What is civil commitment? Recent report raises visibility of this shadowy form of incarceration
Shadowy “civil commitment” facilities actually foster the traumatic and violent conditions that they are supposed to prevent.
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1/ Apparently, loneliness is a huge issue. Want to see how to build a community of people who support each other? Check out the people who have been convicted of sex offenses and people who love and support them. https://t.co/Kc610stg07
This is in fact a cage. A cage that we put incarcerated people in. A cage we put them in for many reasons but it should be known we put them in this cage when they are getting therapy. When they are talking about trauma… so yes, we put people in cages & that will never be ok…
Senator Perry and the Executive Director of Texas Civil Commitment, Marsha McLane, are working to pass bills that will allow TCCO to charge the men with felonies for contraband, meaning the men will go back to prison and then return to civil commitment and start over at tier 1.