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WA Civil Commitment Ruling Published

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2000 published in Prison Legal News December, 2000, page 8
Filed under: Mental Health, Civil Commitment. Location: Washington.
In the September, 2000 issue of PLN we reported on a ruling by Judge William Dwyer of Seattle who held the Washington Special Commitment Center in contempt for failing to provide treatment and transitional release housing for civilly committed "sexually violent predators." The court's ruling was recently published at: Turay …

 

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