The Virginia program for long-term containment of sex offenders is facing a $26 million budget shortfall over the next two years because the types of crimes that qualify offenders for the civil commitment program have increased sevenfold.
Appropriations for the program have grown from $2.7 million in 2004 to $17.3 million in the last fiscal year.
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