Section 3451 Of Title 2.05. Postrelease Community Supervision Act Of 2011 From California Penal Code >> Title 2.05. >> Part 3.
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. (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except for persons
serving a prison term for any crime described in subdivision (b), all
persons released from prison on and after October 1, 2011, or, whose
sentence has been deemed served pursuant to Section 2900.5 after
serving a prison term for a felony shall, upon release from prison
and for a period not exceeding three years immediately following
release, be subject to community supervision provided by the
probation department of the county to which the person is being
released, which is consistent with evidence-based practices,
including, but not limited to, supervision policies, procedures,
programs, and practices demonstrated by scientific research to reduce
recidivism among individuals under postrelease supervision.
(b) This section shall not apply to any person released from
prison after having served a prison term for any of the following:
(1) A serious felony described in subdivision (c) of Section
1192.7.
(2) A violent felony described in subdivision (c) of Section
667.5.
(3) A crime for which the person was sentenced pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 667 or paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c) of Section 1170.12.
(4) Any crime for which the person is classified as a high-risk
sex offender.
(5) Any crime for which the person is required, as a condition of
parole, to undergo treatment by the State Department of State
Hospitals pursuant to Section 2962.
(c) (1) Postrelease supervision under this title shall be
implemented by the county probation department according to a
postrelease strategy designated by each county's board of
supervisors.
(2) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall inform
every prisoner subject to the provisions of this title, upon release
from state prison, of the requirements of this title and of his or
her responsibility to report to the county probation department. The
department or probation department shall also inform persons serving
a term of parole or postrelease community supervision for a felony
offense who are subject to this section of the requirements of this
title and of his or her responsibility to report to the county
probation department. Thirty days prior to the release of any person
subject to postrelease supervision by a county, the department shall
notify the county of all information that would otherwise be required
for parolees under subdivision (e) of Section 3003.
(d) A person released to postrelease community supervision
pursuant to subdivision (a) shall, regardless of any subsequent
determination that the person should have been released to parole
pursuant to Section 3000.08, remain subject to subdivision (a) after
having served 60 days under supervision pursuant to subdivision (a).