(a)The department shall establish an automated
victim notification system that must do the following:
(1)Automatically notify a registered crime victim when a
committed offender who committed the crime against the victim:
(A)is assigned to a:
(i)department facility; or
(ii)county jail or any other facility not operated by the
department;
(B)is transferred to a:
(i)department facility; or
(ii)county jail or any other facility not operated by the
department;
(C)is given a different security classification;
(D)is released on temporary leave;
(G)has a change in the committed offender's expected date of
release from incarceration;
(H)is scheduled to have a parole release hearing;
(I)has requested clemency or pardon consideration;
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(a) The department shall establish an automated
victim notification system that must do the following:
(1) Automatically notify a registered crime victim when a
committed offender who committed the crime against the victim:
(A) is assigned to a:
(i) department facility; or
(ii) county jail or any other facility not operated by the
department;
(B) is transferred to a:
(i) department facility; or
(ii) county jail or any other facility not operated by the
department;
(C) is given a different security classification;
(D) is released on temporary leave;
(E) is discharged;
(F) has escaped;
(G) has a change in the committed offender's expected date of
release from incarceration;
(H) is scheduled to have a parole release hearing;
(I) has requested clemency or pardon consideration;
(J) is to be placed in a minimum security:
(i) facility; or
(ii) work release program;
or is permitted to participate in another minimum security
assignment; or
(K) dies during the committed offender's period of
incarceration.
(2) Allow a registered crime victim to receive the most recent
status report for an offender by calling the automated victim
notification system on a toll free telephone number.
(3) Allow a crime victim to register or update the victim's
registration for the automated victim notification system by
calling a toll free telephone number.
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), a sheriff responsible for the
operation of a county jail shall immediately notify the department if a
committed offender:
(1) is transferred to another county jail or another facility not
operated by the department of correction;
(2) is released on temporary leave;
(3) is discharged; or
(4) has escaped.
Sheriffs and other law enforcement officers and prosecuting attorneys
shall cooperate with the department in establishing and maintaining an
automated victim notification system.
(c) An automated victim notification system may transmit
information to a person by:
(1) telephone;
(2) electronic mail; or
(3) another method as determined by the department.
(d) The department shall provide the opportunity for a registered
crime victim to receive periodic status reports concerning the
committed offender who committed the crime against the registered
crime victim, including reports stating:
(1) the committed offender's projected date of release from
imprisonment;
(2) the facility where the committed offender is imprisoned; and
(3) the current security classification of the committed offender.
(e) A registered crime victim may choose to receive a status report
described in subsection (d):
(1) annually;
(2) quarterly;
(3) monthly; or
(4) when triggered by an event described in subsection (a)(1).