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*[https://www.timesleader.com/news/1509002/life-sentence-for-edwardsville-man-convicted-of-child-pornography Life sentence for Edwardsville man convicted of child pornography]
*[https://texansagainstcivilcommitment.com/2021/08/29/long-weekend-protest-rocks-minnesotas-shadow-prisons/ Long Weekend Protest Rocks Minnesota’s Shadow Prisons]
:: In what attorneys believe to be the first in Pennsylvania, an Edwardsville man convicted by a Luzerne County jury of possessing child pornography was sentenced Friday to spend the rest of his life in state prison.<br> (Ed Lewis, Times Leader , US, August 27, 2021) <!-- Added 8-30-21-->
::Behind barbed wire fences a protest movement is swelling for an end to Minnesota’s Shadow Prisons, “treatment facilities” that detainees say are an unconstitutional death sentence. Nearly 800 people are held indefinitely outside of any criminal proceedings, after finishing prison sentences or without being convicted of a crime on civil allegations of being “mental ill” and “sexually dangerous”.<br> (murphey73, TACC, US, August 29, 2021) <!-- Added 8-30-21-->


*[https://reason.com/2021/08/12/texas-civil-commitment-sex-offenders-littlefield/ Former Staffers Condemn Cruel Treatment of Inmates at a Texan Prison for Sex Offenders]
*[https://reason.com/2021/08/12/texas-civil-commitment-sex-offenders-littlefield/ Former Staffers Condemn Cruel Treatment of Inmates at a Texan Prison for Sex Offenders]

Revision as of 22:25, 31 August 2021

Behind barbed wire fences a protest movement is swelling for an end to Minnesota’s Shadow Prisons, “treatment facilities” that detainees say are an unconstitutional death sentence. Nearly 800 people are held indefinitely outside of any criminal proceedings, after finishing prison sentences or without being convicted of a crime on civil allegations of being “mental ill” and “sexually dangerous”.
(murphey73, TACC, US, August 29, 2021)
For many men serving time for committing sex offenses in Texas, their prison term never really ends—even if they complete their sentence. That's because they're required to enter a live-in mental health facility before returning to society.
(Lenore Skenazy, Reason, US, August 12, 2021)