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 1        AN ACT concerning corrections.

 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 3-7-2 as follows:

 6        (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2)
 7        Sec. 3-7-2. Facilities.
 8        (a)  All  institutions  and  facilities of the Department
 9    shall provide every committed person with  access  to  toilet
10    facilities,  barber  facilities,  bathing facilities at least
11    once each week, a library of legal  materials  and  published
12    materials  including newspapers and magazines approved by the
13    Director.  A committed person may not receive  any  materials
14    that the Director deems pornographic.
15        (b)  (Blank).
16        (c)  All  institutions  and  facilities of the Department
17    shall provide facilities for every committed person to  leave
18    his  cell  for  at  least  one hour each day unless the chief
19    administrative officer determines that it would be harmful or
20    dangerous to the security or safety  of  the  institution  or
21    facility.
22        (d)  All  institutions  and  facilities of the Department
23    shall provide every committed person  with  a  wholesome  and
24    nutritional  diet  at  regularly  scheduled  hours,  drinking
25    water,  clothing  adequate  for the season, bedding, soap and
26    towels and medical and dental care.
27        (e)  All institutions and facilities  of  the  Department
28    shall  permit  every  committed person to send and receive an
29    unlimited number of uncensored  letters,  provided,  however,
30    that  the  Director may order that mail be inspected and read
31    for  reasons  of  the  security,  safety  or  morale  of  the
 
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 1    institution or facility.
 2        (f)  All  of  the  institutions  and  facilities  of  the
 3    Department shall permit every  committed  person  to  receive
 4    visitors,  except  in case of abuse of the visiting privilege
 5    or when the chief administrative officer determines that such
 6    visiting would be  harmful  or  dangerous  to  the  security,
 7    safety  or  morale of the institution or facility.  The chief
 8    administrative officer  shall  have  the  right  to  restrict
 9    visitation  to  non-contact  visits  for  reasons  of safety,
10    security,  and  order,  including,  but   not   limited   to,
11    restricting  contact  visits for committed persons engaged in
12    gang  activity.  No  committed  person  in  a  super  maximum
13    security facility or on disciplinary segregation  is  allowed
14    contact  visits.  Any committed person found in possession of
15    illegal drugs or who fails a drug test shall not be permitted
16    contact visits for a  period  of  at  least  6  months.   Any
17    committed  person involved in gang activities or found guilty
18    of assault committed against a Department employee shall  not
19    be  permitted  contact  visits  for  a  period  of at least 6
20    months.
21        (g)  All institutions and facilities  of  the  Department
22    shall  permit  religious  ministrations  and sacraments to be
23    available  to  every  committed  person,  but  attendance  at
24    religious services shall not be required.
25        (h)  Within  90  days  after  December  31,   1996,   the
26    Department    shall    prohibit    the   use   of   curtains,
27    cell-coverings, or any other matter or object that  obstructs
28    or  otherwise  impairs  the  line  of vision into a committed
29    person's cell.
30        (i)  A pilot program  shall  be  established  within  the
31    Department  at  a  facility  or institution built on or after
32    January 1, 2004 and  designated  by  the  Director  in  which
33    committed  persons shall be prohibited from the possession of
34    cigarettes and other  tobacco  products.   The  Director  may
 
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 1    prohibit  the  possession  of  cigarettes  and other  tobacco
 2    products by committed persons at institutions and  facilities
 3    of  the  Department  built  before  January  1,  2004  as the
 4    Director deems appropriate.
 5    (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-912, eff. 7-7-00.)

 6        Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
 7    becoming law.