97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2819

 

Introduced 1/18/2012, by Sen. Terry Link

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-2-2  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2
730 ILCS 5/3-2-5  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5
730 ILCS 5/3-5-3  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-3
730 ILCS 5/5-8-1.1  from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1.1
730 ILCS 5/5-8-1.3
730 ILCS 5/5-5-4.3 rep.

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Eliminates various reports that the Department of Corrections must submit to the Governor and General Assembly. Provides that reports about the pilot residential and treatment program for women shall be required only if the program is operational. Repeals provision requiring the Department of Corrections to publish an annual report available to trial and appellate court judges for their use in imposing or reviewing sentences under the Code and to other interested parties upon a showing of need. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning corrections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Sections 3-2-2, 3-2-5, 3-5-3, 5-8-1.1, and 5-8-1.3 as
6follows:
 
7    (730 ILCS 5/3-2-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2)
8    Sec. 3-2-2. Powers and Duties of the Department.
9    (1) In addition to the powers, duties and responsibilities
10which are otherwise provided by law, the Department shall have
11the following powers:
12        (a) To accept persons committed to it by the courts of
13    this State for care, custody, treatment and
14    rehabilitation, and to accept federal prisoners and aliens
15    over whom the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee is
16    authorized to exercise the federal detention function for
17    limited purposes and periods of time.
18        (b) To develop and maintain reception and evaluation
19    units for purposes of analyzing the custody and
20    rehabilitation needs of persons committed to it and to
21    assign such persons to institutions and programs under its
22    control or transfer them to other appropriate agencies. In
23    consultation with the Department of Alcoholism and

 

 

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1    Substance Abuse (now the Department of Human Services), the
2    Department of Corrections shall develop a master plan for
3    the screening and evaluation of persons committed to its
4    custody who have alcohol or drug abuse problems, and for
5    making appropriate treatment available to such persons;
6    the Department shall report to the General Assembly on such
7    plan not later than April 1, 1987. The maintenance and
8    implementation of such plan shall be contingent upon the
9    availability of funds.
10        (b-1) To create and implement, on January 1, 2002, a
11    pilot program to establish the effectiveness of
12    pupillometer technology (the measurement of the pupil's
13    reaction to light) as an alternative to a urine test for
14    purposes of screening and evaluating persons committed to
15    its custody who have alcohol or drug problems. The pilot
16    program shall require the pupillometer technology to be
17    used in at least one Department of Corrections facility.
18    The Director may expand the pilot program to include an
19    additional facility or facilities as he or she deems
20    appropriate. A minimum of 4,000 tests shall be included in
21    the pilot program. The Department must report to the
22    General Assembly on the effectiveness of the program by
23    January 1, 2003.
24        (b-5) To develop, in consultation with the Department
25    of State Police, a program for tracking and evaluating each
26    inmate from commitment through release for recording his or

 

 

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1    her gang affiliations, activities, or ranks.
2        (c) To maintain and administer all State correctional
3    institutions and facilities under its control and to
4    establish new ones as needed. Pursuant to its power to
5    establish new institutions and facilities, the Department
6    may, with the written approval of the Governor, authorize
7    the Department of Central Management Services to enter into
8    an agreement of the type described in subsection (d) of
9    Section 405-300 of the Department of Central Management
10    Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-300). The Department shall
11    designate those institutions which shall constitute the
12    State Penitentiary System.
13        Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions and
14    facilities, the Department may authorize the Department of
15    Central Management Services to accept bids from counties
16    and municipalities for the construction, remodeling or
17    conversion of a structure to be leased to the Department of
18    Corrections for the purposes of its serving as a
19    correctional institution or facility. Such construction,
20    remodeling or conversion may be financed with revenue bonds
21    issued pursuant to the Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act
22    by the municipality or county. The lease specified in a bid
23    shall be for a term of not less than the time needed to
24    retire any revenue bonds used to finance the project, but
25    not to exceed 40 years. The lease may grant to the State
26    the option to purchase the structure outright.

