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MA: Town scrambles as 70 inmates register to vote

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Town scrambles as 70 inmates register to vote Civilly committed act on court ruling Boston Globe By Christine Legere, Globe Correspondent | October 1, 2008 BRIDGEWATER - More than 70 sex offenders and substance abusers from the local correctional facility have registered to vote here next month, following a recent court ruling that civilly committed prisoners are eligible to participate in elections. The decision, which affects inmates who have finished their prison terms but remain committed for other reasons, has officials scrambling in this college town that hosts a psychiatric hospital, substance abuse center, and prison all under the authority of the state Department of Correction. The Superior Court ruling stemmed from a case filed in 2004 by inmate William Stevens, who was civilly committed to the Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater because he was considered sexually dangerous...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 08, 2008 (boomark / email).