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Thom Little Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 10:15 PM
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Sexual predator program under fire by lawmakers
State officials are trying to come up with a strategy for dealing with what they call “the worst of the worst” criminal offenders — sexual predators.

A recent audit shows the number of offenders committed to the sexual predator treatment program has increased by 144 percent since 2001, and costs have increased 480 percent to approximately $7.8 million per year. The forecast is for continued exponential growth.

But lawmakers are questioning what, if anything, the state is getting from this investment.

“This is a group that may never change its perception of what is proper,” state Rep. Jan Pauls, D-Hutchinson, said recently of sexual predators.


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