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New York Sex Offender Commitment Proceedings Permitted against Unlawfully Detained

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2011

Filed under: Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Civil Commitment, News, State Legislation. Location: New York.

New York’s highest court held that the legality of a prisoner’s custody is irrelevant in ascertaining whether he or she is a “detained sex offender” in considering involuntary commitment of a prisoner under Article 10 of the Mental Hygiene Law.

That ruling came in cases involving two men convicted of …

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