(730 ILCS 105/15) (from Ch. 38, par. 1665)
Sec. 15.
Open hearings.
(a) The Board may restrict the number of individuals allowed to attend
parole or parole revocation hearings in accordance with physical
limitations, security requirements of the hearing facilities or those
giving repetitive or cumulative testimony.
(b) The Board may deny admission or continued attendance at parole or
parole revocation hearings to individuals who:
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(2) threaten or present a danger to other attendees
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(3) disrupt the hearing.
(c) Upon formal action of a majority of the Board members present, the
Board may close parole and parole revocation hearings in order to:
(1) deliberate upon the oral testimony and any other
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| relevant information received from applicants, parolees, victims, or others; or
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(2) provide applicants and parolees the opportunity
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| to challenge information other than that which if the person's identity were to be exposed would possibly subject them to bodily harm or death, which they believe detrimental to their parole determination hearing or revocation proceedings.
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(Source: P.A. 87-224.)
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