Description
This novel is about a guy named Vern who is hired to work at the Minnesota Sex Offender Reconditioning Center as a Therapy Guard. He is surrounded by rapists and child molesters in a secure psychiatric facility. He is assigned to work on the Behavior Modification Wing, where the most dangerous and unpredictable men reside. In this stressful environment Vern and his co-workers use humor and reason in attempt to talk some sense into these mentally ill and dangerous men. Hardly an ideal workplace, Vern begins to adapt to his new surroundings before he learns that he is under investigation. His professional conduct was challenged by a rapist, so the administrators decided to investigate Vern based on a psychopath not being happy with his job performance. Vern continues to work on the other wings where he learns the scope of silliness in this facility. He discovers that therapy has never been the goal of the program.
Minnesota civilly commits more sex offenders per capita than any of the twenty other states which have such programs. When patients come close to graduating through the program, the state changes it and moves the goalposts. The annual cost per offender is $120,000.