 

 

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1        Upon receipt of the bids, the Department may certify
2    one or more of the bids and shall submit any such bids to
3    the General Assembly for approval. Upon approval of a bid
4    by a constitutional majority of both houses of the General
5    Assembly, pursuant to joint resolution, the Department of
6    Central Management Services may enter into an agreement
7    with the county or municipality pursuant to such bid.
8        (c-5) To build and maintain regional juvenile
9    detention centers and to charge a per diem to the counties
10    as established by the Department to defray the costs of
11    housing each minor in a center. In this subsection (c-5),
12    "juvenile detention center" means a facility to house
13    minors during pendency of trial who have been transferred
14    from proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to
15    prosecutions under the criminal laws of this State in
16    accordance with Section 5-805 of the Juvenile Court Act of
17    1987, whether the transfer was by operation of law or
18    permissive under that Section. The Department shall
19    designate the counties to be served by each regional
20    juvenile detention center.
21        (d) To develop and maintain programs of control,
22    rehabilitation and employment of committed persons within
23    its institutions.
24        (d-5) To provide a pre-release job preparation program
25    for inmates at Illinois adult correctional centers.
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1    of committed persons in the community.
2        (f) To establish in cooperation with the Department of
3    Transportation to supply a sufficient number of prisoners
4    for use by the Department of Transportation to clean up the
5    trash and garbage along State, county, township, or
6    municipal highways as designated by the Department of
7    Transportation. The Department of Corrections, at the
8    request of the Department of Transportation, shall furnish
9    such prisoners at least annually for a period to be agreed
10    upon between the Director of Corrections and the Director
11    of Transportation. The prisoners used on this program shall
12    be selected by the Director of Corrections on whatever
13    basis he deems proper in consideration of their term,
14    behavior and earned eligibility to participate in such
15    program - where they will be outside of the prison facility
16    but still in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
17    Prisoners convicted of first degree murder, or a Class X
18    felony, or armed violence, or aggravated kidnapping, or
19    criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse
20    or a subsequent conviction for criminal sexual abuse, or
21    forcible detention, or arson, or a prisoner adjudged a
22    Habitual Criminal shall not be eligible for selection to
23    participate in such program. The prisoners shall remain as
24    prisoners in the custody of the Department of Corrections
25    and such Department shall furnish whatever security is
26    necessary. The Department of Transportation shall furnish

 

 

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1    trucks and equipment for the highway cleanup program and
2    personnel to supervise and direct the program. Neither the
3    Department of Corrections nor the Department of
4    Transportation shall replace any regular employee with a
5    prisoner.
6        (g) To maintain records of persons committed to it and
7    to establish programs of research, statistics and
8    planning.
9        (h) To investigate the grievances of any person
10    committed to the Department, to inquire into any alleged
11    misconduct by employees or committed persons, and to
12    investigate the assets of committed persons to implement
13    Section 3-7-6 of this Code; and for these purposes it may
14    issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and
15    the production of writings and papers, and may examine
16    under oath any witnesses who may appear before it; to also
17    investigate alleged violations of a parolee's or
18    releasee's conditions of parole or release; and for this
19    purpose it may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of
20    witnesses and the production of documents only if there is
21    reason to believe that such procedures would provide
22    evidence that such violations have occurred.
23        If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued under
24    this subsection, the Director may apply to any circuit
25    court to secure compliance with the subpoena. The failure
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1    thereto shall be punishable as contempt of court.
2        (i) To appoint and remove the chief administrative
3    officers, and administer programs of training and
4    development of personnel of the Department. Personnel
5    assigned by the Department to be responsible for the
6    custody and control of committed persons or to investigate
7    the alleged misconduct of committed persons or employees or
8    alleged violations of a parolee's or releasee's conditions
9    of parole shall be conservators of the peace for those
10    purposes, and shall have the full power of peace officers
11    outside of the facilities of the Department in the
12    protection, arrest, retaking and reconfining of committed
13    persons or where the exercise of such power is necessary to
14    the investigation of such misconduct or violations.
15        (j) To cooperate with other departments and agencies
16    and with local communities for the development of standards
17    and programs for better correctional services in this
18    State.
19        (k) To administer all moneys and properties of the
20    Department.
21        (l) To report annually to the Governor on the committed
22    persons, institutions and programs of the Department.
23        (l-5) (Blank). In a confidential annual report to the
24    Governor, the Department shall identify all inmate gangs by
25    specifying each current gang's name, population and allied
26    gangs. The Department shall further specify the number of

