Conditional Release Program: Difference between revisions

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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.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=yes }}</ref>

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

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==External links==

*[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]