96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6224

 

Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 125/27 new

    Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that in counties of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the sheriff or his or her designee may place inmates who are pre-trial detainees or who are serving a sentence for a misdemeanor offense in community-based programs that are alternatives to incarceration. Provides that the court may place pretrial detainees or sentence convicted offenders to the sheriff's community-based alternatives to incarceration in consultation with the sheriff based on available program space.


LRB096 20702 RLC 36428 b

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The County Jail Act is amended by adding Section
5 27 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 125/27 new)
7     Sec. 27. Community-based alternatives to incarceration. In
8 counties of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the sheriff or his
9 or her designee may place inmates who are pre-trial detainees
10 or who are serving a sentence for a misdemeanor offense in
11 community-based programs that are alternatives to
12 incarceration. The court may place pretrial detainees or
13 sentence convicted offenders to the sheriff's community-based
14 alternatives to incarceration in consultation with the sheriff
15 based on available program space.