N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.103 — Prohibition against making contact with victim.

30:4-123.103 Prohibition against making contact with victim. 5. a. An inmate who is released from the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections or a juvenile who is released from the custody of the Youth Justice Commission following an award of public health emergency credits pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2020, c.111 (C.30:4-123.100), from the date of release until the date the inmate or juvenile, as the case may be, was scheduled to be released prior to the award of public health emergency credits, shall be prohibited from purposely or knowingly making contact with any victim of the crime for which the inmate or juvenile was serving a sentence. For purposes of this subsection, making contact with a victim shall include contact made personally by the inmate or juvenile, as the case may be, or through an agent, and shall include but not be limited to: personal, written, electronic, or telephone contact or communication; or entering the residence, property, school, or place of employment of the victim. b. A violation of subsection a. of this section shall be a crime of the fourth degree. c. (1) A petition may be filed with the court to dissolve the prohibition established pursuant to the provisions of this section prohibiting an inmate or juvenile, as the case may be, from making contact with the victim in accordance with procedures established by the court. (2) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide the Department of Corrections, Youth Justice Commission, and Attorney General with information concerning the procedures established by the court for filing a petition to dissolve the prohibition established pursuant to this section prohibiting an inmate or juvenile, as the case may be, from making contact with any victim of the crime for which the inmate or juvenile was serving a sentence. L.2020, c.111, s.5; amended 2025, c.35, s.48.

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