Cost of Holding Sex Offenders in Civil confinement

Lots going on here folks. Bad guys, actually very bad guys, and the cost of holding them. The community politic has been dancing around the issue of how to treat sex offenders for several years. The consensus up to now at 20 states is that after the convicted person's prison stay is over, then they must go to an after-service psychological location to solve the problems. Can't the prison do this, oh sorry it probably gets worse with what goes on there among men.

The NT Times (3/4/07 issue) did a cost breakdown for the states that have these Civil Commitment Programs ("CCP") and found that rehabilitation results have been poor, and that the costs are very rich, Doubts Rise as States Hold Sex Offenders After Prison, as reported by Monica Davey and Abby Goodnough.

The average annual cost per person committed at a CCP program was a minimum of twice as expensive to seven times as expensive versus the respective prison cost. I know doctors are expensive, but wow!

Now, I believe these are heinous crimes and that the offenders should be put away for a long time. Speaking today about New York state's newly passed law, State Senator Eric T. Schneiderman of Manhattan, said in reference to the plans for a CCP program, "If you’re honest about it, why don’t you just say you want life without parole for anyone who commits a serious sex offense?” Given the cost differentials, and the lack of viable solutions the existing programs provide, why not indeed?