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65 ILCS 5/11-4-7

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-7)

Sec. 11-4-7.

The superintendent of the house of correction shall have
entire control and management of all its concerns, subject to the
authority established by law, and the rules and regulations adopted for
its government. The superintendent shall obey and carry out all written
orders and instructions of the inspectors not inconsistent with the laws,
rules and regulations relating to the government of the institution. The
superintendent shall be appointed by the mayor by and with the consent
of the board of inspectors, and shall hold his office for 4 years and
until his successor is duly appointed and has qualified, but he may be
removed by the inspectors at any time, when in their judgment it shall
be advisable. He shall be responsible for the manner in which the house
of correction is managed and conducted. He shall reside at the house of
correction, devote all his time and attention to the business thereof,
and visit and examine into the condition and management of every
department thereof and of each prisoner therein confined, daily. The
superintendent shall exercise a general supervision and direction in
regard to the discipline, police and business of the house of
correction. The deputy superintendent of the house of correction shall
have and exercise the powers of the superintendent in his absence, so
far as relates to the discipline thereof and the safe keeping of
prisoners.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-8

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-8)

Sec. 11-4-8.

The county board and the board of trustees of any village or
incorporated town, in any county in this state, in which a house of
correction is established, may enter into an agreement with the corporate
authorities of such city, or with any authorized agent or officer in behalf
of such city, to receive and keep in the house of correction any person or
persons who may be sentenced or committed thereto, by any court, in any of
such counties. Whenever such agreement is made, the county board for any
county in behalf of which such agreement is made, or of the trustees of the
village or incorporated town, in behalf of which, such agreement is made,
as the case may be, shall give public notice thereof in some newspaper
printed and published within the county for a period not less than 4 weeks.
Such notice shall state the period of time for which such agreement will
remain in force.

(Source: P.A. 77-1295.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-9

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-9)

Sec. 11-4-9.

In counties, incorporated towns and villages having such
agreement with any such city, the circuit court for such county,
incorporated town or village, by whom any person, for any crime or
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail, shall be
convicted, shall commit such person to the house of correction in lieu of
committing him to the county jail, village or incorporated town calaboose,
there to be received and kept in the manner prescribed by law and the
discipline in the house of correction. Such court, by warrant of commitment
duly issued, shall cause such persons so sentenced to be forthwith conveyed
by some proper officer to the house of correction.

(Source: Laws 1965, p. 292.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-10

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-10)

Sec. 11-4-10.

The sheriff or other officer in and for any county having
such agreement with any such city to whom any warrant of commitment for
that purpose may be directed by the court for such county, shall convey
such person so sentenced to the house of correction, and there deliver such
person to the keeper or other proper officer of the house of correction,
whose duty it shall be to receive such person so sentenced, and to safely
keep and employ such person for the term mentioned in the warrant of
commitment, according to the laws of the house of correction. The officers
thus conveying and so delivering the person or persons so sentenced shall
be allowed such fees, as compensation therefor, as shall be prescribed or
allowed by the county board of such county.

(Source: Laws 1965, p. 292.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-11

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-11)

Sec. 11-4-11.

All provisions of law and ordinances authorizing the
commitment and confinement of persons in jails, bridewells and other city
prisons, are hereby made applicable to all persons who may or shall be,
under the provisions of this Division 4, sentenced to such house of
correction.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-12

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-12)

Sec. 11-4-12.

The inspectors of any such house of correction may establish
in connection with the house of correction a department thereof, to be
called a house of shelter, for the more complete reformation and education
of females. The inspectors shall adopt rules and regulations by which any
female convict may be imprisoned in one or more separate apartments of the
house of correction, or of the department thereof called the house of
shelter. The superintendent of the house of correction shall appoint, by
and with the advice of the board of inspectors, a matron and other teachers
and employees for the house of shelter, whose compensation shall be fixed
and provided for as in this Division 4 provided for the officers and other
employees of the house of correction.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-13

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-13)

Sec. 11-4-13.

