Sex Offender Task Force Recommends More Alternatives to Confinement
The task force says Minnesota needs something between confinement and outright release—a problem emphasized by the disappearance of two sexual predators from Hopkins this fall.
A Sex Offender Civil Commitment Advisory Task Force is recommending a greater variety of housing options for sex offenders like those who garnered so much attention in Hopkins in September and October, according to a report the Minnesota Department of Human Services published Monday. Click on the PDF to the right to read the full report. Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson appointed 15 task force members to examine the state’s civil commitment process—a system in which sex offenders are held in secure treatment facilities after they’ve completed their system. The system has drawn criticism because almost no one has been released, culminating in a federal judge’s order in August for Jesson to convene a task force that could recommend…
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