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Iowa SOTP Requirement Does Not Violate Fifth Amendment
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2012
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2012, page 24
The Iowa Supreme Court has held that prison officials do not violate the Fifth Amendment by depriving convicted sex offenders of earned-time sentence reductions when they refuse to participate in a sex offender treatment program (SOTP) that requires them to admit their guilt.
Filed under:
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Disciplinary Hearings,
Self Incrimination,
Good Time,
Sex Offender Treatment.
Location:
Iowa.
On March 21, 2006, Iowa resident Robert ...
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