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Former North Dakota State Psychologist Who Treated Sex Offenders Busted for Child Porn
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2009
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2009, page 25
Facing a sentence ranging from 5 to 30 years, Joseph Belanger, a North Dakota psychologist who treated sex offenders at the State Hospital in Jamestown, was sentenced on January 28, 2009 to 84 months in federal prison on child pornography charges, plus lifetime supervision following his release.
Filed under:
Medical Misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution,
Mental Health,
Sex Offender Treatment.
Location:
North Dakota.
Belanger, 61, had …
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