Title: The Minnesota Sex Offender Program, explained | MinnPost
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The Minnesota Sex Offender Program, explained
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Briana Bierschbach

Content: As the name suggests, CPS is supposed to prepare clients to go back into the community. Clients get certain privileges there, including college-level classes and the ability to move around freely — under supervision — in a facility just outside the razor wire. How many people are in the program? As of June 30, there were 697 clients receiving treatment in MSOP. That’s a dramatic increase from 2000, when the program only treated about 150 offenders. Today, Minnesota commits more sex offenders per capita than any other state with a similar program. Support MinnPost by becoming a sustaining member today. Why so many? The large increase in the number of people civilly committed to MSOP can be traced back to a single event: The 2003 abduction and murder of North Dakota college student Dru Sjodin, who was killed by Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., a sex offender who had just completed a 23-year prison sentence.