The Special Commitment Center at McNeil Island. Lui Kit Wong Tacoma News Tribune The Washington State Attorney General’s Office has filed a petition seeking to civilly commit a Whatcom County man, who was set to be released from prison Thursday, indefinitely to an island for sex offenders. Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a petition Tuesday, Sept. 3, in Whatcom County Superior Court requesting a Whatcom County judge detain 38-year-old Jake J.