(730 ILCS 5/3-12-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-1)
Sec. 3-12-1.
Useful Employment.
The Department shall, in so far as
possible, employ at useful work
committed persons confined in institutions and facilities of the
Department, who are over the age of compulsory school attendance,
physically capable of such employment, and not otherwise occupied in
programs of the Department. Such employment shall
equip such persons with
marketable skills, promote habits of work and responsibility and contribute
to the expense of the employment program and the committed person's cost
of incarceration.
(Source: P.A. 86-450.)
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