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The forensic '''Conditional Release Program''' ('''CONREP''') is the California Department of State Hospitals' statewide system of community-based services for specified forensic patients.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dsh.ca.gov/forensics/CONREP.asp |title=Department of State Hospitals: Forensic Conditional Release Program (CONREP)] |access-date=2013-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228112323/http://www.dsh.ca.gov/forensics/CONREP.asp |archive-date=2013-12-28 |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.

==Details==

CONREP patients are typically young males (77% are 18–44 years old) with severe [[mental disorder]]s (66%) who have committed violent felonies (85%). Common ways for offenders to be placed in CONREP include:

* Mentally Disordered Offenders can be 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.disabilityrightsca.org/pubs/517001.htm |title=Disability Rights California: 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 |dead-url-status=yesdead }}</ref>

Prisoners can only be transferred to CONREP after being deemed no longer dangerous and released to outpatient status.

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*[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 wrongfully incarcerated for 20 years and finally released]

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