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VICTIM SERVICES BRANCH KENTUCKY  DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTIONS  

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VICTIM SERVICES BRANCH (VSB) SERVICES

Management of the KY VINE Services

Assistance regarding offender status

Assistance to victims regarding harassment from an offender

Victim restitution assistance

Processing of written notification request

Prepare and guide victims through execution process

Process Victim Impact Statements and help with victim hearings

Statewide training for Criminal Justice Professionals

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• Intricate part of the Kentucky Department of Corrections 

1996

• Reorganized with a deeper focus on victims

2004

• The need for assistance does not stop once an offender has been sentenced, in fact it continues throughout an offender’s incarceration. We are committed to assisting victims and survivors through the duration of the offender’s incarceration and supervision.

Unlimited

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VICTIM DEFINED Per KRS 421.500

(1) As used in KRS 421.500 to 421.575, "victim" means an individual who suffers direct or threatened physical, financial, or emotional harm as a result of the commission of a crime classified as stalking, unlawful imprisonment, use of a minor in a sexual performance, unlawful transaction with a minor in the first degree, terroristic threatening, menacing, harassing communications, intimidating a witness, criminal homicide, robbery, rape, assault, sodomy, kidnapping, burglary in the first or second degree, sexual abuse, wanton endangerment, criminal abuse, or incest. If the victim is a minor or legally incapacitated, "victim" means a parent, guardian, custodian or court‐appointed special advocate. 

(a) If the victim is deceased and the relation is not the defendant, the following relations shall be designated as "victim" for the purpose of exercising those rights contained in KRS 421.500 to 421.575: 1. The spouse; 2. An adult child if subparagraph 1. of this paragraph does not apply; 3. A parent if subparagraphs 1. and 2. of this paragraph do not apply; 4. A sibling if subparagraphs 1. to 3. of this paragraph do not apply; and 5. A grandparent if subparagraphs 1. to 4. of this paragraph do not apply. 

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WHAT IS VINE? 

VINE is a free, anonymous, computer‐based service that provides victims and concerned citizens with two important services: information and notification.

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VINE HISTORY

Mary Francis Byron

December 6, 1972‐ December 6, 1993

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VINE FACTS

Data collected every 15 minutes from County jails and every 1 hour from DOC Free Services accessibly by phone, website and mobile app 24/7/365 Access Operator support for 195 languages User notifications by phone, email or text Protective Order and Court notifications available in some states Calls every 30 minutes until answered Calls confirmed with PIN Calls attempt to repeat for a 24 hour period without PIN entry

ONLINE

www.VINELink.com

MOBILE APP

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Offender Status• Custody Information • Notifications

Courts• Felony • Misdemeanor

Protective Orders• Notifications‐ Service and Attempt to purchase a firearm

• Hearing Reminders

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Kentucky VINE Services Brochure

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VINE Across the Nation

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VINELINK.COM 

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OFFENDER STATUS NOTIFICATION TYPES

General Release

Escape

Transfers

DOC Home Incarceration

Return to Custody               

Advance Release Notice

Court Order Release

Mandatory Re‐Entry Supervision

Furlough

Parole Eligibility

Death 

Shock Probation

Parole

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VINE COURTS

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VINE VPO

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WHO BENEFITS FROM USING VINE

Safety

Peace of mind

Planning

Information

Knowledge

Empowerment

Involved

Victims Criminal Justice Service Providers Public

• Family• Friends• Neighbors• Businesses• Schools 

• Safety

• Information

• Investigation

• Tracking

• Good PR

• Staffing 

• Safety

• Information

• Knowledge 

• Time Savings 

• Safety

• Information

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VINE INFORMATION HELPS OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PARTNERS

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WRITTEN NOTIFICATION

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KRS 197.170

197.170 Release of prisoner ‐‐ Parties to be notified ‐‐Means of providing notice 

(a) The wardens of the state penitentiaries upon the release of any prisoner or inmate from confinement shall immediately notify ….. 3. Any victim, as defined in KRS 421.500, who has requested that he or she be notified on release of a particular inmate who victimized him or her and who has forwarded a current address and telephone number to the Department of Corrections. (b) The notice shall give the residence of the person released and the name of the person to whom he or she was released. The provisions of KRS Chapter 202A notwithstanding, the Department of Corrections may release to the public the information that a petition to involuntarily hospitalize a prisoner has been filed concerning any inmate who is scheduled to be released from custody.

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NOTICE OF RELEASE REQUEST 

Victims as defined by KRS 421.500 must request in “writing” or complete the form.

The form can be found at www.Corrections.ky.gov

Form can also be provided by the Victim Services Branch

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VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTKentucky Parole Board 

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VICTIM HEARINGS

Victim Hearings are coordinated with the parole board

Held on Monday’s at the Justice building, Frankfort.

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• Victims’ Need to Feel Safe

• Victims' Need To Express Their Emotions

• Victims' Need To Know “What Comes Next” After Their Offenders Sentencing or Release

• What you can do:• Listen Carefully• Spend time with the victim• Offer your assistance, even if they haven’t asked for help• Give them time• Don’t take their anger or other feelings personally• Don’t tell them they are “Lucky it wasn’t worse” – traumatized people 

are not consoled by such statements• Tell them that you are sorry such an event has occurred to them• Get their information and forward to our office so we can assist them 

through the offender’s incarceration period

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Alexis Williams‐HallProgram Manager

Cristela ScanlonVictim Advocate III

Charlotte EllisVictim Advocate III

Kim CrewsVictim Advocate III

ONLINE

www.correctionsky.gov/victimservices

KY DOC Victim Services Branch1-877-687-6818

Contact Information  

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