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Thanks, Tom. The problem I have with Coe's time at McNeil is that he steadfastly refuses to acknowledge that he's done anything wrong, and he refuses treatment. At best, McNeil will, however non-punitively, simly be able to contain and manage a propensity for evil that Coe refuses to acknowledge.<br><br>Keely<br>http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/<br><br><br>> To: ophite@gmail.com; donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com; vision2020@moscow.com; fotopro63@hotmail.com<br>> From: thansen@moscow.com<br>> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:18:17 +0000<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Kevin Coe Didn't do his time<br>> <br>> Andreas stated:<br>> <br>> " . . . if we're going to treat it [civil commitment] as a civil adjunct <br>> to the criminal justice process, it has to be therapeutic rather than <br>> punitive."<br>> <br>> The McNeil Island Special Treatment Center falls under the purview and <br>> management of the Washington State Department of Social and Health <br>> Services, NOT the state correctional system.<br>> <br>> The treatment provided to resident patients of the center is detailed on <br>> their website at:<br>> <br>> http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/hrsa/scc/TreatmentProgram.htm<br>> <br>> Fukrthermore,<br>> <br>> "Each Special Commitment Center (SCC) resident has a right to an annual <br>> review hearing before the court of commitment to evaluate the resident’s <br>> progress in treatment. If the court finds that the resident has made <br>> progress to the point that the resident can be safely managed in the <br>> community, the court may order the resident’s conditional release to a <br>> less restrictive alternative(LRA) community placement."<br>> <br>> "Conditional Release" is explained on the center's website at:<br>> <br>> http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/hrsa/scc/ConditionalRelease.htm<br>> <br>> The "less restrictive alternative" is fukrther explained on the center's <br>> website at:<br>> <br>> http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/hrsa/scc/LRA.htm<br>> <br>> It is my impression that the McNeil Island Special Treatment Center is NOT <br>> the "Devils Island" you portray it to be.<br>> <br>> A brief history of McNeil Island is accessible from Wikipedia at:<br>> <br>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNeil_Island<br>> <br>> "It was named in 1841 by Charles Wilkes during the United States Exploring <br>> Expedition in honor of Captain William Henry McNeill of the Hudson's Bay <br>> Company. McNeill was at Fort Nisqually in 1841 and greeting Wilkes upon <br>> arrival in southern Puget Sound.<br>> <br>> The Robert A. Inskip expedition of 1846 named the island Duntze, after <br>> Captain John A. Duntze of the Royal Navy. In 1847, during the British map <br>> reorganization project, Henry Kellett restored the earlier name McNeil.[2]<br>> <br>> The United States government bought land on McNeil Island in 1870 and <br>> opened a federal penitentiary there in 1875. Its most famous inmate was <br>> probably Robert Stroud, the "Birdman of Alcatraz," who was held there from <br>> 1909 to 1912. By 1937 the federal government, which had been accumulating <br>> parcels of land adjacent to the penitentiary, had purchased all the land <br>> on the island and compelled its last residents to leave. Charles Manson <br>> was an inmate from 1961 to 1966 for trying to cash a government check.<br>> <br>> Washington state took over the penitentiary from the federal government in <br>> 1981. It is now called McNeil Island Corrections Center (MICC). The state <br>> claims, erroneously, that it has been a territorial, federal, and state <br>> prison. In fact it was never a territorial institution, the territorial <br>> penitentiary was first located at Seatco (now Bucoda), then relocated to <br>> Walla Walla (where it stands to this day as the state penitentiary). It is <br>> the only prison left in North America that is only accessible by boat or <br>> air. It is presently the site of the state's primary Special Commitment <br>> Center (SCC), where sexually violent predators are committed for treatment <br>> after completing their standard prison sentences."<br>> <br>> Granted, it isn't exactly Coronado Island (with its four-star hotel and <br>> amenities in southern California), but the Special Treatment Center is <br>> geared toward treatment, not punishment.<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow, Idaho<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ---------------------------------------------<br>> This message was sent by First Step Internet.<br>> http://www.fsr.com/<br>> <br>> <br><br /><hr />Stay organized with simple drag and drop from Windows Live Hotmail. <a href='http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_102008' target='_new'>Try it</a></body>
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