 State Civil Commitment Center:
Note: Notice they removed the word "Detention" the old pic is below.
Texas Civil Commitment Office (TCCO)
Biennial Report regarding the Texas Civil Commitment Office:
December 1, 2014 - November 30, 2016
December 1, 2012 - November 30, 2014
Commitment Laws:
Texas website link to laws -and-
Civil Commitment Of Sexually Violent Predators
Miscellaneous Information/Resource:
1) Office of Violent Sex Offender Management"
2) Texas Department of State Health Services
3) Policy & Procedure for Folks under Supervision
4) HIPAA See left column link
NOTE: Texas Civil Commitment is Different from Other States:
( Texas has adopted a different approach to civil confinements. Texas mandates treatment for offenders deemed sexually violent and at risk through intensive outpatient treatment. The Texas Department of State Health Services reports that the success rate for outpatient commitments is twice that of most inpatient commitments, largely because outpatient commitments allow offenders to transition back into the community.
In Texas, a person is deemed a sexually violent predator for purposes of commitment if the offender is a repeat sexually violent offender and suffers from a behavior abnormality that makes the person likely to engage in predatory acts of sexual violence.
Before an inmate's anticipated release date, a multidisciplinary team consisting in part of employees from the Texas Department of Mental Health and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice will assess whether or not the inmate is a sexually violent predator. If the inmate is assessed to be a sexually violent predator, a judge will conduct a trial to determine whether or not this assessment is correct. If the judge determines that the inmate is a sexually violent predator, the inmate must comply with outpatient confinement.
The confinement will continue until probable cause exists that the offender's behavioral abnormality has changed to the extent that he or she is no longer likely to engage in predatory acts of sexual violence. Violating any requirements of the confinement constitute a third-degree felony.)
Texas Prison Treatment: Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) consists of an eighteen-month intensive treatment program in a therapeutic community environment that allow offenders immediate feedback about their behavior and treatment progress (SOTP-18) and a nine-month moderate intensity program to assist sex offenders determined to pose a higher and more moderate re-offense risk respectively (SOTP-9). The programs involve three treatment phases employing a cognitive-behavioral model. The primary goal of the programs is to reduce the rate of re-offense and move the participants toward a more pro-social lifestyle.
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As of the date I'm writing this, 4-25-11, not one sex offender has ever been released from Civil Commitment in Texas. Also, after a change in law a few years back, all in confinement must reside in Harris County which is the Houston area. I love Texas...Texas hates me.
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Emmett, I have a cousion in civil commitment over a year now. Inmates are not allowed any contact what so ever,no mail in or out.How do you check on thier welfare.
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ReplyDeleteI know several so's and I am trying to find out as much info about civil committment as I can. I'm currently writing a paper designed to point out the flaws (and/or outright lies the state is trying to tell us) so that perhaps we can open a few eyes to what is really going on. Anyone who has first hand knowledge of the way civil commitment works or has a loved one being held on civil committment, please help me!!!! What little I know about civl committment bothers me tremendously.
Look at the General Appropriations Act for FY 2012 and FY 2013. The Legislature has only funded 139 treatment slots for 2013. For FY 2013 it has funded 169 treatment slots. So, what happens to everyone else? Since over 260 people have already been civilly committed all the rest of them will be violated and sent back to prison over nothing, since it's cheaper to imprison them, and there is no money to treat them.
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