All Departments Rows of razor wire surround the Martin Treatment Center in Indiantown where a resident can be seen shooting baskets in the recreation area. Serving their time and then some A controversial law has spawned a controversial treatment center for sex offenders who have already served out their prison sentences.
Defense attorneys call it a prison in disguise.
In a dusty corner of South Florida, corrections officers walk the perimeter of a squat building wrapped in silver razor wire. Heat shimmers off the little-traveled country road out front. A gator grunts in a nearby swamp, while behind tall fences, a man tosses a basketball under a guard's steady gaze. But inside, behind heavy metal doors, dormitories are decorated with plants and colorful paint. An NFL schedule is tacked to a bulletin board.