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| Report: Hundreds of Sex Offenders Released Without Completing Treatment in Prison |
| By kstp.com - Steve Teller |
| Published: 01/25/2013 |
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Hundreds of convicted sex offenders are ordered to complete treatment while in prison, but are released without doing so. And even the Minnesota Department of Corrections admits those convicts are more likely to commit another sexual crime once they're back on the street. "The department is very concerned about the risk of all sex offenders," said Steve Allen, the director of behavioral health sciences at the DOC. That concern was clear in a new DOC report presented to the legislature last week. It states that in Minnesota, there are about 1,800 sex offenders behind bars who are supposed to complete a treatment program before being released. But only one in three ever enter that treatment, let alone complete it. A 2010 DOC report showed those who are released before participating in treatment are about six percent more likely to commit another sexual crime. Read More. |
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