Sex Offenders In Prison

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ex offenders Sex Offenders and the Prison Program Christy Parmentier East Central College Intro to Corrections Hopefully when you are done reading this you will understand sex offenders and the mandated treatment they receive in prison. A sex offender is a person who has committed a sex crime. Most convicted offenders have convictions of a crime with a sexual nature (e.g. sexual assault, statutory rape, child sex abuse, rape, etc...), while some others have violated a law in a sexual category (e.g. sexting, corruption of a minor, etc.) In the United States a sex offender is required to register with a database that in most places is made public. They also can receive extra restrictions as far as things like housing (e.g. living by a park, daycare, school, etc….). In order to get out of prison at an early release date all convicted sex offenders must complete a sex offender program inside the prison. This program was designed to hopefully help the recidivism rate be lower.…show more content…
The director of the Department of Corrections is mandated (RSMo 589.040) to develop a program of treatment, education and rehabilitation for sexual assault offenders. By department policy, the successful completion of MOSOP is mandatory for a release prior to an inmate's sentence completion date. (Missouri Department of Corrections). They have also placed programs outside of the prison to help keep the offenders on track. The offenders who do not complete the program will have to serve their whole sentence, and not be let go before the release
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