 

 

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1    top leaders identified by the Department for each gang
2    during the past year, and the measures taken by the
3    Department to segregate each leader from his or her gang
4    and allied gangs. The Department shall further report the
5    current status of leaders identified and segregated in
6    previous years. All leaders described in the report shall
7    be identified by inmate number or other designation to
8    enable tracking, auditing, and verification without
9    revealing the names of the leaders. Because this report
10    contains law enforcement intelligence information
11    collected by the Department, the report is confidential and
12    not subject to public disclosure.
13        (m) To make all rules and regulations and exercise all
14    powers and duties vested by law in the Department.
15        (n) To establish rules and regulations for
16    administering a system of good conduct credits,
17    established in accordance with Section 3-6-3, subject to
18    review by the Prisoner Review Board.
19        (o) To administer the distribution of funds from the
20    State Treasury to reimburse counties where State penal
21    institutions are located for the payment of assistant
22    state's attorneys' salaries under Section 4-2001 of the
23    Counties Code.
24        (p) To exchange information with the Department of
25    Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family
26    Services for the purpose of verifying living arrangements

 

 

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1    and for other purposes directly connected with the
2    administration of this Code and the Illinois Public Aid
3    Code.
4        (q) To establish a diversion program.
5        The program shall provide a structured environment for
6    selected technical parole or mandatory supervised release
7    violators and committed persons who have violated the rules
8    governing their conduct while in work release. This program
9    shall not apply to those persons who have committed a new
10    offense while serving on parole or mandatory supervised
11    release or while committed to work release.
12        Elements of the program shall include, but shall not be
13    limited to, the following:
14            (1) The staff of a diversion facility shall provide
15        supervision in accordance with required objectives set
16        by the facility.
17            (2) Participants shall be required to maintain
18        employment.
19            (3) Each participant shall pay for room and board
20        at the facility on a sliding-scale basis according to
21        the participant's income.
22            (4) Each participant shall:
23                (A) provide restitution to victims in
24            accordance with any court order;
25                (B) provide financial support to his
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1                (C) make appropriate payments toward any other
2            court-ordered obligations.
3            (5) Each participant shall complete community
4        service in addition to employment.
5            (6) Participants shall take part in such
6        counseling, educational and other programs as the
7        Department may deem appropriate.
8            (7) Participants shall submit to drug and alcohol
9        screening.
10            (8) The Department shall promulgate rules
11        governing the administration of the program.
12        (r) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation
13    agreements under which persons in the custody of the
14    Department may participate in a county impact
15    incarceration program established under Section 3-6038 or
16    3-15003.5 of the Counties Code.
17        (r-5) (Blank).
18        (r-10) To systematically and routinely identify with
19    respect to each streetgang active within the correctional
20    system: (1) each active gang; (2) every existing inter-gang
21    affiliation or alliance; and (3) the current leaders in
22    each gang. The Department shall promptly segregate leaders
23    from inmates who belong to their gangs and allied gangs.
24    "Segregate" means no physical contact and, to the extent
25    possible under the conditions and space available at the
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1    communication. For the purposes of this paragraph (r-10),
