1174.4
. (a) Persons eligible for participation in this alternative
sentencing program shall meet all of the following criteria:
(1) Pregnant women with an established history of substance abuse,
or pregnant or parenting women with an established history of
substance abuse who have one or more children under six years old at
the time of entry into the program. For women with children, at least
one eligible child shall reside with the mother in the facility.
(2) Never served a prior prison term for, nor been convicted in
the present proceeding of, committing or attempting to commit, any of
the following offenses:
(A) Murder or voluntary manslaughter.
(B) Mayhem.
(C) Rape.
(D) Kidnapping.
(E) Sodomy by force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of
immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another person.
(F) Oral copulation by force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of
immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another
person.
(G) Lewd acts on a child under 14 years of age, as defined in
Section 288.
(H) Any felony punishable by death or imprisonment in the state
prison for life.
(I) Any felony in which the defendant inflicts great bodily injury
on any person, other than an accomplice, that has been charged and
proved as provided for in Section 12022.53, 12022.7, or 12022.9, or
any felony in which the defendant uses a firearm, as provided in
Section 12022.5, 12022.53, or 12022.55, in which the use has been
charged and proved.
(J) Robbery.
(K) Any robbery perpetrated in an inhabited dwelling house or
trailer coach as defined in the Vehicle Code, or in the inhabited
portion of any other building, wherein it is charged and proved that
the defendant personally used a deadly or dangerous weapon, as
provided in subdivision (b) of Section 12022, in the commission of
that robbery.
(L) Arson in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 451.
(M) Sexual penetration in violation of subdivision (a) of Section
289 if the act is accomplished against the victim's will by force,
violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily
injury on the victim or another person.
(N) Rape or sexual penetration in concert, in violation of Section
264.1.
(O) Continual sexual abuse of a child in violation of Section
288.5.
(P) Assault with intent to commit mayhem, rape, sodomy, oral
copulation, rape in concert with another, lascivious acts upon a
child, or sexual penetration.
(Q) Assault with a deadly weapon or with force likely to produce
great bodily injury in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 245.
(R) Any violent felony defined in Section 667.5.
(S) A violation of Section 12022.
(T) A violation of Section 18745.
(U) Burglary of the first degree.
(V) A violation of Section 11351, 11351.5, 11352, 11353, 11358,
11359, 11360, 11370.1, 11370.6, 11378, 11378.5, 11379, 11379.5,
11379.6, 11380, or 11383 of the Health and Safety Code.
(3) Has not been sentenced to state prison for a term exceeding 36
months.
(b) Prior to sentencing, if the court proposes to give
consideration to a placement, the court shall consider a written
evaluation by the probation department, which shall include the
following:
(1) Whether the defendant is eligible for participation pursuant
to this section.
(2) Whether participation by the defendant and her eligible
children is deemed to be in the best interests of the children.
(3) Whether the defendant is amenable to treatment for substance
abuse and would benefit from participation in the program.
(4) Whether the program is deemed to be in the best interests of
an eligible child of the defendant, as determined by a representative
of the appropriate child welfare services agency of the county if
the child is a dependent child of the juvenile court pursuant to
Section 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(c) The district attorney shall make a recommendation to the court
as to whether or not the defendant would benefit from the program,
which the court shall consider in making its decision. If the court's
decision is without the concurrence of the district attorney, the
court shall specify its reasons in writing and enter them into the
record.
(d) If the court determines that the defendant may benefit from
participation in this program, the court may impose a sentence of
imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 with the
recommendation that the defendant participate in the program pursuant
to this chapter. The court shall notify the department within 48
hours of imposition of this sentence.
(e) The Director of Corrections shall consider the court's
recommendation in making a determination on the inmate's placement in
the program.
(f) Women accepted for the program by the Director of Corrections
shall be delivered by the county, pursuant to Section 1202a, to the
facility selected by the department. Before the director accepts a
woman for the program, the county shall provide to the director the
necessary information to determine her eligibility and appropriate
placement status. Priority for services and aftercare shall be given
to inmates who are incarcerated in a county, or adjacent to a county,
in which a program facility is located.
(g) Prior to being admitted to the program, each participant shall
voluntarily sign an agreement specifying the terms and conditions of
participation in the program.
(h) The department may refer inmates back to the sentencing court
if the department determines that an eligible inmate has not been
recommended for the program. The department shall refer the inmate to
the court by an evaluative report so stating the department's
assessment of eligibility, and requesting a recommendation by the
court.
(i) Women who successfully complete the program, including the
minimum of one year of transition services under intensive parole
supervision, shall be discharged from parole. Women who do not
successfully complete the program shall be returned to imprisonment
pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 where they shall serve
their original sentences. These persons shall receive full credit
against their original sentences for the time served in the program,
pursuant to Section 2933.