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FL - Is Florida holding sex offenders in legal limbo?

Original Article 12/12/2010 By Todd Ruger DeSOTO COUNTY - At a state sex-offender treatment center outside Arcadia, hundreds of inmates who completed their prison terms are held until they receive sufficient treatment to learn to control their criminal behavior. But some convicted pedophiles and rapists who fight their commitment under the "Jimmy Ryce (PDF)" law can find themselves stuck there indefinitely, in a legal no-man's-land. The sex offenders do not receive treatment until a judge declares them a danger to society and orders an official commitment to the center. But the commitment process can take years, even though the law calls for that trial to happen within 30 days. So there they sit, held as "pre-trial detainees," not getting counseling or mental health treatment they may need to get better and someday be set free...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on December 13, 2010 (boomark / email).