Civil Commitment Facilites Coming Under Fire in Minnesota

Check out the below article:

"Patience is No Virtue on MSOP Injustice" by DJ Tice of the Star Tribune.

The article reports that about 20 states have civil commitment programs in the US.  These are highly restrictive programs for sex offenders that have been released from prison, but the state believes the risk of reoffending is too high to allow the individual to be fully released back into society.  Instead, the person is placed in a facility, being supervised at all times.

Texas is one of the states that has a civil commitment program.  Below is a recent article regarding civil commitment in Texas you might find interesting as well.

"For sex offenders who completed their sentences, 'the only way out appears to be to die'" by Mike Ward and Anita Hassan of the Houston Chronicle.