25
January
AFTER TIME SERVED, MORE TIME (Bill: Hospitalize sex offenders)
Saying that women and children need protection from sexual predators inclined to strike again once they are released from prison, Assemblyman Steven Labriola, a Massapequa Park Republican, is calling for passage of a civil confinement law that would keep high-risk offenders locked up even after serving their sentences. The bill would keep sex offenders who are most likely to re-offend and who have great difficulty controlling their behavior confined in mental institutions until they are deemed rehabilitated. Labriola said the bill would affect a small portion of the offenders in