What can a victim or family member of a victim do to insure they will be notified when someone comes up for parole consideration?
The Parole Board does not automatically know who the victims or the victims representatives are or where they are located. However, a victim or the victims representative can request to be placed in our victim notification program. To do this they need to contact the Parole Board office and request the victim notification program form or download it here, then fill it out and return it to our office. Once a name is on file, approximately 20 days prior to the time that the offender is to be considered for parole that person will receive a letter from our office telling them the date, time, and place of the parole hearing. See Title 57 O.S. 332.2. The Department of Corrections also has a victim notification program that notifies people when someone moves to a different facility or discharges their sentence and leaves prison. A victim or a victims representative can enroll in both programs by completing one form. The Parole Board sends out approximately 150 notification letters per month.
