Rep. Justin Slaughter

Filed: 4/5/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 386

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 386 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009 is
5amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 190/10)
7    Sec. 10. Evidence-Based Programming.
8    (a) Purpose. Research and practice have identified new
9strategies and policies that can result in a significant
10reduction in recidivism rates and the successful local
11reintegration of offenders. The purpose of this Section is to
12ensure that State and local agencies direct their resources to
13services and programming that have been demonstrated to be
14effective in reducing recidivism and reintegrating offenders
15into the locality.
16    (b) Evidence-based programming in local supervision.

 

 

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1        (1) The Parole Division of the Department of
2    Corrections and the Prisoner Review Board shall adopt
3    policies, rules, and regulations that, within the first
4    year of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the
5    statewide, standardized risk assessment tool described in
6    this Act, result in at least 25% of supervised individuals
7    being supervised in accordance with evidence-based
8    practices; within 3 years of the adoption, validation, and
9    utilization of the statewide, standardized risk assessment
10    tool result in at least 50% of supervised individuals being
11    supervised in accordance with evidence-based practices;
12    and within 5 years of the adoption, validation, and
13    utilization of the statewide, standardized risk assessment
14    tool result in at least 75% of supervised individuals being
15    supervised in accordance with evidence-based practices.
16    The policies, rules, and regulations shall:
17            (A) Provide for a standardized individual case
18        plan that follows the offender through the criminal
19        justice system (including in-prison if the supervised
20        individual is in prison) that is:
21                (i) Based on the assets of the individual as
22            well as his or her risks and needs identified
23            through the assessment tool as described in this
24            Act.
25                (ii) Comprised of treatment and supervision
26            services appropriate to achieve the purpose of

 

 

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1            this Act.
2                (iii) Consistently updated, based on program
3            participation by the supervised individual and
4            other behavior modification exhibited by the
5            supervised individual.
6            (B) Concentrate resources and services on
7        high-risk offenders.
8            (C) Provide for the use of evidence-based
9        programming related to education, job training,
10        cognitive behavioral therapy, and other programming
11        designed to reduce criminal behavior.
12            (D) Establish a system of graduated responses.
13                (i) The system shall set forth a menu of
14            presumptive responses for the most common types of
15            supervision violations.
16                (ii) The system shall be guided by the model
17            list of intermediate sanctions created by the
18            Probation Services Division of the State of
19            Illinois pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 15
20            of the Probation and Probation Officers Act and the
21            system of intermediate sanctions created by the
22            Chief Judge of each circuit court pursuant to
23            Section 5-6-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
24                (iii) The system of responses shall take into
25            account factors such as the severity of the current
26            violation; the supervised individual's risk level

 

 

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1            as determined by a validated assessment tool
2            described in this Act; the supervised individual's
3            assets; his or her previous criminal record; and
4            the number and severity of any previous
5            supervision violations.
6                (iv) The system shall also define positive
7            reinforcements that supervised individuals may
8            receive for compliance with conditions of
9            supervision.
10                (v) Response to violations should be swift and
11            certain and should be imposed as soon as
12            practicable but no longer than 3 working days of
13            detection of the violation behavior.
14        (2) Conditions of local supervision (probation and
15    mandatory supervised release). Conditions of local
16    supervision whether imposed by a sentencing judge or the
17    Prisoner Review Board shall be imposed in accordance with
18    the offender's risks, assets, and needs as identified
19    through the assessment tool described in this Act.
20        (3) The Department of Corrections, Prisoner Review
21    Board, and other correctional entities referenced in the
22    policies shall annually publish a report on their use of
23    evidence-based practices to set conditions of local
24    supervision and mandatory supervised release including:
25            (A) the factors that contribute to decisions on
26        what conditions should be imposed, and the method by

 

 

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1        which those factors are calculated and weighted in the
2        overall decision of what conditions shall be imposed;
3        and
4            (B) the text and content of any evidence-based
5        assessments, questionnaires, or other methods used to
6        set conditions of release.
7    (c) Evidence-based in-prison programming.
8        (1) The Department of Corrections shall adopt
9    policies, rules, and regulations that, within the first
10    year of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the
11    statewide, standardized risk assessment tool described in
12    this Act, result in at least 25% of incarcerated
13    individuals receiving services and programming in
14    accordance with evidence-based practices; within 3 years
15    of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the
16    statewide, standardized risk assessment tool result in at
17    least 50% of incarcerated individuals receiving services
18    and programming in accordance with evidence-based
19    practices; and within 5 years of the adoption, validation,
20    and utilization of the statewide, standardized risk
21    assessment tool result in at least 75% of incarcerated
22    individuals receiving services and programming in
23    accordance with evidence-based practices. The policies,
24    rules, and regulations shall:
25            (A) Provide for the use and development of a case
26        plan based on the risks, assets, and needs identified

 

 

