(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal plans to propose a new law that would let Louisiana confine sex offenders beyond their prison sentences, by involuntarily placing them in mental health facilities for treatment. Jindal says he wants to have a proposal for lawmakers when they return for a regular legislative session that begins in April. The governor says the goal is to have the toughest laws in the nation that protect children. More than a dozen other states have similar civil commitment laws for sex offenders.
Jindal pushing for law to hold sex offenders longer
By The Associated Press
December 4, 2008