I'll comment on the issue of victims in relation to offenders who perpetrated very serious offences. Victims do have some mechanisms, in terms of notification when situations are happening such as transfers from one facility to another or to different levels of security, or even for release. They also have mechanisms to appear before parole hearings, and impact statements are used all the way through in the evaluation or estimation of risk for offenders and at multiple decision points along the sentence.
On June 6th, 2007. See this statement in context.