Civil Commitment

WA: Aging sex offenders on McNeil Island needed 557 medical trips last year

·July 22, 2018
·6 Comments

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…

General News

Is a life sentence for child sexual abuse just?

·July 20, 2018
·5 Comments

Arguably Chicago’s most notorious figure in the national Roman Catholic priest sex abuse scandal was committed indefinitely Wednesday to a state facility for sex offenders. In refusing to release ____…

National

MA: Changing sex offender law needs to be evidence-based

·July 10, 2018
·1 Comment

Massachusetts is hardly soft on sex offenders, being one of only 20 states and the District of Columbia that incarcerate people convicted of sex offenses after they’ve completed their criminal…

National

VA: Longer sentences for violent sex predators

·July 4, 2018
·2 Comments

[fredericksburg.com - 7/2/18] THE Commonwealth of Virginia recently announced plans to expand a facility that treats convicted sex offenders who have served their prison sentences, but are considered too dangerous…

National

VA: Groundbreaking Monday for $110 million expansion of treatment center for civilly committed sex offenders

·June 18, 2018
·5 Comments

Officials kick off a 258-bed expansion of Virginia’s sex offender treatment center Monday, but caution it could run out of room again not long after completion. The Virginia Center for…

National

MA: Can there be life after civil commitment?

·June 15, 2018
·1 Comment

[narsol.org - 6/15/18] By Sandy . . . Over forty years ago, Wayne Chapman was convicted of raping two boys. He claimed to have had as many as a hundred…

California

CA: Federal Court Denies State Hospital’s Motion to Dismiss

·June 6, 2018
·11 Comments

[ACSOL - 6/6/18] A U.S. district court today denied a Motion to Dismiss filed by Coalinga State Hospital. Because of the denial, a lawsuit filed on behalf of two patients…

National

Post-Prison Purgatory

·May 25, 2018
·10 Comments

[theinvestigativefund.org - 5/23/18] At Coalinga State Hospital, located in a desolate, dusty part of California’s Central Valley, 200 miles north of Los Angeles, 37-year-old Cory Hoch stands out. He's well…

National

Sex Crimes and Criminal Justice

·May 5, 2018
·0 Comments

[washingtonspectator.org 5/4/18] Formerly incarcerated sex offenders say civil commitment programs deny proper rehabilitation May 4, 2018 By Barbara Koeppel Responding to several highly publicized sex crimes and public fears, legislatures…

National

MN: Minnesota Senate passes bill to tighten sex offender, mental health commitment rules

·April 23, 2018
·0 Comments

[startribune.com 4/23/18] A proposal that would make it more difficult to release convicted sex offenders and people with mental illness is gaining new momentum at the Minnesota Capitol, as the…

National

IA: 2 Convicted of Sex Crimes Can’t Be Held Indefinitely

·April 14, 2018
·6 Comments

The Iowa Supreme Court has dismissed the state's efforts to confine two men convicted for sex abuse crimes indefinitely under the state's law allowing civil commitment of sexually violent predators.…

National

NY: State police: Sex offender’s death accidental at Central New York Psychiatric Center

·March 17, 2018
·3 Comments

[lohud.com] State police have ruled that a sex offender’s death inside Central New York Psychiatric Center in Marcy was accidental. Investigators determined Philip Barbato, 47, accidentally hanged himself with string…

National

TX: Weekend Read: They served their prison sentences, but they’re still locked up

·February 17, 2018
·5 Comments

[splcenter.org] Jason Schoenfeld already served a full prison sentence, but he’s back behind bars — not because of what he’s done, but because of what the state of Texas says…

California

CA: Child porn ‘epidemic’ triggers Coalinga hospital lockdown, patients file lawsuit

·January 25, 2018
·27 Comments

Two patients at Coalinga State Hospital, which houses nearly 1,000 sexually violent predators, have filed a federal lawsuit against the hospital’s executive director and 10 other staff members for allegedly…

California

CA: Coalinga Patients Attempt to Join City, County Lawsuit

·January 23, 2018
·8 Comments

Patients at Coalinga State Hospital filed today a motion in Fresno Superior Court that, if granted, would allow them to join an existing lawsuit that attempts to negate their votes…

General News

4th Circuit Approves Imprisonment of Sex Offender Convicted of a Nonexistent Crime

·January 18, 2018
·15 Comments

William Welsh has been imprisoned for seven years even though he was convicted of a crime that everyone agrees he did not commit. That's OK, according to a federal appeals…

California

CA: Coalinga State Hospital said to be on lockdown, but no official confirmation given

·January 15, 2018
·49 Comments

Trash-littered hallways, jammed doors, broken windows and clogged sewage are problems reported at Coalinga State Hospital, which is being described as having “riot-like conditions,” according to emails sent to The…

California

CA: L.A. child molester to be released after spending 17 years in state hospital awaiting trial

·January 10, 2018
·5 Comments

Just before ____ ____ was scheduled to get out of prison, Los Angeles County prosecutors made a plea to the court: Don’t let him free — he’s too dangerous to…

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