Civil confinement
It has been suggested that this article be merged with Civil commitment of sex offenders in the United States . (Discuss) Proposed since October 2017. In the United States, civil confinement is a term for the formal legal process by which persons convicted of certain sexual offenses (generally violent sex offenders) may be subject to involuntary commitment upon completion of a prison sentence. Contents 1 Legal process 2 Controversy 3 References 4 See also 5 Further reading Legal process Although the exact details of the legal process may vary from state to state, the United States Supreme Court reviewed and upheld as constitutional a statutory process adopted in Kansas. See Kansas v. Hendricks , 521 U.S. 346 (1997). There, civil confinement proceedings could be initiated against "any person who has been convicted of or charged with a sexually violent offense and who suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder which makes the person likely to engage in the preda...