The Department of Corrections shall establish a statewide automated victim information and notification (SAVIN) system that will do the following: Automatically notify a registered victim via their choice of telephone, letter, or email when any of the following events affect an offender housed in the Department of Corrections or any county jail in the state: […]
Participation in the SAVIN program and making offender and case data available on a timely basis to the SAVIN program will satisfy the Department of Corrections’, sheriff’s, and prosecuting attorney’s obligation to notify the crime victim of an offender’s custody status and the status of the offender’s upcoming court events.
The Department of Corrections must ensure that the offender information contained within the automated victim notification system is updated frequently enough to timely notify a crime victim that an offender has been released, has been discharged, or has escaped. However, the failure of the automated victim notification system to provide notice to the victim does […]
Law enforcement officers shall cooperate with the Department of Corrections in establishing and maintaining the automated victim notification system.
The Department of Corrections shall administer the automated victim notification system. The cost of administering the system must be paid with appropriations made to the department and from federal grants and contracts. There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Statewide Victims’ Information and Notification System Fund. The […]
