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Unused funds prompt investigation
LTC Liability Monitor, June 2, 2004
In the wake of a lawsuit filed last week concerning the placement of sex offenders in a Minneapolis nursing home, state officials are investigating why funds earmarked to build a separate unit for prisoners remain unspent, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
$7.2 million appropriated in 2000 for the refurbishing of a unit at St. Peter Regional Treatment Center-effectively separating prisoners from other residents-is gathering dust as construction for the new unit has been inexplicably delayed. Instead, sex offenders were sent to Concordia Care Center, which the assistant corrections commissioner said marketed its specialized facility to the department, according to AP.
Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch filed the lawsuit alleging several sex offenders placed in the facility-unbeknown to staff and residents living in the facility-assaulted other residents and engaged in otherwise disruptive behavior.
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