Last week, Gov. Eliot Spitzer and other state leaders reached an agreement on a civil confinement bill that would make it easier to keep sex offenders locked up even after their prison terms end. Under the new measure, mental health experts would screen those up for release to determine the likelihood of a repeat offense. Depending on their findings, the issue would go before a jury, and a judge would make the final decision between confinement and supervision. In addition, those convicted of crimes sexual in nature would undergo mandatory counseling, both during and after imprisonment. A new office of sex offender management would oversee the entire process. The program is expected to cost taxpayers a total of $80 million a year. In February, City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. pushed a new proposal that would classify flashers—in addition to rapists and child molesters—as sex offenders and change the classification of public lewdness from a B to an A misdemeanor, which would increase the maximum jail time from 90 days to one year. It remains to be seen how psychiatrists will assess these dangerous sexual predators under the new civil confinement bill.