Minnesota counties to pay larger share of sex offender program costs
by Paul Demko
Published: August 24, 2011
Tags: Hennepin County, Jim Abeler, Keith Langseth, Mark Ostrem, Minnesota Sex Offender Program, Patricia Coldwell, Paul Beaumaster, Tony Cornish
The cost of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program has grown dramatically in recent years. In 2004 the program for detaining the state’s most dangerous sex offenders cost just $20.4 million. By 2012 that figure is projected to rise above $70 million.
