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Victim-services office asks committee to make notification opt-in; attorney general warns of constitutional and safety risks
Summary
A dispute over how victims receive custody and release notifications surfaced in committee: the Department of Corrections’ victim-services team urged changes to make notifications sent only when victims request them; the Attorney General’s office cautioned the change could conflict with Marsy’s constitutional rights and leave victims uninformed.
The House Judiciary Committee considered House Bill 1061, which proposes edits to statutes governing victim notifications and the state’s automated notification system. Charlie Hedden of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s victim services team requested changes to three subsections to ensure victims would receive movement, hearing and release notices only if they asked to receive them.
Hedden said his office regularly fields requests from victims who asked that notifications stop because receiving movement or release notices retraumatizes them. He asked the committee to amend current…
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