The expenses of maintaining any such house of correction over
and above all receipts for the labor of persons confined therein, and such
sums of money as may be received from time to time by virtue of an
agreement with a county, as in this Division 4 contemplated, shall be
audited and paid from time to time by the corporate authority of such city,
and shall be raised, levied and collected as the ordinary expenses of the
city.

The corporate authorities of each municipality maintaining a house of
correction may require convicted persons confined therein to pay for the
expenses incurred by their incarceration to the extent of their ability
to pay for such expenses.  The municipal attorney or corporation counsel,
if authorized by the corporate authorities, may institute civil actions
in the circuit court of the county in which such house of corrections is
located to recover from such convicted persons confined the expenses incurred
by their incarceration.  Such expenses recovered shall be paid into the
municipal treasury.

(Source: P.A. 82-717.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-14

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-14)

Sec. 11-4-14.

The inspectors of any such house of correction may enter into
an agreement with any officer of the United States authorized therefor to
receive and keep in such house of correction any person sentenced thereto,
or ordered to be imprisoned therein, by any court of the United States or
other federal officer, until discharged by law.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-15

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-15)

Sec. 11-4-15.

In any such city, which prior to July 1, 1871, established a
bridewell for the confinement of convicted persons, such institution shall,
immediately upon the appointment of the inspectors in this Division 4
contemplated, be known and denominated as the house of correction of the
city in which it is located.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-16

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-16)

Sec. 11-4-16.

The superintendent of any such house of correction shall
receive a salary per annum, to be fixed by the corporate authorities of
such city, to be paid quarterly. The superintendent shall keep a record of
all infractions of the rules and discipline of the house of correction,
with the names of each, the convict offending, and the date and character
of each offense. Every misdemeanant in such house of correction shall be
allowed time off from his sentence in accordance with the provisions of the
"Misdemeanant Good Behavior Allowance Act", as heretofore and hereafter
amended.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-4-17

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-17) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-17)

Sec. 11-4-17.

The inspectors of any such house of correction and the
superintendent thereof, shall, before they enter on the duties of their
respective offices, take and subscribe the usual oath of office. The
inspectors and superintendent shall severally give bond to such city with
sureties, and in a penal sum such as may be required by the corporate
authorities thereof, for the faithful performance of their duties.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 5

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 5 heading) DIVISION 5.

PUBLIC ORDER REGULATIONS

65 ILCS 5/11-5-1

(65 ILCS 5/11-5-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-5-1)

Sec. 11-5-1.

The corporate authorities of each municipality may suppress
bawdy or disorderly houses and also houses of ill-fame or assignation,
within the limits of the municipality and within 3 miles of the outer
boundaries of the municipality. The corporate authorities may suppress
gaming, gambling houses, lotteries, and all fraudulent devices or practices
for the purpose of obtaining money or property and may prohibit the sale or
exhibition of obscene or immoral publications, prints, pictures, or
illustrations.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-5-1.5

(65 ILCS 5/11-5-1.5)

Sec. 11-5-1.5. Adult entertainment facility.

It is prohibited within a municipality to locate an adult entertainment
facility within 1,000 feet of the property
boundaries of any school, day care center, cemetery, public park, forest
preserve, public
housing, and place of religious
worship, except that in a county with a population of more than 800,000 and less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, it is prohibited to locate, construct, or operate a new adult entertainment facility within one mile of the property boundaries of any school, day care center, cemetery, public park, forest preserve, public housing, or place of religious worship located anywhere within that county.  Notwithstanding any other requirements of this Section, it is also prohibited to locate, construct, or operate a new adult entertainment facility within one mile of the property boundaries of any school, day care center, cemetery, public park, forest preserve, public housing, or place of religious worship located in that area of Cook County outside of the City of Chicago.

For the purposes of this Section, "adult entertainment facility" means
(i) a striptease club or pornographic movie theatre
whose business is the commercial
sale, dissemination, or distribution of sexually explicit material,
shows, or other
exhibitions
or (ii) an adult bookstore or adult video store in which 25% or more of its stock-in-trade, books, magazines, and films for sale, exhibition, or viewing on-premises are sexually explicit material.

(Source: P.A. 95-47, eff. 1-1-08; 95-214, eff. 8-16-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)