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UT - Department of Corrections offers therapy to dozens of sex offender inmates

Original Article This reinforces what I have said for years, most people thrown in prison do not get any therapy to fix why they are in there in the first places, it's just a warehouse. This article states there is 8 facilities in the country that do provide treatment. It would seem, if they really wanted to help reduce crime and recidivism, they'd have treatment in ALL facilities. 02/04/2011 By Matthew K. Jensen Close to one-third of Utah's current prison population is made up of people convicted of sex offenses - a majority of which are crimes against children. And while many states have a warehousing approach to incarceration, the Utah Department of Corrections offers therapeutic treatment to dozens of sex offenders each year. The Utah State Prison is one of eight correctional facilities in the country that offers programming for convicted sex offenders...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 04, 2011 (boomark / email).