Minnesota Sex Offender Treatment Program

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court decision that declared Minnesota's sex offender program unconstitutional because it holds people long after they complete their prison sentences.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal judge is expected to order changes to Minnesota's restrictive program for sex offenders this week, a long-awaited step for more than 700 who alleged the facilities were more like prisons.