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New York’s Sex Offender Civil Commitment Program Proves Expensive, Problematic

by Matt Clarke

At an annual cost of $175,000 per civilly-committed sex offender, New York’s civil commitment program is the second most expensive in the country (Washington state is first at a cost of $177,000 per prisoner). As of December 2010, the more than $40 million-per-year program, which has the ...

 

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