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Supreme Court: Inmates can be kept in prison indefinitely after their term
- pierrefar 17y agoMore from SCOTUS Blog: http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/05/todays-orders-and-opinions-12/ http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/05/todays-orders-and-opinions...
- pixelbath 17y ago"The Court upholds the law passed by Congress to order the civil commitment of a mentally ill federal prisoner who is a sex offender with the commitment to continue beyond the date the inmate otherwise would be released." The Washington Post article neglects to mention that this applies to mentally ill prisoners.