Oklahoma § 57-513.2 - Notification of completion of sentence or discharge of

§ 57-513.2. Notification of completion of sentence or discharge of

inmate from custody.

The Department of Corrections shall notify the district attorney

or requesting law enforcement agency of the sentencing county

whenever an inmate completes his sentence or is otherwise discharged

from the custody of the Department, except those discharged under

the procedures and supervision of the Pardon and Parole Board. The

notification shall be on a monthly basis and shall be made within

ten (10) days following the month reported upon. The notification

shall include the names of those inmates released under the

provisions of the Oklahoma Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act,

Section 570 et seq. of this title. For the purposes of this

section, "sentencing county" shall mean the county from which the

inmate received the last sentence served prior to release but shall

not refer to any sentences received which include inmate status as

an element of the offense. Should the inmate be released from

concurrent sentences then each sentencing county district attorney

shall receive the notification. The district attorney shall

disseminate the information provided herein to any and all law

enforcement agencies deemed appropriate by the district attorney and

to any victim of the crime for which the inmate was convicted.

Notification shall be made to a victim by mailing the notification

to the last-known address of the victim, if such information is

requested by the victim. The district attorney shall not give the

address of the inmate to any victim of the crime for which the

inmate was convicted. The notifications required herein shall

commence within ten (10) days following the first full month

subsequent to the effective date of this act.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories

Added by Laws 1985, c. 112, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by

Laws 1987, c. 117, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1990, c. 105, § 3,

eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 276, § 6, emerg. eff. May 27,

1993.

§57-513.2a. Failure to give notification - Improper disclosure Immunity from liability.

Neither the Pardon and Parole Board, District Attorney's office,

Department of Corrections, nor their members, agents, servants or

employees shall be liable for any civil claim of damages, alleged to

have arisen from a failure to give any notice under this act, nor

from a disclosure of the whereabouts of any person who had been

convicted, paroled or pardoned.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 105, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.