Title: Special Commitment Center - Wikipedia
Headings: Special Commitment Center
Special Commitment Center
Contents
History
Controversy
Commitment process
Facilities
Total Confinement Facility
Secure Community Transition Facility in Pierce County
Secure Community Transition Facility in King County
Lawsuits by residents
See also
References
External links

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Special Commitment Center
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The Special Commitment Center (SCC) in the state of Washington is a post-sentence treatment institution for people designated as sexually violent predators, located on McNeil Island . Civil commitment is the subject of controversy because it allows the involuntary civil confinement of a sex offender after he or she has fulfilled the court's sentence. Contents
1 History
2 Controversy
3 Commitment process
4 Facilities
4.1 Total Confinement Facility
4.2 Secure Community Transition Facility in Pierce County
4.3 Secure Community Transition Facility in King County
5 Lawsuits by residents
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
History
Washington State's 1990 Community Protection Act was meant to address limitations in involuntary-commitment law and institutions by allowing indefinite, involuntary civil commitment of violent sexual offenders who meet specified criteria. The previous system managed only short-term treatment of persons with serious mental disorders—with the intent of quickly returning them to the community. The Act uniquely applies to violent sexual offenders who meet the less stringent criteria of a personality disorder or mental abnormality which is believed to make them likely to offend again. Under this law, "sexually violent predators" are defined as people with a history of sexually violent crime and "personality disorders and/or mental abnormalities which are unamenable to existing mental illness treatment modalities and those conditions render them likely to engage in sexually violent behavior", targeting strangers, or establishing relationships specifically for the purpose of victimization, if released into the community. " Mental abnormalities" and "personality disorders" typically refer to DSM-IV diagnoses, which are established through structured interviews with the subject. The Special Commitment Center was established in April 1990 to manage those committed under the Act. In the beginning, the SCC managed only six people; that number grew at a rate of about 22 persons per year.