“But now Minnesota’s civil commitment program — which detains more people per capita than any other state — is facing an overhaul. Earlier this year, a federal judge found it unconstitutional, calling it ‘a punitive system that segregates and indefinitely detains a class of potentially dangerous individuals without the safeguards of the criminal justice system.'”

Read the New York Times article by Monica Davey.

Posted by rbchatelle on Saturday, October 31st, 2015 @ 7:59PM
Categories: Sex Offender Issues

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