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Redmond O'Neal, the son of actor Ryan O'Neal is shown in a photograph of his booking mug shot released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department on September 17, 2008, following his and his father's arrest Wednesday for possession of a controlled substance. The O'Neals were released after the posting of $10,000 bail, a sheriff's spokesperson said. (UPI Photo/Los Angeles Sheriff Department/Handout) 
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Published: May 21, 2009 at 5:59 PM

LOS ANGELES, May 21 (UPI) -- Redmond O'Neal has been moved to a jail specially equipped to serve drug offenders, a spokesman for the L.A. County Sheriff Department said Thursday.

O'Neal is the 24-year-old son of celebrity couple Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett. He was recently ordered to complete a 12-month rehabilitation program at his sentencing for probation violation and felony drug possession.

The younger O'Neal was transferred to the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic Wednesday afternoon where he will begin his "aggressive drug and alcohol rehabilitation program," Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore told Usmagazine.com.

"It is a jail," Whitmore added. "We have several jails in the south facility -- he is in a compound area of it."

O'Neal had been held at the Twin Towers prison in Los Angeles since early last month.

Topics: Farrah Fawcett, Redmond O'Neal, Steve Whitmore
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