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1        through the assessment tool as described in this Act.
2        The case plan should be used to determine in-prison
3        programming; should be continuously updated based on
4        program participation by the prisoner and other
5        behavior modification exhibited by the prisoner; and
6        should be used when creating the case plan described in
7        subsection (b).
8            (B) Provide for the use of evidence-based
9        programming related to education, job training,
10        cognitive behavioral therapy and other evidence-based
11        programming.
12            (C) Establish education programs based on a
13        teacher to student ratio of no more than 1:30.
14            (D) Expand the use of drug prisons, modeled after
15        the Sheridan Correctional Center, to provide
16        sufficient drug treatment and other support services
17        to non-violent inmates with a history of substance
18        abuse.
19        (2) Participation and completion of programming by
20    prisoners can impact earned time credit as determined under
21    Section 3-6-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
22        (3) The Department of Corrections shall provide its
23    employees with intensive and ongoing training and
24    professional development services to support the
25    implementation of evidence-based practices. The training
26    and professional development services shall include

 

 

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1    assessment techniques, case planning, cognitive behavioral
2    training, risk reduction and intervention strategies,
3    effective communication skills, substance abuse treatment
4    education and other topics identified by the Department or
5    its employees.
6    (d) The Parole Division of the Department of Corrections
7and the Prisoner Review Board shall provide their employees
8with intensive and ongoing training and professional
9development services to support the implementation of
10evidence-based practices. The training and professional
11development services shall include assessment techniques, case
12planning, cognitive behavioral training, risk reduction and
13intervention strategies, effective communication skills,
14substance abuse treatment education, and other topics
15identified by the agencies or their employees.
16    (e) The Department of Corrections, the Prisoner Review
17Board, and other correctional entities referenced in the
18policies, rules, and regulations of this Act shall design,
19implement, and make public a system to evaluate the
20effectiveness of evidence-based practices in increasing public
21safety and in successful reintegration of those under
22supervision into the locality. Annually, each agency shall
23submit to the Sentencing Policy Advisory Council a
24comprehensive report on the success of implementing
25evidence-based practices. The data compiled and analyzed by the
26Council shall be delivered annually to the Governor and the

 

 

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1General Assembly.
2    (f) The Department of Corrections, the Prisoner Review
3Board, and other correctional entities referenced in the
4policies, rules, and regulations of this Act shall release a
5report annually published on the Department of Corrections
6website that reports the following information pertaining to
7electronic monitoring, GPS monitoring, and programs imposed on
8individuals on parole and mandatory supervised release,
9including:
10        (1) the racial and ethnic breakdown of individuals on
11    electronic monitoring and GPS monitoring programs;
12        (2) the committing charges of individuals subject to
13    electronic monitoring and GPS monitoring, including class
14    of offense and length of served sentence;
15        (3) the number of individuals subject to electronic
16    monitoring, GPS monitoring, or both, in the following
17    categories:
18            (A) the number of individuals subject to
19        electronic monitoring as a condition of their release
20        under Section 5-8A-6 of the Unified Code of
21        Corrections;
22            (B) the number of individuals subject to
23        electronic monitoring, GPS monitoring, or both, under
24        Section 5-8A-7 of the Unified Code of Corrections;
25            (C) the number of individuals subject to
26        electronic monitoring, GPS monitoring, or both, under

 

 

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1        a decision of the Prisoner Review Board at the time of
2        their release; and
3            (D) the number of individuals subject to
4        electronic monitoring as a sanction for violations of
5        parole or mandatory supervised release;
6        (4) the distribution of the length of time individuals
7    were subject to electronic monitoring, GPS monitoring, or
8    both, in the following breakdown:
9            (A) less than 30 days;
10            (B) 30 to 90 days;
11            (C) 90 to 180 days;
12            (D) 180 to 365 days; or
13            (E) greater than 365 days;
14        (5) the number and category, and ultimate resolution
15    of, disciplinary reports filed against individuals for
16    violating the rules of the electronic monitoring or GPS
17    monitoring program including, but not limited to:
18            (A) late return to residence after authorized
19        movement;
20            (B) unauthorized leaving of the residence;
21            (C) presence of the individual in a prohibited
22        area;
23            (D) failure to charge the battery or otherwise
24        maintain the device; and
25            (E) strap tamper or destruction of the device;
26        (6) the number of individuals returned to prison due to

 

 

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1    technical violations of electronic monitoring or GPS
2    monitoring programs;
3        (7) the county of the residence address for individuals
4    subject to electronic monitoring, GPS monitoring, or both,
5    as a condition of their release;
6        (8) for counties with a population over 3,000,000, the
7    zip codes of the residence addresses for individuals
8    subject to electronic monitoring, GPS monitoring, or both,
9    as a condition of their release; and
10        (9) the number of individuals on mandatory supervised
11    release charged with a new felony separated by:
12            (A) the number of individuals charged with a new
13        felony that allegedly occurred while the person was on
14        electronic monitoring, GPS Monitoring, or both;
15            (B) the number of individuals charged with a new
16        felony during mandatory supervised release who were
17        never subject to electronic monitoring or GPS
18        monitoring during their term of release; and
19            (C) the number of individuals charged with a new
20        felony during mandatory supervised release that were
21        subject to electronic or GPS monitoring for any period
22        of time during their term of their release.
23(Source: P.A. 96-761, eff. 1-1-10.)".