Va., AG wants more prison for sex offender CHESAPEAKE, Va., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The Virginia Attorney General's Office has asked to keep what it calls a "sexually violent predator" in custody beyond the sex offender's 25-year sentence. Reginald C. Artis, 48, is scheduled to be released from prison March 5, but Assistant Attorney General Erin Whealton has submitted a petition to have the man civilly committed to a facility operated by the state's Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reported Sunday. The AG's office called the man, who pleaded guilty in 1987 to forcible sodomy of a 17-year-old boy, a "sexually violent predator." Clinical psychologist Dr. Stephen C. Ganderson diagnosed Artis with a personality disorder, saying he has narcissistic, avoidant and had anti-social traits, the petition said. Artis' mother, Yvonne Brown," said her son should be allowed to return home, claiming "he's not dangerous." If Whealton's petition is granted, Artis would be locked up under the state's Sexually Violent Predator Program, created to keep those likely to re-offend in prison after they finish their criminal sentences, the newspaper said.