'Left to die': Therapists say Texas sex offender treatment program too often fails on purpose
'Left to die': Therapists say Texas sex offender treatment program too often fails on purpose FacebookTwitterEmail Steve Gonzales, Staff / Houston Chronicle Texas’s civil commitment program for sexually violent offenders has earned a reputation as an unforgiving place. Much of that is by design. Each of the 378 men in it has already served his full prison term, some 20 years or longer. After their sentences were up, Texas evaluated them as too likely to re-offend, however, so they were ordered kept locked up indefinitely until ready to rejoin the free world. Their average age is nearing 60....