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Shortcomings Cited at Virginia’s Civil Commitment Facility
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2010
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2010, page 12
by Matt Clarke
Filed under:
Discrimination,
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Staffing,
Civil Commitment.
Location:
Virginia.
The almost two-year-old, $62-million maximum-security Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation (VCBR) is still having start-up problems. Located in rural Nottoway County on 28 acres and opened in February 2008, VCBR is unable to retain staff and offers little in the way of rehabilitative treatment. The facility, which ...
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