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: Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies

Civil confinement of sex offenders costs state $175,000 a piece

By "eAdvocate"

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12-29-2010 New York: In New York, the end of a criminal sentence for a sex offender doesn't mean he's going free. In 2007, state lawmakers took steps to protect the public from sexual predators. That year they approved a civil commitment program designed to route dangerous sex offenders whose sentences are ending into treatment in secure state psychiatric facilities. However, little thought was given to long-term costs or the likelihood that space for treatment could one day become an expensive dilemma. That day has come. Only in its fourth year, civil commitment is already coping with cost and space strains. Since many offenders who are locked away are unlikely to be released for years, if ever, the costs will continue to escalate. The state Office of Mental Health, or OMH, is now transforming office space and storage areas into bedrooms at a Marcy psychiatric center to make room for the increasing number of sex offenders...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 29, 2010 (boomark / email).