Title: Self Advocacy for Conditional Release Program (CONREP) | Disability Rights California
Headings: Self Advocacy for Conditional Release Program (CONREP)
Self Advocacy for Conditional Release Program (CONREP)
Self-Advocacy for CONREP
1. What is CONREP?
2. How Do I Get into CONREP?
(1) Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) Commitments
(2) Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGI) Commitments
Submitting Your Own Petition for Restoration of Sanity
What happens at my CONREP placement hearing?
(3) Mentally Disordered Offender (MDO) Commitments
CONREP as Condition of Parole
CONREP Following an Extension Hearing
(4) Mentally Disordered Sex Offender (MDSO) Commitments
(5) Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Commitments
3. How Does the Court Decide If I Should Be Placed on CONREP?
4. What Does CONREP Look for in Their Evaluations?
(1) Your recent behavior:
(2) Psychiatric medications:
(3) Your mental illness:
(4) Treatment progress:
(5) Social factors:
(6) Have you been in CONREP before? How did it go?
(7) Are you motivated and willing to participate in CONREP, and would you benefit from CONREP?
(8) The crime that put you in the hospital:
(9) How are your hygiene and grooming?
(10) How well have you cooperated during the CONREP interview?
(11) Do understand the terms and conditions of CONREP?
(12) Do you agree with CONREP’s terms and conditions?
(13) Do you have a wellness and recovery plan (WRAP) for community living?
(14) Should you be restricted from living near the victim or the victim’s family?
(15) What might CONREP ask me, my treatment team, clinical staff, my family, friends, victims, or the victims’ families?
5. What happens if I am approved for CONREP?
6. If the court denies me CONREP, can I appeal that decision?
7. What happens if the court releases me onto CONREP?
8. How long can I be kept on CONREP?
9. What kind of terms and conditions can be imposed on me by CONREP?
10. Can I challenge my conditions?
11. What is the process for review of my outpatient status?
12. Does time in CONREP count toward my maximum term of commitment?
13. Can I transfer to a different CONREP program?
14. How do I file a grievance against CONREP?
Level I Review
Level II Review
Level III Review
Level IV Review
15. How do I get off CONREP?
16. Can CONREP send me back to the state hospital?
17. What is the procedure for a revocation hearing?
18. What happens if my outpatient status is revoked?
19. Can I be put in the hospital or jail without a court hearing?
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Content: Welfare and Institutions Code § 6316 (a). If you have been committed to a facility as a MDSO, you may enter CONREP through the same procedures as discussed in the MDO section above. (5) Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Commitments
If you have been committed to a hospital as a SVP, you may petition the court for conditional release with or without the recommendation of the Director of State Hospitals. Welfare and Institutions Code § 6608 (a). You must first spend at least one year committed to a treatment facility before the court will hold a hearing on your petition. Welfare and Institutions Code § 6608 (f). At your hearing for c