46-24-212. Information concerning confinement. - Montana Statutes

     46-24-212. Information concerning confinement. Upon 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 and of 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
     (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.

     History: En. Sec. 36, Ch. 125, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 203, Ch. 42, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 189, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 559, L. 2003.