Repeal Jessica's Law and California Welfare & Institutions Code, §6600

To:  California State Legislature & Governor Schwarzenegger

The California Welfare & Institutions Code, §6600 et seq. and the law commonly known as "Jessica's Law" are prohibitively expensive and impossible to implement. A mental hospital located in Coalinga, California was built primarily to house those sex-offenders targeted by W.I.C. §6600 at a cost of approximately $388 million and costs the state approximately $150 million per year to operate (approximately $200,000 per resident).





In-patient sex offender treatment has been demonstrated to be ineffective by empirical evidence. It does not lower recidivism. It has also been demonstrated to be ineffective in its stated goals in that it cannot even find housing for those individuals who have completed the treatment program. Meanwhile, there is a desperate shortage of treatment beds for legitimate mental patients across the State. The Act known as Jessica's Law is one for which it is impossible to calculate the true costs, and for which a means of implementation cannot be imagined.





The State of California is currently undergoing a fiscal crisis that threatens to close classrooms and cut entitlement programs that many in the State have come to depend upon. We, the below-signed persons, petition the Legislature to repeal the Welfare & Institutions Code §6600 et seq and the law commonly known as "Jessica's Law" for the above-reasons.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Repeal Jessica's Law and California Welfare & Institutions Code, §6600 Petition to California State Legislature & Governor Schwarzenegger was created by Friends & Family of California Civil Detainees and written by Allan Marshall (detainees@gmail.com).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.