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California Has Difficulty Placing First Released Sexually Violent Predator by The California Department of Correc-tions (CDC) released its first civilly committed sexually violent predator (SVP) in August, 2003, after he had "graduated" from seven years of rehabilitation at Atascadero State Hospital (ASH), CDC's lockup unit for SVPs. A large public …
Washington Sex Offenders' Release Plans Must Be Processed by The Washington State Court of Appeals for Division 1 has held that the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) must process sex offenders' release plans, even if they are being referred for civil commitment as sexually violent predators. William Dutcher was a …
California Sexually Violent Predator's Recurring Habeas Claims Ruled Not Moot, But Nonetheless Merit by California Sexually Violent Predator's Recurring Habeas Claims Ruled Not Moot, But Nonetheless Meritless by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that because the two-year interval between recurring civil commitment trials for …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Washington SCC Injunction and Contempt Order Upheld by On February 26, 2003, U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein upheld an injunction and contempt order issued against the superintendent and clinical director of the Special Commitment Center ("SCC") at McNeil Island, Washington. The SCC houses former prisoners civilly committed as "sexually violent …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
PLRA Does Not Apply to Challenges to Civil Commitment by by Matthew T. Clarke The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the PLRA does not apply to challenges to conditions of confinement by persons detained under the Florida sexually violent predator program. Bryant S. Troville, a Florida civil …
Injunctive Relief Ordered to Fix ADA Violations in California Parole Hearings by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals upheld a December 1999 district court decision (USDC, N.D. Calif.) granting injunctive relief to the class of all California state prisoners and parolees having …
Sole Washington Woman Civil Commitment Taxes System by Lonnie Burton Since 1997, when a court deemed her too dangerous to live in society, Laura McCollum has remained the lone female prisoner at Washington's civil commitment center for sexually-violent predators on the grounds of the state's women's' prison near Purdy. McCollum, …
Sandin Applied to Wisconsin Sexual Offender Civil Commitment by In analyzing a district court's order finding Richard Thielman, a sexual offender civil committee, did not have a liberty interest from being restrained by waistchains, blackbox, and leg irons when being transported outside the Wisconsin Resource Center for medical treatment, the …
Article • January 15, 2003 • from PLN January, 2003
Less Restrictive Alternatives Must Be Considered in Washington Sex Predator Commitments by The Washington state Supreme Court, sitting en banc, held that the "equal protection clauses of the state and federal constitutions require that less restrictive alternatives (LRAs) to confinement be considered at . . . commitment trials" under RCW …
Supreme Court Upholds Forced Confessions in Kansas Sex Offender Treatment by Bob Williams In a 54 decision, the United States Supreme Court has decided that a convicted sex offender's Fifth Amendment privilege against compulsory selfincrimination is not violated by a treatment program that requires admitting to all past sexual behavior. …
Article • September 15, 2002 • from PLN September, 2002
Washington Sex Offender Therapist Fired for Sex Related Misconduct by Thomas Smith is again in hot water over his seemingly endless sexoriented misconduct. On February 12, 2002 he was fired from his therapist position at the Special Commitment Center (SCC) on McNeil Island near Steilacoom, Washington. He had "treated" civilly …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
Kansas Sexual Predator Civil Commitment Standards Refined by U.S. Supreme Court by The U.S. Supreme Court refined its earlier ruling that a sexually violent predator could constitutionally be civilly committed after his criminal sentence had been served by distinguishing sexual misbehavioral impairment classifications into those caused by an uncontrollable mental …
Placement of Homeless Persons with Severe Mental Illness in Supportive Housing, University of Pennsylvania, 2002 Culhane.qxd 5/28/02 10:26 AM Page 107 · Housing Policy Debate Volume 13, Issue 1 © Fannie Mae Foundation 2002. All Rights Reserved. 107 107 Public Service Reductions Associated with Placement of Homeless Persons with Severe …
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Indigent Sex Predator Gets Paid Expert Witness by The Ohio Supreme Court has held that an indigent defendant in a sexual predator classification hearing is entitled to an expert witness at state expense "if the court determines, within its sound discretion, that such services are reasonably …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
Wackenhut Searches for New Business by Wackenhut Searches For New Business In the 1990s, states couldn't build prisons fast enough. To keep up with the ever-increasing number of prisoners, many states turned to private prison companies like Wackenhut Corrections, Corrections Corporation of America, and Cornell Corrections. But the prison-building boom …
Washington Enacts Sweeping New Sentencing Laws, Creates Parole Board for Sex Offenders by Lonnie Burton Washington Governor Gary Locke recently signed into law the biggest changes to that state's sentencing laws since the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA) was established. The Bill, known formally as Third Engrossed Substitute Senate …
Article • November 15, 2001 • from PLN November, 2001
Washington's Island of Deviant Doctors by Roger Smith The McNeil Island Correction Center (MICC), located on McNeil Island near Steilacoom, Washington, has a long history of hiring misfits in its medical and psychological departments. In order to secure such a position it almost seems as though one must have drug …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Washington Sex Offenders Settle Suit for $150,000 by Washington Sex Offenders Settle Suit For $150,000 On January 22, 2001, Washington Special Commitment Center (SCC) officials settled two consolidated civil actions involving seven civilly committed Washington sex offenders. The sex offenders complained that they were not provided treatment for the psychological …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Washington Civil Commitment Injunction Upheld by The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the District Court's denial of a motion to dissolve an injunction requiring the Special Commitment Center (SCC) in Washington to bring its sexual deviancy treatment program within constitutional requirements. In 1994, Richard Turay, a …
Summary Judgment for Private Physician Reversed by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment to a private physician under contract with the county, holding that contract services provided to the county constituted state action. The court also held that qualified immunity was categorically …
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