STATE PLAN TO MONITOR SEX OFFENDERS GOES BEYOND DETENTION

New guidelines and procedures announced by Governor Eliot Spitzer and legislative leaders on Thursday for confining sex offenders who have completed prison sentences go well beyond detaining the most violent predators.  The law, which would be one of the most far-reaching of its kind in the country, would also provide mental health treatment to inmates while they are jailed or confined and impose supervision and treatment after their release.

(Albany, New York)