P. v. Williams CA1/2
Proposition 36, enacted by the voters in 2000, generally prohibits the incarceration of nonviolent drug offenders and mandates that they instead initially receive substance abuse treatment. (See Prop. 36, as approved by voters, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 7, 2000), §§ 2(b), 3(a); Pen. Code, §§ 1210.1 [probation], 3063.1 [parole]. ) Some offenders are excluded from its protections, however, including “[a] parolee who refuses drug treatment as a condition of parole.” (§ 3063.1, subd. (b)(3).)
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