By Sam Stanton
sstanton@sacbee.com
A 33-year-old career burglar from Sacramento who won medical parole earlier this month has been returned to custody after his behavior in a long-term care facility made it clear that he no longer qualified for the new parole program, officials said today.
Peter Post, who was serving a 31-year sentence for first-degree burglary out of Sacramento County, became the first inmate under the new program to be returned to custody after officials determined his condition no longer made him qualified for the program, corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said.
Post won medical parole under a new state law on Nov. 3 and was sent to a long-term care facility in San Diego County. By Nov. 5, however, parole agents warned that Post had been making lewd gestures to nurses at the facility and two days later he was transferred to a secure facility where he will be guarded along with other ill inmates.
Post will undergo a new medical exam to determine whether the Board of Parole Hearings should again consider him for medical parole or have him remain in custody.
The medical parole program is designed to save the state millions of dollars by allowing the release to long-term care facilities of inmates who are medically incapacitated and deemed not to pose a threat to the public.
So far this year, 27 inmates have been considered for medical parole and 24, including Post, have had it granted.
Post's return to custody was made under a portion of the law that allows such a move if an inmate's condition improve to the point that they may pose a threat.
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