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Dennis Benson, MSOP Executive Director Jannine Hbert MA, LP, MSOP Executive Clinical Director Robin Vue-Benson,

MSOP Legal Manager

20 Years of Sex Offender Civil Commitment


PP Law: Used sporadically Functioned often as diversion from sending to prison Surge in commitments: Substantial increase in commitments MSOP separated from State Operated Services Facility expansion Concern over financial costs

Special Session: Established SDP/ SPP categories

Pre-1990

Early 1990s

1994

1994-2002

2003-2011

2012

Setting the Stage: PP law used post-prison DOC screening practices changed Commitments increase 1994 PP law upheld in 4-3 Minn. Supreme Court decision (Blodgett)

Challenges to Commitment: Linehan series of cases in state courts Hendricks & Crane Linehan 8th Circuit (2002)

What now?

Current Issues
Responding to the 2011 report, Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders,: by the Office of the Legislative Auditor
Focus on reintegration path for Alternative Clients Operationalizing and measuring treatment and outcomes Collaborating on state-wide continuum of treatment and management of sex offender

Separating and clarifying civil commitment language

20 States, plus DC (Federal), with Sex Offender Civil Commitment Programs

SPP/SDP Referrals from DOC to Counties


235

170 145

170 150 151 114 124 88

58 43 19 20 32 30 8 13 14

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Data Source: Minnesota Department of Corrections

Dec '03

2011

Minnesota Counties from which MSOP Clients have been committed As of Jan. 2012

Minnesota Sex Offender Program


Facility Sites

MSOP

Moose Lake

St. Peter

Minnesota Sex Offender Program


Moose Lake Main:
(150 capacity)

Six 25 bed units Mentally ill Young Adult unit Assisted Living unit Behavioral unit Phase 2-Conventional Program units

Moose Lake Complex 1:


(400 capacity)

Two 98 bed wings, Three 68- bed wings Non participants, Conventional programming, holds/admissions

MSOP/DOC site
50 bed program

Minnesota Sex Offender Program


St. Peter:
Pexton and Shantz Buildings Six 28-36 bed units
(capacity 184)

Alternative Program
and

Reintegration
MSOP Supervised Integration (MSI) Community Preparation Services (CPS)

Minnesota Sex Offender Program


Currently 34 Clients

Admissions Moose Lake

Currently 468 Clients

Phase I & II
Phase I =342 (64%) Phase II=126 (24%) Currently 24 Clients

MH screener &
Referral Assessment & Treatment Plan Intro to MSOP Treatment Readiness

Phase III St. Peter

Currently 10 Clients

Managing Behaviors Skills Acquisition Demonstrated Change Core / Psycho Ed Groups Phallometric , Polygraph

Maintain Change Maintenance Plan Development Phallometric, Polygraph Privileges GPS Monitoring

Community Preparation Services (CPS) St. Peter


Reside outside Secure Perimeter Community Based Programming Polygraph

Provisional Discharge Discharge

REINTEGRATION
As of 01.01.2012

Minnesota Sex Offender Program


Length of Stay
Under 3 Years 25% Over 10 Years 22%

7 to 10 Years 18%

3 to 6 Years 35%
January 2012

Contact Information
Web: www.dhs.state.mn.us/msop Phone: 651.431.5800 Shelia M. Brandt, Psy.D., LP Legislative & Stakeholder Relations Director Shelia.m.brandt@state.mn.us 651.431.5877

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