More Interesting Points about Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders

I know I have already written about this, but I have been doing some additional research, and I cannot digest the amount of money that states put into civil confinement of sex offenders. The Department of Justice reports that there are almost 4000 sex offenders in civil confinement at a cost of $700 Million per year. Take it a step further and assess one time costs for facility construction, and we can annualize it to at least $1 Billion year over the next ten years, assuming that no more offenders are committed. For that kind of money, they might as well rent out a resort in the Carribean, put up some fences, and just send them all there.

Or maybe, states might consider taking just a small share of that money and hiring the best forensic psychologists and researchers to come up with a better plan. That wouldn't be so unreasonable.