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The 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 Servicesof State Hospitals: Forensic Conditional Release Program (CONREP) |accessdateaccess-date=20072013-1012-0927 |archiveurlarchive-url= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/2004121115590320131228112323/http://www.dmhdsh.ca.gov/Forensicforensics/conrepCONREP.asp |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.

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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://web.archive.org/web/20041211155903/http://www.dmh.ca.gov/Forensic/conrep.asp |archivedate=2007-07-25}}</ref> It was mandated as a state responsibility by the Governor's Mental Health Initiative of 1984 and began operations on January 1, 1986.

==Details==

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* Mentally Disordered Offenders can placed in CONREP by the Board of Prison Terms instead of the court.

* Offenders found "[[not guilty by reason of insanity]]" can be placed in CONREP by filing a petition for restoration of sanity and winning at the hearing.

* Offenders found "not guilty by reason of insanity" or "[[incompetent to stand trial]]" 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- offender]]s.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}

==External links==

*[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]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

[[Category:Mental health organizations in the United States]]

*[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]

[[Category:Law enforcement organizations]]

[[Category:Mental health organizations based in the United StatesCalifornia]]

[[Category:1986 establishments in California]]