§ 244.47 — Victim Input
Plain-Language Summary
When an inmate is eligible for earned incentive release credits for a serious crime, the commissioner must try to notify the victim. Victims can share concerns about the inmate's possible early release, raise safety issues, and ask for safety measures to be added as conditions of imprisonment or release. The commissioner must consider all victim input when setting release conditions.
244.47 VICTIM INPUT.
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Subdivision 1.Notifying victim; victim input.
(a) If an individual is committed to the custody of the commissioner for a crime listed in section 609.02, subdivision 16, and is eligible for earned incentive release credit, the commissioner must make reasonable efforts to notify the victim that the committed individual is eligible for earned incentive release credit.
(b) Victim input may include:
(1) a summary of victim concerns relative to eligibility of earned incentive release credit;
(2) concerns related to victim safety during the committed individual’s term of imprisonment; or
(3) requests for imposing victim safety protocols as additional conditions of imprisonment or supervised release. §
Subd. 2.Victim input statements.
The commissioner must consider victim input statements when establishing requirements governing conditions of release. The commissioner must provide the name and telephone number of the local victim agency serving the jurisdiction of release to any victim providing input on earned incentive release credit.
History:
History: History:
2023 c 52 art 12 s 10