§ 46-24-212 — Information Concerning Confinement

46-24-212 . Information concerning confinement. On request of a victim of a felony offense, the department of corrections or the board of pardons and parole, as applicable, shall:
(1) promptly inform the victim of the following information concerning a prisoner committing the offense:
(a) the custody level;
(b) the projected discharge or parole eligibility date;
(c) the actual date of the prisoner's discharge from confinement or parole, if reasonably ascertainable;
(d) the time and place of a parole hearing concerning the prisoner, the victim's right to submit a statement to the board of pardons and parole or the hearing panel conducting a parole hearing under 46-23-202 , and the victim's right under 46-23-215 , 46-23-509 , or 46-23-1011 to request a condition of parole or probation to require the prisoner to refrain from direct or indirect contact with the victim; and
(e) the community in which the prisoner will reside after parole;
(2) provide reasonable advance notice to the victim before release of the defendant on furlough or to a work-release program, halfway house, or other community-based program or correctional facility; and
(3) promptly inform the victim of the occurrence of any of the following events concerning the prisoner:
(a) an escape from a correctional or mental health facility or community program;
(b) a recapture;
(c) a decision of the board of pardons and parole;
(d) a decision of the governor to commute the sentence or to grant executive clemency;
(e) a release from confinement and any conditions attached to the release; and
(f) the prisoner's death.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 36, Ch. 125, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 203, Ch. 42, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 189, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 559, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 113, L. 2015.