LEGAL 391S Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Prison Abolition Movement, Involuntary Commitment, Chemical Castration
22 Feb 2019
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Sex offender registries (sors) and accompanying community notification laws are the newest facet of our expanding prison nation in the united states. Civil commitment laws, enacted in over a dozen states by 2008 and upheld by the supreme court in a 2005 decision, aim to geographically detain and segregate certain categories of sex offenders, indefinitely, after release. In iowa, convicted sex offenders cannot reside within 2,000 feet of schools or places where children congregate, thus effectively prohibiting anyone on the sor from living in an urban center. In some states prisoners lose their parental rights. Gays, lesbians, and non-gender-conforming queers are still often perceived as sexual deviants who are "unfit to teach. Prior to the u. s. supreme court"s 2003 six to three decision in lawrence & garner v. state texas ruling anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional, sodomy, or simply the intent to perform it, was still a crime in many states.
