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Castration bill
passes the Senate
RICHMOND, VA. — The Senate passed a substitute bill this past week requiring state agencies to study the feasibility of castration as part of. treatment for violent sexual offenders on conditional release.
The bill, proposed by Sen. Emmett W. Hanger (R-Mount Solon) passed 31-7 with two senators abstaining to vote. The bill requires the Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services to examine the possibility of physical and chemical castra- - tion for convicted, violent, sexual offenders.
Hanger said he created the bill to save money on current institutionalized treatment for convicted sex offenders.
“I was looking for a much more effective treatment program,” Hanger said. “If you put someone in a facility for 10 years at $150,000 per year, you’ve got $1.5 million in 10 years on just one individual
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