The forensic ''' Forensic Conditional Release Program''' ('''CONREP''') is the [[California ]] Department of MentalState HealthHospitals' s statewide system of community-based services for specified forensic patients.<ref>{{ citeCite web |url=http://www. dmhdsh.ca.gov/ Forensicforensics/ conrepCONREP.asp |title= ForensicDepartment of State ServicesHospitals: Forensic Conditional Release Program (CONREP) | accessdateaccess-date= 20072013- 1012- 0927 | archiveurlarchive-url= httphttps:// 72web. 14archive. 253.104org/ search?q=cache:DSlSL9T6su8Jweb/20131228112323/http: //www. dmhdsh.ca.gov/ Forensicforensics/ conrepCONREP.asp +ConReP&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a | archivedatearchive-date= 20072013- 0712- 2528 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was mandated as a state responsibility by the Governor's Mental Health Initiative of 1984 and began operations on January 1, 1986.▼{{Orphan|date=January 2008<!-- Automatically added by User:SoxBot. If this is an error, please contact User:Soxred93 -->}}
▲The '''Forensic Conditional Release Program''' ('''CONREP''') is the [[California]] Department of Mental Health's statewide system of community-based services for specified forensic patients.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dmh.ca.gov/Forensic/conrep.asp |title=Forensic Services: Forensic Conditional Release Program (CONREP) |accessdate=2007-10-09 |archiveurl= http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:DSlSL9T6su8J:www.dmh.ca.gov/Forensic/conrep.asp+ConReP&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a |archivedate=2007-07-25}}</ref>
==History==
Mandated as a state responsibility by the Governor's Mental Health Initiative of 1984, the program began operations on January 1, 1986.
==Details==
CONREP patients are typically young males (77% are 18-4418–44 years old) with severe [[mental disordersdisorder]]s (66%) who have committed violent felonies (85%). Common ways for offenders to be placed in CONREP include:
* Mentally Disordered Offenders can placed in CONREP by the Board of Prison Terms instead of the court.
* Offenders found Not"[[not Guiltyguilty Byby Reasonreason of Insanityinsanity]]" can be placed in CONREP by filing a petition for restoration of sanity and winning at the hearing.
* Offenders found Not"not Guiltyguilty Byby Reasonreason of Insanityinsanity" or Incompetent"[[incompetent to Standstand Trialtrial]]" because of a serious felony must spend six months in a state [[mental hospital]] before transfer to CONREP.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.pai-cadisabilityrightsca.org/pubs/517001.htm Questions|title=Disability andRights AnswersCalifornia: FAQs about CONREP] |access-date=2013-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502124954/http://www.disabilityrightsca.org/pubs/517001.htm |archive-date=2013-05-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Prisoners can only be transferred to CONREP after being deemed no longer dangerous and released to outpatient status.
==Difficulties==
The CONREP programs have been under investigation by a variety of Federal and State agencies for [[abuse]] of its patients. Ranging from food and housing problems, to falsifying of legal documents. The average patient may be in the CONREP program for 20 years, or even for the rest of their lives. The program has recently been in the news for its treatment of convicted multiple [[sex-offenders offender]]s.{{FactCitation needed|date=October 2007}}
*[http://www.ncrj.org/Rodriguez/Long.html Elizabeth S. Thompson, Ph.D Tells her story of a patient in her care who was wrongfullly incarcerated for 20 years and finally released] ▼CONREP contractors are a scam and call themselves Non Profits Organisation. They lie on court reports and keep their clients indefinitely. Their standard phrase on court reports are "he is not dangerous as long as he is under our supervision"
They are a drain on the limited resources that is budgeted for Department of Mental Health and a burden on Social Security funds by keeping patients indefinitely, whereby making the patients become dependent on SSI benefits who finally lose interest in getting back into the workforce. Why would a person go to work for minimum wage when he gets the same amount for doiong nothing. There is no oversite on the evaluation of their patients and are not working in the interest of rehabilitating the patients. Dept of Mental Health funds could be better used to serve the more severely Mentally Ill than those who are in CONREP, period. To verify these comments, go to the source- Patients at CONREP Los Angeles.< REVOKED Patients at Patton State Hospital, </ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Mental health]] ▼▲*[ https://web.archive.org/web/20070928094653/http://www.ncrj.org/Rodriguez/Long.html Elizabeth S. Thompson, Ph.D Tells her story of a patient in her care who was wrongfulllywrongfully incarcerated for 20 years and finally released]
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