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The U.S. Department of Justice is examining New York’s civil commitment program for sex offenders, according to a report in the Albany Times-Union. The paper says the investigation was started after a Justice Department attorney spoke with a man confined at the Central New York Psychiatric Center. Interviews the paper conducted with men confined there … Continue reading Justice Department examining NY civil commitment of SO’s
Courthouse News Service reports on a case in New York that’s drawing scrutiny to the use of so-called “therapeutic polygraphs” for sex offenders. Richard Llanga Moran challenged the use of the polygraph as a condition of his supervised release. The therapist he meets with regularly has found Llanga Moran “forthcoming and engaged in sessions,” but … Continue reading Polygraph therapy scrutinized in child porn case
A New York court is taking state prison officials to task for policies that allow sex offenders to remain locked up long past their release dates. The case in question involved a man, in prison for second-degree rape, who remained locked up four months after he was to have been released — due to residency … Continue reading Court blasts NY officials for holding SO’s past release date
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