Sec. 18-81e. Notification of victim of release of inmate from correctional facility.
Sec. 18-81e. Notification of victim of release of inmate from correctional facility. (a) For the purposes of this section, "victim" includes the legal representative of the
victim or a member of the deceased victim's immediate family.
(b) Upon the release of any person from a correctional facility, whether at the scheduled termination date of a determinate sentence or prior to such date on account of the
transfer of such person to a public or private nonprofit halfway house, group home or
mental health facility or approved community residence pursuant to section 18-100, the
reduction of such sentence due to good conduct and obedience to rules or receipt of an
outstandingly meritorious performance award, or any other early release provision, the
Commissioner of Correction or his designee shall notify any victim of the crime for
which such person is incarcerated of such person's release if such victim has requested
notification and provided the commissioner with a current address.
(P.A. 85-566, S. 3; P.A. 88-278, S. 2; P.A. 95-152, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 88-278 added provision in Subsec. (b) re release of person prior to scheduled date as result of prison
overcrowding emergency, transfer to halfway house, group home, mental health facility or community residence, reduction
of sentence due to good conduct or meritorious service award or other early release provision; P.A. 95-152 amended
Subsec. (b) to delete the provision re the release of a person on account of "the declaration of a prison overcrowding
emergency pursuant to section 18-87f", reflecting the repeal of said section by the same public act.
See Secs. 54-226 to 54-231, inclusive, re procedure for notification of victim when inmate seeks release or is scheduled
to be released from correctional institution.