{"data":{"id":"us-mt/46-24-212","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"46-24-212","heading":"Information concerning confinement.","body":"On request of a victim of a felony offense, the department of corrections or the board of pardons and parole, as applicable, shall:\n(1) promptly inform the victim of the following information concerning a prisoner committing the offense:\n(a) the custody level;\n(b) the projected discharge or parole eligibility date;\n(c) the actual date of the prisoner's discharge from confinement or parole, if reasonably ascertainable;\n(d) the time and place of a parole hearing concerning the prisoner, the victim's right to submit a statement to the board of pardons and parole or the hearing panel conducting a parole hearing under 46-23-202, and the victim's right under 46-23-215, 46-23-509, or 46-23-1011 to request a condition of parole or probation to require the prisoner to refrain from direct or indirect contact with the victim; and\n(e) the community in which the prisoner will reside after parole;\n(2) provide reasonable advance notice to the victim before release of the defendant on furlough or to a work-release program, halfway house, or other community-based program or correctional facility; and\n(3) promptly inform the victim of the occurrence of any of the following events concerning the prisoner:\n(a) an escape from a correctional or mental health facility or community program;\n(b) a recapture;\n(c) a decision of the board of pardons and parole;\n(d) a decision of the governor to commute the sentence or to grant executive clemency;\n(e) a release from confinement and any conditions attached to the release; and\n(f) the prisoner's death.","path":["TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 24. TREATMENT OF VICTIMS AND WITNESSES","Part 2. Services to Victim, Witness"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0240/part_0020/section_0120/0460-0240-0020-0120.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:58Z","sha256":"450e6eb862d98befd3472bf7b2ef5d1606614f1c5c98a6ebddd4f7cbfc6c576e","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/46-24-211","next":"us-mt/46-24-213"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}