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.
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