2    "leaders" means persons who:
3            (i) are members of a criminal streetgang;
4            (ii) with respect to other individuals within the
5        streetgang, occupy a position of organizer,
6        supervisor, or other position of management or
7        leadership; and
8            (iii) are actively and personally engaged in
9        directing, ordering, authorizing, or requesting
10        commission of criminal acts by others, which are
11        punishable as a felony, in furtherance of streetgang
12        related activity both within and outside of the
13        Department of Corrections.
14    "Streetgang", "gang", and "streetgang related" have the
15    meanings ascribed to them in Section 10 of the Illinois
16    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
17        (s) To operate a super-maximum security institution,
18    in order to manage and supervise inmates who are disruptive
19    or dangerous and provide for the safety and security of the
20    staff and the other inmates.
21        (t) To monitor any unprivileged conversation or any
22    unprivileged communication, whether in person or by mail,
23    telephone, or other means, between an inmate who, before
24    commitment to the Department, was a member of an organized
25    gang and any other person without the need to show cause or
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1    monitoring, except as constitutionally required. The
2    monitoring may be by video, voice, or other method of
3    recording or by any other means. As used in this
4    subdivision (1)(t), "organized gang" has the meaning
5    ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang
6    Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
7        As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "unprivileged
8    conversation" or "unprivileged communication" means a
9    conversation or communication that is not protected by any
10    privilege recognized by law or by decision, rule, or order
11    of the Illinois Supreme Court.
12        (u) To establish a Women's and Children's Pre-release
13    Community Supervision Program for the purpose of providing
14    housing and services to eligible female inmates, as
15    determined by the Department, and their newborn and young
16    children.
17        (u-5) To issue an order, whenever a person committed to
18    the Department absconds or absents himself or herself,
19    without authority to do so, from any facility or program to
20    which he or she is assigned. The order shall be certified
21    by the Director, the Supervisor of the Apprehension Unit,
22    or any person duly designated by the Director, with the
23    seal of the Department affixed. The order shall be directed
24    to all sheriffs, coroners, and police officers, or to any
25    particular person named in the order. Any order issued
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1    warrant for the officer or person named in the order to
2    arrest and deliver the committed person to the proper
3    correctional officials and shall be executed the same as
4    criminal process.
5        (v) To do all other acts necessary to carry out the
6    provisions of this Chapter.
7    (2) The Department of Corrections shall by January 1, 1998,
8consider building and operating a correctional facility within
9100 miles of a county of over 2,000,000 inhabitants, especially
10a facility designed to house juvenile participants in the
11impact incarceration program.
12    (3) When the Department lets bids for contracts for medical
13services to be provided to persons committed to Department
14facilities by a health maintenance organization, medical
15service corporation, or other health care provider, the bid may
16only be let to a health care provider that has obtained an
17irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond issued by a
18company whose bonds are rated AAA by a bond rating
19organization.
20    (4) When the Department lets bids for contracts for food or
21commissary services to be provided to Department facilities,
22the bid may only be let to a food or commissary services
23provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of credit or
24performance bond issued by a company whose bonds are rated AAA
25by a bond rating organization.
26(Source: P.A. 96-1265, eff. 7-26-10.)
 

