If you’ve experienced a violent or sexual crime (including domestic and family violence) or you’re worried for your safety, you may be eligible for the Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) Victims Register.
The Victims Register can give you information about an adult offender according to the Corrective Services Act 2006 (CSA).
If you feel unsafe or are the victim of a violent or sexual offence, including domestic and family violence, you may be able to register with the Victims Register.
The Victims Register supports those affected by crime by providing important details about the individual that harmed them, like their sentence and release dates.
You may want someone else to receive this information for you. This can be a family member, friend or a support person.
You can apply to join the Victims Register once the individual’s court matters and sentencing are finalised.
The individual will not be informed of your registration.
If you’re not sure if you’re eligible, contact us for more information.
Visit corrections.qld.gov.au and search for ‘Victims Register’.
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants, we must consider a person who is regarded as an immediate family member under Aboriginal tradition or Island custom.
If your application is approved, we will send you (or your nominee) correspondence to confirm your registration as an eligible person.
In it, we will outline the sentence, release date, parole eligibility dates and location of the person you are registered against. It will also include your unique reference number.
Benefits and your rights
The QCS Victims Register supports victims and eligible persons. We tell you about important sentencing events of the prisoner(s) you have registered against. We also uphold your rights as a victim.
If you are registered, you will be contacted and invited to:
applies for parole (excluding exceptional circumstances parole)
is being considered for restricted prisoner declaration
attend No Body No Parole hearings and decisions.
You may also be contacted and invited to provide a submission to the Supreme Court when a prisoner or offender is managed under the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003.
Ending your registration
You can change your mind at any time and ask to be removed from the register.
Otherwise, your registration is closed when the person you are registered against is no longer under QCS supervision—unless they are a homicide offender.
If they are a homicide offender, your registration with the victims register won’t be closed. However the information we can provide may be limited if they are not under our supervision.
Confidentiality
Your safety and privacy are important to us. Victims Register stores all information securely and confidentially.
We don’t tell the offender about your application or registration. We won’t release information to anyone other than you or your nominee (unless required by the Corrective Services Act 2006, other legislation or a court order).
Information we give you
All information you receive from us must be kept confidential.
You can discuss relevant information (such as the prisoner’s discharge date) with a third party to support your safety planning needs (e.g. a domestic and family violence support service).
If it’s not to plan for your own safety, you and your nominee must not share information publicly.
