. >> for 11 years psychiatrist c.j. boydas worked with the mentally disordered offenders here at atascadero. >> we have three years to get you out to a conditionally released program. get you out to straight parole because you've done really, really well, or you don't do well and we can extend you involuntarily at the end of the parole. >> what do employers look for? tommy? >> the knowledge and the skill involved or the task involved. >> it is rare for this group of patients to stay at atascadero for more than 14 months. >> okay. any other criteria that the employer is going to look for? >> even though most of them have a long history of violent crimes, about half of the so-called mentally disordered offenders will be released. >> to make this law work, the patients have to get good treatment here and get the kind of treatment they would get if they were not here and where the medications really well is a skill and a art. >> without medication, most of the patients here would not be able to function much less control the vio