Chemical Castration Mandatory for Sex Offenders Under New Guam Bill

Sex offenders on parole would be forced to undergo
chemical castration under a bill passed by a split Guam
legislature this week.
The “Chemical Castration for Sex Offenders Act” was
passed by an 8-7 vote in the island’s senate.
Pending a signature of the nation’s governor, the bill would
require sex offenders on parole to undergo hormone
treatments to eliminate their libido.
“The purpose of the program is to reduce the risk of
reoffending after release or post-prison supervision by
providing certain persons convicted or sex crimes, who are
deemed medically appropriate for the supervision program,
with hormone or anti-androgen, such as
medroxyprogesterone acetate, each year,” the bill states.
The parolee would also be required to pay for the castration
process under the pilot program, which would last four
years.
“It’s an important message; it’s a message that we as a
body will not support this type of crime any more,” said Sen.
Brant McCreadie, according to a report in USA Today. “It’s a
stern, loud-and-clear message to any offenders out there
that there’s going to be consequences.”
Fifty-three sex offenders are currently serving prison time
on the U.S. island territory, according to the newspaper
report.