Are You Upholding Victims’ Rights: A Crime Victim's Rights to Be Treated with Respect, Reasonable Protected, and the Right to be Heard
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SESSION INFO

Tuesday, August 30, 2022
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Session Type: Workshop
Community corrections has historically centered around supporting the person who caused harm to be accountable to their actions and to ensure community safety, yet victims of crime have rights that our agencies are also responsible to uphold. These victims are often our most overlooked stakeholder. This session will focus specifically on the rights to be treated with fairness and respect, reasonable protected from the accused, and the right to be heard and will help participants in determining how these rights are being honored in their jurisdictions and provide tangible approaches and best-practice recommendations for ensuring their agency is upholding and in compliance with crime victims’ rights.

SESSION PRESENTERS
Lisa Kinard
Victim Services Administrator, FL Department of Corrections


Lisa is the Victim Services Administrator for the Florida Department of Corrections and a graduate of Florida State University. Her career with the Department spans 36 years and includes service as a probation officer, prison classification officer, inmate transition coordinator; and Interstate Compact specialist for prison releasees’ and sex offenders’ supervision transfers. Lisa has served as the Department’s Victim Services Administrator since 2016. Within that role she: manages 6 staff, accompanies and represents victims during capital case executions and serves as the FL Statewide VINE Program Manager. Lisa is a member of the Florida Crisis Response Team. She serves as Vice Chair with the National Association of Victim Assistance in Corrections and is an active member of the National Institute of Corrections’ Post-Conviction Victim Service Providers Network. Lisa was honored to receive the Peyton Tuthill Award by the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision in 2020 and the American Probation and Parole Association’s Joe Kegans Award for Victim Services in 2021. Lisa is happily married and blessed with 3 beautiful children who all have careers helping others.