associated with the legal system and the principles of fairness and equity.…

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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…

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MN: Long Weekend Protest Rocks Minnesota’s Shadow Prisons

·August 31, 2021
·2 Comments

Source: texansagainstcivilcommitment.com 8/29/21 MOOSE LAKE MN. Behind barbed wire fences a protest movement is swelling for an end to Minnesota’s Shadow Prisons, “treatment facilities” that detainees say are an unconstitutional…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

·February 5, 2021
·4 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…

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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…

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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…