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MN - Sex offender program is unconstitutional

Original Article 03/08/2011 By Jack Rice Eventually the courts will reach that judgment about what is essentially indefinite incarceration. What do you call a forced in-patient treatment program that has never successfully treated and released a patient? Either it is a complete and utter failure, or you call it what it really is -- a prison. That is the problem that Minnesota faces. It has 605 sex offender inmates who have no pending charges or convictions. They are not on probation. In fact, all of these people have already been convicted and have served their debts to society. However, some Minnesotans feel that is not enough. Rather, Minnesota is holding them for what they might do. While both state and federal courts have called this dubious decision constitutional, they have done so only because it is "treatment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 09, 2011 (boomark / email).