The offender’s legal documents may specify that certain persons or agencies must be notified when the offender is released. The Release Notification screen records the names and addresses of those parties that must be contacted. (At the time of the offender’s release, a warning message appears if there are notifications that must be performed.)
To access this screen from the Main Menu, select Institutions Legal Orders Release Notif. Notification.
Query on the offender in the Header block.
Click Next Block to access the Release Dates block. The offender’s Possible Discharge Date is displayed.
Click Next Block to access the Notifications block, then complete the following fields:
Notify: List of Values available.
Agency: List of Values available.
Person: List of Values available. If the person is not in the List of Values, enter that person on the Persons screen. Then return and complete the Release Notification screen.
Comment: optional additional free-form text.
Click Save. The Status field now reads active. (This triggers the warning message at release mentioned above.)
If there is more than one entry, Click Insert Record to add another record.