How a Decades-Old Illinois Law Detains Some Convicted Sex Offenders Indefinitely
Under two different Illinois laws, people charged with sex offenses are subject to indefinite detention. More than 500 people are currently being held under the procedure known as civil commitment.
This story examines the law that continues to hold people after they’ve served their sentences, sometimes for decades. WTTW News also looked at the law that holds people who’ve only been charged with a crime — never convicted or sentenced.
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Now you know why they want to paper felony you for any little thing. The more chances they have to reevaluate you, the likelier you wind up lost in detainee hell forever.
WELL
I will tell you, I do not feel so bad now being on the registry for life. I can at least go to the store, visit my parents and more. Do I want off the registry? For God’s sake yes. But hearing many people around the U.S are in civil commitment, even after their sentence was up, makes me realize, no matter our situation, there is someone worse off.
Again, I am not saying I am ok being on the registry for decades, especially retroactively, but this article shows us, it could be worse. Does that mean I am settling for that, no. We strive for a goal and being free from registration, but like I said above, it could be us in their situation.
I like the dispassionate manner in which the reporter delivers her piece. The video seems incomplete, however. It asks the questions, but never adequately answers them.
You would think that warehousing would be a very dumb and expensive way to deal with sexual crime. I don’t know the subject’s situation, but there should be a viable pathway to rehabilitation for people.
This appears to be an unconstitutional shadow prison system meant to mask unjust detention under the pretense of “mental health treatment.”
Does florida have such facilities? If so should someone investigate? I find this disturbing. I’m Florida , I wait for the day someone knocks on my door and detains me for just being a PFR and held in some sort of concentration camp. It seems to be what Florida is going to aim for in the future
Yes, Florida has a civil commitment center.
The Jimmy Ryce civil commitment center