How “Risk Assessment” Tools Are Condemning People to Indefinite Imprisonment

[Note: Friends of Justice is a personal blog. I speak only for myself.]

“Yet, the fact remains: Most of the people in civil commitment facilities, like Lieberman, sexually assaulted children or women. If released, some of these folks might harm again. Others will not. But regardless of that uncertainty, once they have completed their sentences, is it acceptable for our society to use a checklist, a psychological evaluation, or a software program to legitimate continued confinement?”

Read the article by Erica Meiners in Truthout.

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