Preventable Crime Project
https://preventablecrime.org/policy/blueprints/victim-notification-requirement
Victim Notification Requirement
Requires automatic notification to victims before a defendant's release, parole hearing, or sentence reduction.
Federal
Plain-language explainer
A victim should never learn their attacker was released from a news article or a chance encounter.
Model bill language
Section 1. The custodial agency shall provide written notice to the victim, or the victim's next of kin, not less than 30 days before any scheduled release, parole hearing, or sentence modification proceeding.
