A state-run register is arming hundreds of violence and sex assault victims with information on their abusers to give them a voice.

The Queensland Corrective Services’ victims register informs eligible people about important events in the sentencing of offenders.

Chief Superintendent of Sentence Management Services, Roberta Embrey, told Sofie Formica the small team of five helps victims be “emotionally prepared” for sentencing outcomes.

“Being on the register means you will be provided some information around a whole range of things,” she said.

“When someone first registers, we go through that last of information with them and find out from them when they’d like to be contacted, under what circumstances.

“The key things are essentially when that offender’s full-time release date is, when they are eligible for parole, and … when they apply for parole.”

Ms Embrey said more than 1500 people are currently registered to receive information about their abusers.

“The perpetrator of the crime has to be sentenced; they can’t still be on remand or going through the court process, they have to be convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment.”

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