Minnesota’s Civil Commitment center at Moose Lake, where certain persons required to register as sex offenders are indefinitely detained for “treatment” after the expiration of their sentence, reported their third death from COVID-19. Two other “clients” died last month.
The Moose Lake facility was featured by the PBS News Hour in a 2016 feature entitled, “Inside Minnesota’s sex offender facility, where no one has ever been released” and has been one of the more controversial centers among the already controversial civil commitment practice.
20 states, including Florida, have laws known as “civil commitment”, which grants the State the ability to deem someone an ongoing threat and keep them locked up indefinitely, even after their sentences are completed. The detention is under the guise of “treatment” though very little treatment takes place at these facilities, which are often operated by private, for profit, entities. So long as an individual remains locked up, the for-profit operator continues to make money off them.
Even though the “clients” at Moose Lake completed their sentences, they remain locked up, and currently because of COVID, are not even permitted to receive any visitors. Not punishment, right?
This is nothing new. Its wrong in every way yea. But the The American government will slaughter 10s of thousands of american lives in the name of peace with war. Look at WW2. They would say that 50k-100k in casualties are not that bad and were acceptable estimates to win the war and bring peace. And the actual number is casualties were much higher. So I know its so very wrong what they do with this civil commitment. But they just don’t seem to care. And untill they can be stopped. It will continue to kill people in whatever way they deem necessary. Politician’s think they have a right to make laws that determine our very life and death. And to some degree they are correct. Welcome to America.
There are some countries like Norway, Sweden, Denmark and a few others who have programs to get people back to productive lives after their sentences, no matter the charges.
Having said that, the more and more anti-transitional the U.S becomes, other countries are starting to mirror us. Heck WE (The U.S) started the idea of Sex offense registries, and now they are numerous other countries following suit.
There is already and International Megan’s law which pretty much ended most of us from enjoying an overseas vacation with our families. Back when I was able to afford it, I traveled once a year, and even then, back in the early 2000’s, I was still held at U.S customs for hours, usually missing my flight home.
Basically what I am saying is, we move (or gain) two steps forward and the Government wins the chess game with 5 steps back.
If I didn’t have a wife and Children I’d have left the USA many years ago. Iv been in several other countries back in the 90,s beofre the registry started. I traveled to sevral other countries with a felony with zero isuues beofre IML. Iv seen other wonderful places I’d gladly live. But to uproot my family and try to start over now at 47. Just not a great idea.
I live in fear like many of you. But im working with my attourney now in a removal petition that’s looking fairly doable. Its only been 31 years since the offence. Clearly im a dangerous individual lol.
Two other “clients” died last month.
What? Yes, all the “civil commitments camps” like Auschwitz, everyone was upset about each death of each “clients” also.
The people who are doing this are just very sick, twisted people. They need to be held accountable.
I will never understand how civil commitment is constitutional…once a sentence it proscribed, its done. Or so I was taught. This is tantamount to death sentences.
Bill
Well the same thing can be said about the registry. I know we have more freedom than those civilly committed, but we also had something added to us “AFTER the fact”. my Charges are from 1991 and the registry wasn’t imposed in Florida until 1997.
The gist of the matter is, the more they get away with, with no rulings otherwise from a judge, the more they will make life a living Hell for us. Surprised we don’t have to walk around with sandwich boards attached to our chest with our charges listed on the front and back.
http://chriskrych.blogspot.com/2020/12/public-curiosity-in-re-gov-walz-house.html
I’ve been hosting a blog on behalf of one of the civilly committed persons at Moose Lake for a while now. I asked him to write me something about the COVID issue, this is what he sent.
damn!
AND once again, another “NON punishment, “NON” punitive extension of our sentences. Such BS. If they want us that bad, let us all go and round up those who re-offend.
The ones who are really sick are going to re-offend. The ones who made mistakes and own it, will do just what we have been doing, being our best selves in spite of being held down.
To sentence someone to say, 5 years, then after their sentence is over, hold them for eons in a commitment center with no real chance of being let go (Think money, funding and padding officials pockets) is corruption at the highest level.
Is the madness ever going to stop? It is many years past due!. They will go to hell for what their doing!. We have paid our dept to society they wil pay also sooner or later!!.