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Just an article I found that is happening on Guam at this moment
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The Guam Legislature Thursday narrowly passed a bill for the creation of a pilot program to chemically castrate convicted sex offenders.
Chemical Castration for Sex Offenders Act passed 8-7, according to a release from the legislature.
The pilot program at the Department of Correction will screen and refer convicted sex offenders to undergo anti-androgen treatment, or chemical castration, one week before their release. The candidates will be those eligible for release on parole within six months.
The bill will be forwarded to the governor.
“Thank you to my seven colleagues for passing this measure. With the support of Governor (Eddie) Calvo, Guam will join seven other jurisdictions in the nation and will be the only territory in adopting chemical castration for sex offenders and pedophiles,” the bill's author, Republican Sen. Brant McCreadie said in a press release.
An amendment by Sen. Frank Blas Jr., established a sunset provision, giving the pilot program a 48-month period.
During deliberations on the bill Wednesday, Vice Speaker Benjamin J. Cruz expressed concern that such a measure could lead to other legislation based on the eye-for-an-eye punishment.
"Is there going to be a piece of legislation to cut out tongues, cut out hands?" he had said.
According to the legislature's Committee on Rules, senators who voted against Bill No. 99-33 were:
Sen. Tom Ada
Vice Speaker Benjamin J. Cruz
Sen. Tina Muña Barnes
Sen. Michael San Nicolas
Sen. Mary Torres
Sen. Nerissa Underwood
Speaker Judith Won Pat
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The Guam Legislature Thursday narrowly passed a bill for the creation of a pilot program to chemically castrate convicted sex offenders.
Chemical Castration for Sex Offenders Act passed 8-7, according to a release from the legislature.
The pilot program at the Department of Correction will screen and refer convicted sex offenders to undergo anti-androgen treatment, or chemical castration, one week before their release. The candidates will be those eligible for release on parole within six months.
The bill will be forwarded to the governor.
“Thank you to my seven colleagues for passing this measure. With the support of Governor (Eddie) Calvo, Guam will join seven other jurisdictions in the nation and will be the only territory in adopting chemical castration for sex offenders and pedophiles,” the bill's author, Republican Sen. Brant McCreadie said in a press release.
An amendment by Sen. Frank Blas Jr., established a sunset provision, giving the pilot program a 48-month period.
During deliberations on the bill Wednesday, Vice Speaker Benjamin J. Cruz expressed concern that such a measure could lead to other legislation based on the eye-for-an-eye punishment.
"Is there going to be a piece of legislation to cut out tongues, cut out hands?" he had said.
According to the legislature's Committee on Rules, senators who voted against Bill No. 99-33 were:
Sen. Tom Ada
Vice Speaker Benjamin J. Cruz
Sen. Tina Muña Barnes
Sen. Michael San Nicolas
Sen. Mary Torres
Sen. Nerissa Underwood
Speaker Judith Won Pat
Since the mid-1990's states have allowed, and in certain instances required, castration as a way of penalizing sexual offenders or as a condition to their release from custody. Table 1 shows castration laws by state.
Table 1: Castration Laws by State:( see https://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/rpt/2006-R-0183.htm for table and complete report)
"Proponents of castration argue that it is justified and appropriate. Specifically, they argue that using castration to control sex offenders' irresistible urges to rape or molest again allows them to be released without endangering the public.
Opponents argue that the side effects of chemical castration (e.g., life threatening blood clots and serious allergic reactions) are reason for avoiding it. Others have argued unsuccessfully that forced castration violates the protection against cruel and unusual punishment guaranteed by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution."
Sounds like a job for Prison guards at Abu Grebe (or maybe for the "psychiatrists in the CIA NON-Torture torture program?
BTW these are the states currently using this "method" Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Oregon, Montana, and Wisconsin followed California's lead and now allow treatment as punishment for certain sexual offenses. Florida, like California, makes treatment mandatory for repeat offenders. In all of these states treatment is a condition of release from custody and generally starts before the offender is released. In Louisiana, treatment is also a condition of sentence reduction or suspension.