 

 

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1    (730 ILCS 5/3-2-5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5)
2    Sec. 3-2-5. Organization of the Department of Corrections
3and the Department of Juvenile Justice.
4    (a) There shall be an Adult Division within the Department
5which shall be administered by an Assistant Director appointed
6by the Governor under The Civil Administrative Code of
7Illinois. The Assistant Director shall be under the direction
8of the Director. The Adult Division shall be responsible for
9all persons committed or transferred to the Department under
10Sections 3-10-7 or 5-8-6 of this Code.
11    (b) There shall be a Department of Juvenile Justice which
12shall be administered by a Director appointed by the Governor
13under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The Department
14of Juvenile Justice shall be responsible for all persons under
1517 years of age when sentenced to imprisonment and committed to
16the Department under subsection (c) of Section 5-8-6 of this
17Code, Section 5-10 of the Juvenile Court Act, or Section 5-750
18of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Persons under 17 years of
19age committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice pursuant to
20this Code shall be sight and sound separate from adult
21offenders committed to the Department of Corrections.
22    (c) The Department shall create a gang intelligence unit
23under the supervision of the Director. The unit shall be
24specifically designed to gather information regarding the
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1prevent the furtherance of gang activities through the
2development and implementation of policies aimed at deterring
3gang activity. The Director shall appoint a Corrections
4Intelligence Coordinator.
5    All information collected and maintained by the unit shall
6be highly confidential, and access to that information shall be
7restricted by the Department. The information shall be used to
8control and limit the activities of gangs within correctional
9institutions under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Department
10of Corrections and may be shared with other law enforcement
11agencies in order to curb gang activities outside of
12correctional institutions under the jurisdiction of the
13Department and to assist in the investigations and prosecutions
14of gang activity. The Department shall establish and promulgate
15rules governing the release of information to outside law
16enforcement agencies. Due to the highly sensitive nature of the
17information, the information is exempt from requests for
18disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act as the
19information contained is highly confidential and may be harmful
20if disclosed.
21    The Department shall file an annual report with the General
22Assembly on the profile of the inmate population associated
23with gangs, gang-related activity within correctional
24institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department, and an
25overall status of the unit as it relates to its function and
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1(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)
 
