VICTIM INFORMATION AND NOTIFICATION EVERYDAY (VINE) | NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES
80 South Swan Street, Alfred E. Smith Building, Albany, NY 12210
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Description
Anyone who wants notification of an inmate release can use a touch-tone phone to get information about inmates in the Department's custody and register for notification of the offender's release, escape, death, and/or participation in a furlough or temporary release (work release) program. Notification will not be provided when an inmate transfers from one state Correctional Facility to a different state Correctional Facility.
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NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES
The Division of Criminal Justice Services supports all facets of the state's criminal justice system. The agency provides direct training to law enforcement and other criminal justice professionals; oversees a law enforcement accreditation program; ensures Breathalyzer and speed enforcement equipment used by local law enforcement operate correctly; manages criminal justice grant funds; analyzes statewide crime and program data; provides research support; oversees county probation departments and alternatives to incarceration programs; and coordinates juvenile justice policy.
The agency also maintains criminal history records and fingerprint files and performs background checks for employment and licensure. The agency also administers the state's Sex Offender Registry; the Missing Persons Clearinghouse; the state's DNA Databank in cooperation with the New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center; and provides staff support to independently appointed commissions and councils, including the New York State Commission on Forensic Science, which monitors and accredits the state's forensic laboratories.