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22-3727. Secretary of corrections; prior to release, information tovictims.Prior to the release of any inmate on parole, conditionalrelease, expiration of sentence or postrelease supervision, if an inmate isreleased into the community under a program under the supervision of thesecretary of corrections, or after the escape of an inmate or death of aninmate whilein the secretary of corrections' custody, the secretary of corrections shallgive written notice of such release, escape or death to any victim of theinmate's crime who isalive and whose address is known to the secretary or, if the victim isdeceased, to the victim's family if the family's address is known to thesecretary. Such notice shall be required to be given to the victim or thevictim's family only if the inmate was convicted of any crime in article 33,34, 35 or 36 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated. Failure to notifythe victim or the victim's family as provided in this section shall not be areason for postponement of parole, conditional release or otherforms of release.
History: L. 1993, ch. 166, § 7; July 1.