2    (730 ILCS 5/3-5-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-3)
3    Sec. 3-5-3. Annual and other Reports.
4    (a) The Director shall make an annual report to the
5Governor and General Assembly under Section 5-650 of the
6Departments of State Government Law (20 ILCS 5/5-650),
7concerning the state and condition of all persons committed to
8the Department, its institutions, facilities and programs, of
9all moneys expended and received, and on what accounts expended
10and received. The report may also include an abstract of all
11reports made to the Department by individual institutions,
12facilities or programs during the preceding year.
13    (b) (Blank). The Director shall make an annual report to
14the Governor and to the State Legislature on any inadequacies
15in the institutions, facilities or programs of the Department
16and also such amendments to the laws of the State which in his
17judgment are necessary in order to best advance the purposes of
18this Code.
19    (c) The Director may require such reports from division
20administrators, chief administrative officers and other
21personnel as he deems necessary for the administration of the
22Department.
23    (d) (Blank). The Department of Corrections shall, by
24January 1, 1990, January 1, 1991, and every 2 years thereafter,
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1range planning document for adult female offenders under the
2Department's supervision. The document shall detail how the
3Department plans to meet the housing, educational/training,
4Correctional Industries and programming needs of the
5escalating adult female offender population.
6(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
7    (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1.1)
8    Sec. 5-8-1.1. Impact incarceration.
9    (a) The Department may establish and operate an impact
10incarceration program for eligible offenders. If the court
11finds under Section 5-4-1 that an offender sentenced to a term
12of imprisonment for a felony may meet the eligibility
13requirements of the Department, the court may in its sentencing
14order approve the offender for placement in the impact
15incarceration program conditioned upon his acceptance in the
16program by the Department. Notwithstanding the sentencing
17provisions of this Code, the sentencing order also shall
18provide that if the Department accepts the offender in the
19program and determines that the offender has successfully
20completed the impact incarceration program, the sentence shall
21be reduced to time considered served upon certification to the
22court by the Department that the offender has successfully
23completed the program. In the event the offender is not
24accepted for placement in the impact incarceration program or
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1term of imprisonment shall be as set forth by the court in its
2sentencing order.
3    (b) In order to be eligible to participate in the impact
4incarceration program, the committed person shall meet all of
5the following requirements:
6        (1) The person must be not less than 17 years of age
7    nor more than 35 years of age.
8        (2) The person has not previously participated in the
9    impact incarceration program and has not previously served
10    more than one prior sentence of imprisonment for a felony
11    in an adult correctional facility.
12        (3) The person has not been convicted of a Class X
13    felony, first or second degree murder, armed violence,
14    aggravated kidnapping, criminal sexual assault, aggravated
15    criminal sexual abuse or a subsequent conviction for
16    criminal sexual abuse, forcible detention, residential
17    arson, place of worship arson, or arson and has not been
18    convicted previously of any of those offenses.
19        (4) The person has been sentenced to a term of
20    imprisonment of 8 years or less.
21        (5) The person must be physically able to participate
22    in strenuous physical activities or labor.
23        (6) The person must not have any mental disorder or
24    disability that would prevent participation in the impact
25    incarceration program.
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1    participation in the impact incarceration program and to
2    the terms and conditions thereof.
3        (8) The person was recommended and approved for
4    placement in the impact incarceration program in the
5    court's sentencing order.
6    The Department may also consider, among other matters,
7whether the committed person has any outstanding detainers or
8warrants, whether the committed person has a history of
9escaping or absconding, whether participation in the impact
10incarceration program may pose a risk to the safety or security
11of any person and whether space is available.
12    (c) The impact incarceration program shall include, among
13other matters, mandatory physical training and labor, military
14formation and drills, regimented activities, uniformity of
15dress and appearance, education and counseling, including drug
16counseling where appropriate.
17    (d) Privileges including visitation, commissary, receipt
18and retention of property and publications and access to
19television, radio and a library may be suspended or restricted,
20notwithstanding provisions to the contrary in this Code.
21    (e) Committed persons participating in the impact
22incarceration program shall adhere to all Department rules and
23all requirements of the program. Committed persons shall be
24informed of rules of behavior and conduct. Disciplinary
25procedures required by this Code or by Department rule are not
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1seeks to revoke good time.
2    (f) Participation in the impact incarceration program
3shall be for a period of 120 to 180 days. The period of time a
4committed person shall serve in the impact incarceration
5program shall not be reduced by the accumulation of good time.
6    (g) The committed person shall serve a term of mandatory
7supervised release as set forth in subsection (d) of Section
85-8-1.
9    (h) A committed person may be removed from the program for
10a violation of the terms or conditions of the program or in the
11event he is for any reason unable to participate. The
12Department shall promulgate rules and regulations governing
13conduct which could result in removal from the program or in a
14determination that the committed person has not successfully
15completed the program. Committed persons shall have access to
16such rules, which shall provide that a committed person shall
17receive notice and have the opportunity to appear before and
18address one or more hearing officers. A committed person may be
19transferred to any of the Department's facilities prior to the
20hearing.
21    (i) The Department may terminate the impact incarceration
22program at any time.
23    (j) The Department shall report to the Governor and the
24General Assembly on or before September 30th of each year on
25the impact incarceration program, including the composition of
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1sentence, age, offense and race.
2    (k) The Department of Corrections shall consider the
3affirmative action plan approved by the Department of Human
4Rights in hiring staff at the impact incarceration facilities.
5The Department shall report to the Director of Human Rights on
6or before April 1 of the year on the sex, race and national
7origin of persons employed at each impact incarceration
8facility.
9(Source: P.A. 93-169, eff. 7-10-03.)
 
