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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/Forensicservices_and_programs/forensic_services/conrep/default.asp |title=ForensicDepartment of Mental ServicesHealth: 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.

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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>[http://www.pai-cadisabilityrightsca.org/pubs/517001550201.htmpdf‎Cached Disability Rights California: Questions and Answers about CONREP]</ref>

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