55 ILCS 5/ Counties Code.

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55 ILCS 5/3-14049

(55 ILCS 5/3-14049) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14049)

Sec. 3-14049.

Appointment of physicians and nurses for the poor
and mentally ill persons.

 The appointment, employment and removal by the
Board of Commissioners of Cook County of all physicians and surgeons, advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and
nurses for the care and treatment of the sick, poor, mentally ill or
persons in need of mental treatment of said county shall be made only in
conformity with rules prescribed by the County Civil Service Commission to
accomplish the purposes of this Section.

The Board of Commissioners of Cook County may provide that all such
physicians and surgeons who serve without compensation shall be appointed
for a term to be fixed by the Board, and that the physicians and surgeons
usually designated and known as interns shall be appointed for a term to
be fixed by the Board: Provided, that there may also, at the discretion of
the board, be a consulting staff of physicians and surgeons, which staff
may be appointed by the president, subject to the approval of the board,
and provided further, that the Board may contract with any recognized
training school or any program for health professionals for health care services of any or all of such sick or mentally ill
or persons in need of mental treatment.

(Source: P.A. 99-581, eff. 1-1-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-15

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-15 heading) Division 3-15.

County Department of Corrections

55 ILCS 5/3-15001

(55 ILCS 5/3-15001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-15001)

Sec. 3-15001.

Subtitle.

This Division shall be subtitled
the County Department of Corrections Law.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-15002

(55 ILCS 5/3-15002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-15002)

Sec. 3-15002.

Creation.

In any county having more than 1,000,000
inhabitants, there is created within the office of the Sheriff a Department
of Corrections, referred to in this Division as the "Department".

(Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-895.)

55 ILCS 5/3-15003

(55 ILCS 5/3-15003) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-15003)

Sec. 3-15003.

Powers and duties.

Under the direction of the Sheriff
the Department shall have the powers and duties enumerated as follows:

(a) To operate and have jurisdiction over the county jail, municipal
houses of correction within the county and any other penal, corrections or
prisoner diagnostic center facility operated by either the county jail or
municipal houses of correction.

(b) To have charge of all prisoners held in any institution, center or
other facility in the county over which it has jurisdiction under
subsection (a) of this Section, whether they are misdemeanants, felons,
persons held for trial, persons held in protective custody, persons held
for transfer to other detention facilities or persons held for non-payment
of fines, for violations of ordinances or any other quasi-criminal charges.
Nothing in this Division applies to minors subject to proceedings under the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987. It may transfer or recommit any prisoner
from one institution, center or other such facility to any other
institution, center or other facility whenever it determines that such
transfer or recommitment would promote the welfare or rehabilitation of the
prisoner, or that such transfer or recommitment is necessary to relieve
overcrowding.

(c) To establish diagnostic, classification and rehabilitation services
and programs at the county jail and such other facilities over which it has
jurisdiction under subsection (a) of this Section as may be appropriate.

(d) To establish, whenever feasible, separate detention and commitment
facilities and utilize the facilities over which it has jurisdiction under
subsection (a) of this Section in a manner which provides separate
detention and commitment facilities.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-15003.3

(55 ILCS 5/3-15003.3)
Sec. 3-15003.3. Voter registration; county jails.

Upon discharge of a person who is eligible to vote from a county jail, the county jail shall provide the person with a voter registration application. Each election authority shall collaborate with the county jail within the jurisdiction of the election authority to facilitate voter registration for voters eligible to vote in that county who are confined or detained in the county jail. A county jail shall provide a voter registration application to any person in custody at the jail who requests an application and is eligible to vote.

(Source: P.A. 101-442, eff. 1-1-20.)

55 ILCS 5/3-15003.4

    (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.4)
    Sec. 3-15003.4. Voting rights; county jails; probation offices.

(a) Each county jail and county probation office shall make available current resource materials, maintained by the Illinois State Board of Elections, containing detailed information regarding the voting rights of a person with a criminal conviction in print.

    (b) The current resource materials described under subsection (a) shall be provided:
        (1) upon discharge of a person from a county jail; and
        (2) upon intake of a person by a county probation

department.

(Source: P.A. 101-442, eff. 1-1-20.)

55 ILCS 5/3-15003.5

(55 ILCS 5/3-15003.5)

Sec. 3-15003.5.

County impact incarceration
program.

(a) Under the direction of the Sheriff and with the
approval of the County Board of Commissioners, the Sheriff
in any county
with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, shall have the power to operate a
county impact
incarceration program for persons eligible for a term of imprisonment, but
sentenced to a county impact incarceration program by the sentencing court. In order to be eligible to participate in a county impact
incarceration program, a person convicted of a felony
shall
meet the requirements set forth in
subsection (b) of Section 5-8-1.2 of the Unified Code of
Corrections.

(b) (Blank).

(c) The Sheriff, with the approval of the County Board of
Commissioners,
shall have the power to enter into intergovernmental cooperation agreements
with the Illinois Department of Corrections under which persons in the custody
of the Illinois Department may participate in the county
impact
incarceration program.  No person shall be eligible for participation who does
not meet the criteria set forth in subsection (b) of Section 5-8-1.1 of the
Unified Code of
Corrections.
Offenders committed to the Illinois Department of Corrections who
successfully complete the county impact incarceration
program shall have their sentence reduced to time considered served upon
certification to the Court by the Illinois Department of Corrections that the
offender has successfully completed the program.

(Source: P.A. 88-469; 89-587, eff. 7-31-96.)