10    (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1.3)
11    Sec. 5-8-1.3. Pilot residential and transition treatment
12program for women.
13    (a) The General Assembly recognizes:
14        (1) that drug-offending women with children who have
15    been in and out of the criminal justice system for years
16    are a serious problem;
17        (2) that the intergenerational cycle of women
18    continuously being part of the criminal justice system
19    needs to be broken;
20        (3) that the effects of drug offending women with
21    children disrupts family harmony and creates an atmosphere
22    that is not conducive to healthy childhood development;
23        (4) that there is a need for an effective residential
24    community supervision model to provide help to women to
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1    mother-child relationships, and establish economic
2    independence and long-term support;
3        (5) that certain non-violent women offenders with
4    children eligible for sentences of incarceration, may
5    benefit from the rehabilitative aspects of gender
6    responsive treatment programs and services. This Section
7    shall not be construed to allow violent offenders to
8    participate in a treatment program.
9    (b) Under the direction of the sheriff and with the
10approval of the county board of commissioners, the sheriff, in
11any county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, may operate a
12residential and transition treatment program for women
13established by the Illinois Department of Corrections if
14funding has been provided by federal, local or private
15entities. If the court finds during the sentencing hearing
16conducted under Section 5-4-1 that a woman convicted of a
17felony meets the eligibility requirements of the sheriff's
18residential and transition treatment program for women, the
19court may refer the offender to the sheriff's residential and
20transition treatment program for women for consideration as a
21participant as an alternative to incarceration in the
22penitentiary. The sheriff shall be responsible for supervising
23all women who are placed in the residential and transition
24treatment program for women for the 12-month period. In the
25event that the woman is not accepted for placement in the
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1women, the court shall proceed to sentence the woman to any
2other disposition authorized by this Code. If the woman does
3not successfully complete the residential and transition
4treatment program for women, the woman's failure to do so shall
5constitute a violation of the sentence to the residential and
6transition treatment program for women.
7    (c) In order to be eligible to be a participant in the
8pilot residential and transition treatment program for women,
9the participant shall meet all of the following conditions:
10        (1) The woman has not been convicted of a violent crime
11    as defined in subsection (c) of Section 3 of the Rights of
12    Crime Victims and Witnesses Act, a Class X felony, first or
13    second degree murder, armed violence, aggravated
14    kidnapping, criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal
15    sexual abuse or a subsequent conviction for criminal sexual
16    abuse, forcible detention, or arson and has not been
17    previously convicted of any of those offenses.
18        (2) The woman must undergo an initial assessment
19    evaluation to determine the treatment and program plan.
20        (3) The woman was recommended and accepted for
21    placement in the pilot residential and transition
22    treatment program for women by the Department of
23    Corrections and has consented in writing to participation
24    in the program under the terms and conditions of the
25    program. The Department of Corrections may consider
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1    (d) The program may include a substance abuse treatment
2program designed for women offenders, mental health, trauma,
3and medical treatment; parenting skills and family
4relationship counseling, preparation for a GED or vocational
5certificate; life skills program; job readiness and job skill
6training, and a community transition development plan.
7    (e) With the approval of the Department of Corrections, the
8sheriff shall issue requirements for the program and inform the
9participants who shall sign an agreement to adhere to all rules
10and all requirements for the pilot residential and transition
11treatment program.
12    (f) Participation in the pilot residential and transition
13treatment program for women shall be for a period not to exceed
1412 months. The period may not be reduced by accumulation of
15good time.
16    (g) If the woman successfully completes the pilot
17residential and transition treatment program for women, the
18sheriff shall notify the Department of Corrections, the court,
19and the State's Attorney of the county of the woman's
20successful completion.
21    (h) A woman may be removed from the pilot residential and
22transition treatment program for women for violation of the
23terms and conditions of the program or in the event she is
24unable to participate. The failure to complete the program
25shall be deemed a violation of the conditions of the program.
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1the court, and the State's Attorney of the woman's failure to
2complete the program. The Department of Corrections or its
3designee shall file a petition alleging that the woman has
4violated the conditions of the program with the court. The
5State's Attorney may proceed on the petition under Section
65-4-1 of this Code.
7    (i) The conditions of the pilot residential and transition
8treatment program for women shall include that the woman while
9in the program:
10        (1) not violate any criminal statute of any
11    jurisdiction;
12        (2) report or appear in person before any person or
13    agency as directed by the court, the sheriff, or Department
14    of Corrections;
15        (3) refrain from possessing a firearm or other
16    dangerous weapon;
17        (4) consent to drug testing;
18        (5) not leave the State without the consent of the
19    court or, in circumstances in which reason for the absence
20    is of such an emergency nature that prior consent by the
21    court is not possible, without prior notification and
22    approval of the Department of Corrections;
23        (6) upon placement in the program, must agree to follow
24    all requirements of the program.
25    (j) The Department of Corrections or the sheriff may
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130 days prior written notice by either the Department of
2Corrections or the sheriff.
3    (k) The Department of Corrections may enter into a joint
4contract with a county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants to
5establish and operate a pilot residential and treatment program
6for women.
7    (l) The Director of the Department of Corrections shall
8have the authority to develop rules to establish and operate a
9pilot residential and treatment program for women that shall
10include criteria for selection of the participants of the
11program in conjunction and approval by the sentencing court.
12Violent crime offenders are not eligible to participate in the
13program.
14    (m) The Department shall report to the Governor and the
15General Assembly before September 30th of each year on the
16pilot residential and treatment program for women, including
17the composition of the program by offenders, sentence, age,
18offense, and race. Reporting is only required if the pilot
19residential and treatment program for women is operational.
20    (n) The Department of Corrections or the sheriff may
21terminate the program with 30 days prior written notice.
22    (o) A county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants is
23authorized to apply for funding from federal, local or private
24entities to create a Residential and Treatment Program for
25Women. This sentencing option may not go into effect until the
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1established.
2(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
3    (730 ILCS 5/5-5-4.3 rep.)
4    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5repealing Section 5-5-4.3.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.