Thursday 6 December 2012

"Showing Kindness to Sex Offenders Is Not Something People Like To Do"

Dec. 5, 2012 9 p.m.

Recommendations advance for treating Minn. sex offenders

"The offenders, which now number more than 600, are confined to high-security treatment facilities at an annual cost of about $120,000 per offender.

A special panel tasked with looking at alternatives to Minnesota's costly, high-security program for dangerous sex offenders recommended state legislators consider less restrictive regional treatment facilities.

The Minnesota Sex Offender Program confines and treats the most dangerous offenders under the court's direction after they have finished their prison sentences. The offenders, which now number more than 600, are confined to high-security treatment facilities at an annual cost of about $120,000 per offender."

http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20121205/NEWS/121209888/1001/NEWS

Sex-offender program changes reviewed by Minnesota House committee

http://www.twincities.com/crime/ci_22998086/minnesota-house-sex-offender-program-changes-reviewed-by

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