MSOP: Behind Barbed Wire - Full Investigative Series By Northern News Now

Описание: Parts 1, 2, and 3 included. 1 second of black between all 3 parts.

Series Description:
Recent violent assaults on staff inside the Minnesota Sex Offender Program in Moose Lake in the past year is sparking a closer look into the controversial treatment program. Anchor Laura Lee investigates the claims made by some clients inside MSOP who say they are being given life sentences for crimes they have already served. In a 3-part series, Lee goes inside the high-security facility and talks to clients who say they are losing hope, some are going to extensive lengths to get out including committing murder. She also talks to numerous former staff members and some current, who wish to remain anonymous, who claim the program is corrupted and they were forced to alter scores to keep sex offenders in the program. She also travels to the state capitol to question the Department of Human Services in charge of the program and review the statutes of the current law. Lee also sits down with legal experts who argue that the $112 million used to fund the program can better serve the community in other ways to prevent sexual violence and she challenges why Minnesota is an outlier when it comes to civil commitment in the country.

Investigative Reporter: Laura Lee
Photojournalist/Editor: Alex Laitala

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