Service Description
* helps people access their rights, understand their responsibilities, and connects them to services or agencies* provides services as cases move through the criminal justice system, including:
- court and criminal justice system information
- counseling options
- information about what to expect if subpoenaed to court
- court preparation as required
- court support when possible
- safety planning
- information on possible financial assistance that may be available to victims of crime
- information about Victim Impact Statements, guidance on how to prepare them
- information on the offender's sentence if convicted; how to contact the correctional facility if the offender receives a jail sentence
- information on how to find out about the offender's release from a provincial jail
- information on how to register with the Parole Board of Canada if the offender is sentenced to a federal institution