If you're victimized by a crime in Indiana, you have the right:

• To be treated with fairness, dignity, and respect throughout the criminal justice process.

• To be informed, upon request, when a person who is accused or convicted of committing a crime directly against you has been released from custody or has escaped.

• To have your safety considered in determining release from custody of a person accused of committing a crime against you.

• To receive information, upon request, about the status of the criminal case, the conviction, sentence, and release of the person accused of committing a crime against you.

• To be heard at any proceeding that involves sentencing or a post-conviction release decision.

• To prepare a written or oral statement to be used in the presentence report.