Legal Resources | Penal Code | PC 3005
Article 1.5. Intensive Parole Supervision of Sex Offenders; Sex Offender Containment Act
(a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall ensure that all parolees under active supervision who are deemed to pose a high risk to the public of committing sex crimes, as determined by the State-Authorized Risk Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders, as set forth in Sections 290.04 to 290.06, inclusive, are placed on intensive and specialized parole supervision and are required to report frequently to designated parole officers. The department may place any other parolee convicted of an offense that requires him or her to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 who is on active supervision on intensive and specialized supervision and require him or her to report frequently to designated parole officers.
(b) The department shall develop and, at the discretion of the secretary, and subject to an appropriation of the necessary funds, may implement a plan for the implementation of relapse prevention treatment programs, and the provision of other services deemed necessary by the department, in conjunction with intensive and specialized parole supervision, to reduce the recidivism of sex offenders.
(c) The department shall develop control and containment programming for sex offenders who have been assessed pursuant to Section 5040 and shall require participation in appropriate programming as a condition of parole.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 337, Sec. 47.)