Connecticut § 18-78b - Victim Services Unit. Duties and responsibilities.
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§ 18-78b. Victim Services Unit. Duties and responsibilities.
Sec. 18-78b. Victim Services Unit. Duties and responsibilities. There is established a Victim Services Unit within the Department of Correction. The duties and responsibilities of the unit shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Receiving notices pursuant to section 54-227 from inmates applying for release or sentence reduction or review, persons applying for exemption from the registration requirements of section 54-251 and persons filing a petition for an order restricting the dissemination of registration information or removing such restriction pursuant to section 54-255, (2) receiving requests for notification from victims of crime or members of an inmate's immediate family pursuant to section 54-228, and receiving notices of changes of address from victims pursuant to said section, (3) receiving requests for notification from prosecuting officials pursuant to section 54-229, and (4) notifying persons pursuant to section 54-230a who have requested to be notified pursuant to section 54-228 or 54-229.
(P.A. 05-146, S. 7.)
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