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NY - No sex offender has completed treatment; program faulted

Original Article 01/25/2011 By Gary Craig The sex offender ? identified in court papers only as "Douglas S." ? was clearly ready for release from a state psychiatric facility, according to a judge. He had accepted the treatment and excelled in the programs. In fact, he was a model example that even offenders considered dangerous by the state ? those civilly committed in a secured facility ? can benefit from treatment and be released to community supervision. Douglas S. even requested and received chemical therapy ? chemical castration in essence ? that experts said made the likelihood that he would commit a new sex crime less than 5 percent. Despite all of that, state Office of Mental Health officials refused to release Douglas S. In fact, they would not even advance him to the fourth and final phase of treatment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).