If the offender is in prison, this information includes:
• the name of the prison in which the offender is imprisoned
• details of his or her sentence
• when and why he or she is reclassified to Low Security
• how a Low Security classification affects home detention or day leave
• notification if the offender escapes from prison.

If the offender is serving a Community Service Order or Bond, you should be told (if you are recorded on the Victim Register):

• if the offender was ordered to undertake community service - whether the offender completed the community service; and,
• if the offender was subject to a bond - whether the conditions of the bond were complied with.

Further information on prisoners

When a prisoner is reclassified to Low Security, he or she will become eligible for certain programs. A prisoner on a leave program could be in the community, either accompanied or unaccompanied, for a limited time, under certain conditions. Leave could be granted for home detention, education, employment or other programs in preparation for returning to society.

Before a prisoner is able to participate in any of these pre-release programs, staff from the Department for Correctional Services will contact you. They will tell you what is involved in the proposed program(s). They will also discuss with you any conditions or restrictions that need to be made to the prisoner's leave. Your comments are very important in helping the Department for Correctional Services to decide the conditions under which a prisoner may have leave to go into the community. However, you do need to be on the Victim Register if you want the opportunity to have this information, and to comment on the Department's plans for the offender.

How to register

You can have your name placed on the Register by approaching the Victim Support Unit in the Department for Correctional Services (telephone 8226 9067). Only the Unit and the Parole Board have access to your Victim Register details. This ensures confidentiality. The person who committed, or is accused of committing, the crime cannot get hold of your Victim Register details.

Before you are listed on the Victim Register, the Department will check details of the offence with the police.

Certain emergency leaves may be granted to a prisoner at any security classification. For example, a prisoner may be granted leave under supervision to attend the funeral of a close relative. It may not always be possible to contact persons on the Register before such leave is granted.

Last Modified: 11 May, 2007
URL: http://www.voc.sa.gov.au