Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Persons
James, Nathan / Thomas, Kenneth R / Foley, Cassandra![Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Persons](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/392/3925192/CHSBZCOP033925192.jpg)
The 109th Congress passed legislation that allows the federal government to civilly commit "sexually dangerous persons". Civil commitment, as it relates to sex offenders, is when a state retains custody of an individual, found by a judge or jury to be a "sexually dangerous person" by involuntarily committing the person to a secure mental health facility after the offender's prison sentence is done. In 1990, the state of Washington passed the f...