Detained over reoffense concerns on McNeil Island, some face victimization
This segment includes discussion about sexual assault.
Washington state’s Special Commitment Center sits on McNeil Island in the Puget Sound. It’s operated by the Washington Department of Health and Social Services and houses about 150 people who were detained or committed there – sometimes for decades – after they committed acts of sexual violence.
It isn’t a criminal facility, but a civil one. There used to be a prison on the island but that closed in 2011.
Today, many of the people at the facility on McNeil have developmental or other disabilities…
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