An unsolicited proposal has Virginia officials considering whether privatization is the best way to control the state's costly and rapidly expanding program to indefinitely detain sex offenders for treatment after they have completed prison sentences.
Companies have until June 2 to submit proposals to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, said spokeswoman Megan McGuire.
Meanwhile, a group of sex offenders being held at the Burkeville psychiatric facility says they might sue if the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation goes ahead with a plan to double-bunk residents to ease crowding.
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