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• LIVE AT 5August 4, 2022
  About two weeks ago, a resident tested positive for Covid in the trailer park. He was immediately locked down with his roommate to prevent the spread of Covid. That would have been a brilliant idea except for the fact that each of the 18 rooms are connected by a 3ft XContinue reading “LIVE AT 5”
• Locked Up For Good—Or Forgotten?July 28, 2022
  Minnesota has the highest per-capita commitment rate of sex offenders nationwide, and one of the lowest release rates Minnesota Monthly: John Rosengren; April 19, 2022 The Minnesota Sex Offender Program housed at Moose Lake is tucked away in the woods, off State Highway 73, about 120 miles north of Minneapolis. The high-securityContinue reading “Locked Up For Good—Or Forgotten?”
• Sex crime rehab under fireJuly 12, 2022
  Critics say supposed ‘treatment’ program is punitive Houston Chronicle: Anita Hassan and Mike Ward, January 3, 2015 ____________________________________________________________________________ Just a note: As you read this article from 2015, please think of how this compares to the current situation in Littlefield at the TCCC. If you have loved ones there, I encourageContinue reading “Sex crime rehab under fire”
• SEX OFFENDER CIVIL COMMITMENT TOPRISON POST-KINGSLEYJune 27, 2022
  Northwestern University Law Review: Arielle W. Tolman; Vol. 113, No. 1, 2018 _______________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT—Today, an estimated 5400 people are civilly committed understate and federal sex offender programs. This Note surveys these civilcommitment regimes and finds that seventeen jurisdictions (sixteen statesand the federal government) have enacted legislative schemes that authorizethe indefinite civilContinue reading “SEX OFFENDER CIVIL COMMITMENT TOPRISON POST-KINGSLEY”
• Shaming the Constitution: The Detrimental Results of Sexual Violent Predator LegislationJune 23, 2022
  Convicted sexually violent predators are more vilified, more subject to media misrepresentation, and more likely to be denied basic human rights than any other population. Shaming the Constitution authors Michael Perlin and Heather Cucolo question the intentions of sex offender laws, offering new approaches to this most complex (and controversial) area of lawContinue reading “Shaming the Constitution: The Detrimental Results of Sexual Violent Predator Legislation”
• Commitment Through Fear: Mandatory Jury Trials and Substantive Due Process Violations in the Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders in IllinoisJune 13, 2022
  Chicago-Kent Law Review: Michael Zolfo; August 9, 2018 ———————————————————————————————————— The issue of the constitutionality of SVP programs is a difficult one,both legally and politically. Because of the nature of sex offenders andsexually violent crimes, there is little to no public advocacy for the rights ofsex offenders. Much of the public wouldContinue reading “Commitment Through Fear: Mandatory Jury Trials and Substantive Due Process Violations in the Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders in Illinois”