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MN: Locked In Limbo: civil committment for people convicted of sex offenses

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"He has just reached 21 years of age," Reuter wrote. Given the MSOP's history, he added, an indefinite commitment "is analogous to a life sentence without the chance of parole." 'They're all close calls now By LARRY OAKES, Minneapolis Star Tribune June 9, 2008 Project: Special Project: Locked in limbo PINE CITY, MINN -- Isaiah Swedeen's future hung in the balance as deputies escorted him into the courtroom. The 20-year-old already had been through a series of treatment and detention centers after disclosing that he had raped his two sisters. Now officials were asking Judge James Reuter to confine Swedeen indefinitely, to prevent him from victimizing someone again. Swedeen's history of mental disorders, difficulties controlling himself and resistance to treatment meant that he fit the legal definition of a sexually dangerous person, prosecutors from Pine County and the Minnesota attorney general's office argued...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 09, 2008 (boomark / email).