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*[https:// | *[https://texansagainstcivilcommitment.com/2021/08/29/long-weekend-protest-rocks-minnesotas-shadow-prisons/ Long Weekend Protest Rocks Minnesota’s Shadow Prisons] | ||
:: | ::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] | ||
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- 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)
- 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”.
- 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)
- 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.
