A New York Times series raising doubts about the success of so-called civil commitment laws (extending the incarceration of convicted sex offenders), has been picked up nationwide by bloggers. The stories outline the failures of civil commitment for providing treatment and rehabilitation to sex offenders, and the expansion of the sex-offender industry. Says the Journal News: “It is hardly enlightened to stereotype mentally ill people as criminals.”
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