Sec. 54-227. Notification of Office of Victim Services and Victim Services Unit within Department of Correction by inmate or sexual offender seeking release or other relief.
Sec. 54-227. Notification of Office of Victim Services and Victim Services Unit
within Department of Correction by inmate or sexual offender seeking release or
other relief. (a) Any inmate who makes an application to the Board of Pardons and
Paroles or the Department of Correction for release other than a furlough from a correctional institution, who applies to the sentencing court or judge for a reduction in sentence
pursuant to section 53a-39 or who applies to the review division for a review of sentence
pursuant to section 51-195, shall notify the Office of Victim Services and the Victim
Services Unit within the Department of Correction of such application on a form prescribed by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator. Notwithstanding any provision
of the general statutes, no such application shall be accepted unless the applicant has
notified the Office of Victim Services and the Victim Services Unit within the Department of Correction pursuant to this subsection and provides proof of such notice as part
of the application.
(b) Any person who files an application with the court to be exempted from the
registration requirements of section 54-251 pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of said
section and any person who files a petition with the court pursuant to section 54-255
for an order restricting the dissemination of the registration information or removing
such restriction shall notify the Office of Victim Services and the Victim Services Unit
within the Department of Correction of the filing of such application or petition on a
form prescribed by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator. Notwithstanding any
provision of the general statutes, no such application or petition shall be considered
unless such person has notified the Office of Victim Services and the Victim Services
Unit within the Department of Correction pursuant to this subsection and provides proof
of such notice as part of the application or petition.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, the Board
of Pardons and Paroles, sentencing court and sentence review division may make available to the Office of Victim Services and the Victim Services Unit within the Department
of Correction direct access to records in their custody, including computerized criminal
history record information, for the purpose of performing said office's and department's
duties regarding victim notification.
(P.A. 91-389, S. 2, 12; P.A. 92-153, S. 9; P.A. 93-310, S. 21, 32; P.A. 96-97, S. 3; P.A. 01-211, S. 3; P.A. 04-234, S.
2; P.A. 05-146, S. 2; Jan. Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-1, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 91-389, S. 2 effective April 1, 1992; P.A. 92-153 added phrase "other than a furlough"; P.A. 93-310
changed "commission on victim services" to "office of victim services", effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 96-97 added Subsec.
(b) permitting Board of Pardons, Board of Parole, sentencing court and sentence review division to allow Office of Victim
Services direct access to records; P.A. 01-211 amended Subsec. (a) to require the inmate to also notify the Department of
Correction of such application, added new Subsec. (b) to require any person who files an application to be exempted from
the registration requirements of Sec. 54-251 or who files a petition pursuant to Sec. 54-255 for order restricting dissemination
of registration information or removing such restriction to notify the Office of Victim Services and the Department of
Correction of the filing of such application or petition and to prohibit the consideration of such application or petition
unless such notice has been given and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and amended to allow the Department
of Correction direct access to records in the custody of the specified agencies; P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Pardons and
Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-146 specified that the notice under
Subsecs. (a) and (b) should be given to, and the records under Subsec. (c) made available to, the "Victim Services Unit"
within the Department of Correction; Jan. Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-1 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes, effective
January 25, 2008.