How can a victim request notification of an inmates release from custody (including escape or parole)?
SDCL 23A-28C-2 requires that at the commencement of a criminal proceeding, the prosecutor shall advise the victim of their rights by first class mail. In order to take advantage of such rights, the victim shall advise the prosecutor of the desire to participate. A victim may choose to participate only in certain enumerated phases of the proceedings. A victim wishing to participate shall advise the prosecutor or the DOC of the place where notifications required under this chapter are to be made, and of any changes in the place of notification. A prosecutor receiving notification of a victim’s wish to participate shall keep record of that notification and most recent place of notification through the time of the defendant’s final discharge from the criminal justice system. If the defendant is sentenced to the state prison system, the prosecutor shall forward the information to the Department of Corrections and the Department of Corrections shall keep record of the request for notificatio
