93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6413

 

Introduced 02/06/04, by Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-8-8   from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-8

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a committed person's grievances.


LRB093 15677 RLC 41285 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB6413 LRB093 15677 RLC 41285 b

1     AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 changing Section 3-8-8 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/3-8-8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-8)
7     Sec. 3-8-8. Grievances.
8     (a) The Director shall establish procedures to review the
9 grievances of committed persons. The Director may establish one
10 or more administrative review boards within the Department to
11 review grievances. A committed person's right to file
12 grievances shall not be restricted. The procedures Such
13 procedure shall provide for the review of grievances by a
14 person or persons other than the person or persons directly
15 responsible for the conditions or actions against which the
16 grievance is made.
17     (b) Such procedures shall provide that a record of such
18 grievance and any decision made with respect to it shall be
19 preserved for a period of one year.
20     (c) Such procedures shall allow committed persons to
21 communicate grievances directly to the Director or some person
22 designated by the Director outside of the institution or
23 facility where the person is confined.
24     (d) All committed persons shall be informed of the
25 grievance procedures established by the Department and they
26 shall be available to all committed persons.
27     (e) Discipline shall not be imposed because of use of the
28 grievance procedure.
29 (Source: P. A. 77-2097.)