In Sontag v. Ward, 789 A.2d 778 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2001), petition for allowance of appeal denied, 569 Pa. 713, 805 A.2d 528 (2002), the Court rejected a claim by an inmate, who had pleaded no contest to misdemeanor sex offenses, that the Department of Corrections improperly was attempting to force him to admit his guilt in a sex-abuser's program in violation of his right against self-incrimination. The Court disagreed, noting that "a plea of nolo contendre is to be treated the same as a guilty plea. Commonwealth v. Hayes, 245 Pa. Super. 521, 369 A.2d 750 (Pa. Super. 1976)." Sontag, 789 A.2d at 780.