July 18, 2011
State Auditor: Sex Offender Commitment Program Needs to be Streamlined
Our review of the state's Sex Offender Commitment Program (program) between January 2005 and September 2010 revealed the following:
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Corrections) sent more than 6,000 referrals each year from 2007 through 2010 to the Department of Mental Health (Mental Health) for evaluation as potential sexually violent predators (SVPs).
Many more offenders became potentially eligible for commitment to the program when California voters approved Jessica's Law (Proposition 83)—the law added more crimes to the list of sexually violent offenses and reduced the number of victims considered for this designation from two to one...
LINK - BSA.ca.gov
