The Department of Correction offers a 24 hour a day toll free hotline for victims in need of offender information.  The "Victim Offender Information Caller Emissary", or VOICE hotline, is a computerized system that allows victims to receive the latest information about the offender who committed a crime against them.

"VOICE" provides registered victims with the following:

• Offender's current location within the system
• Date the offender's sentence went into effect
• Sentence expiration date
• Date of parole eligibility
• Earliest date that an offender can be released under executive order for overcrowding (most violent offenders are excluded from this provision)

In order to register for the VOICE service, simply complete a Victim/Interested Party form.  The form can be faxed to (615) 741-1055, emailed to Victim.Notification@tn.gov or mailed to the following address:

Victim Notification Coordinator Tennessee Department of Correction 4th Floor, Rachel Jackson Building 320 6th Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0465

 

Victim/Interested Party Request for Notification (form):

pdf format - (print and complete)

Word 2003 format - (may be filled out online)

Once registered, the victims and their family members will be given a toll free number and their own Victim Personal Identification Number (VPIN) to receive updated information about the offender.

For questions about registering for VOICE or about your rights as a victim, feel free to send an email or call our Victim Services Director Sheryl DeMott at (615) 741-1000, ext. 8145 .

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