101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3085

 

Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-1-2  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-1-2
730 ILCS 5/3-2-7  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-7
730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall require their correctional officers to undergo mental health screenings and tests and shall develop rules to monitor and track their interaction with committed persons and to provide for discharge or other assignments for officers who are mentally unable to interact with committed persons. Defines "correctional officer".


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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Sections 3-1-2, 3-2-7, and 3-2.5-15 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-1-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-1-2)
7    Sec. 3-1-2. Definitions.
8    (a) "Chief Administrative Officer" means the person
9designated by the Director to exercise the powers and duties of
10the Department of Corrections in regard to committed persons
11within a correctional institution or facility, and includes the
12superintendent of any juvenile institution or facility.
13    (a-3) "Aftercare release" means the conditional and
14revocable release of a person committed to the Department of
15Juvenile Justice under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, under
16the supervision of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
17    (a-5) "Sex offense" for the purposes of paragraph (16) of
18subsection (a) of Section 3-3-7, paragraph (10) of subsection
19(a) of Section 5-6-3, and paragraph (18) of subsection (c) of
20Section 5-6-3.1 only means:
21        (i) A violation of any of the following Sections of the
22    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012: 10-7
23    (aiding or abetting child abduction under Section

 

 

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1    10-5(b)(10)), 10-5(b)(10) (child luring), 11-6 (indecent
2    solicitation of a child), 11-6.5 (indecent solicitation of
3    an adult), 11-14.4 (promoting juvenile prostitution),
4    11-15.1 (soliciting for a juvenile prostitute), 11-17.1
5    (keeping a place of juvenile prostitution), 11-18.1
6    (patronizing a juvenile prostitute), 11-19.1 (juvenile
7    pimping), 11-19.2 (exploitation of a child), 11-20.1
8    (child pornography), 11-20.1B or 11-20.3 (aggravated child
9    pornography), 11-1.40 or 12-14.1 (predatory criminal
10    sexual assault of a child), or 12-33 (ritualized abuse of a
11    child). An attempt to commit any of these offenses.
12        (ii) A violation of any of the following Sections of
13    the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012:
14    11-1.20 or 12-13 (criminal sexual assault), 11-1.30 or
15    12-14 (aggravated criminal sexual assault), 11-1.60 or
16    12-16 (aggravated criminal sexual abuse), and subsection
17    (a) of Section 11-1.50 or subsection (a) of Section 12-15
18    (criminal sexual abuse). An attempt to commit any of these
19    offenses.
20        (iii) A violation of any of the following Sections of
21    the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 when
22    the defendant is not a parent of the victim:
23            10-1 (kidnapping),
24            10-2 (aggravated kidnapping),
25            10-3 (unlawful restraint),
26            10-3.1 (aggravated unlawful restraint).

 

 

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1            An attempt to commit any of these offenses.
2        (iv) A violation of any former law of this State
3    substantially equivalent to any offense listed in this
4    subsection (a-5).
5    An offense violating federal law or the law of another
6state that is substantially equivalent to any offense listed in
7this subsection (a-5) shall constitute a sex offense for the
8purpose of this subsection (a-5). A finding or adjudication as
9a sexually dangerous person under any federal law or law of
10another state that is substantially equivalent to the Sexually
11Dangerous Persons Act shall constitute an adjudication for a
12sex offense for the purposes of this subsection (a-5).
13    (b) "Commitment" means a judicially determined placement
14in the custody of the Department of Corrections on the basis of
15delinquency or conviction.
16    (c) "Committed person" is a person committed to the
17Department, however a committed person shall not be considered
18to be an employee of the Department of Corrections for any
19purpose, including eligibility for a pension, benefits, or any
20other compensation or rights or privileges which may be
21provided to employees of the Department.
22    (c-5) "Computer scrub software" means any third-party
23added software, designed to delete information from the
24computer unit, the hard drive, or other software, which would
25eliminate and prevent discovery of browser activity, including
26but not limited to Internet history, address bar or bars, cache

 

 

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1or caches, and/or cookies, and which would over-write files in
2a way so as to make previous computer activity, including but
3not limited to website access, more difficult to discover.
4    (c-10) "Content-controlled tablet" means any device that
5can only access visitation applications or content relating to
6educational or personal development.
7    (d) "Correctional institution or facility" means any
8building or part of a building where committed persons are kept
9in a secured manner.
10    (d-5) "Correctional officer" means an employee of the
11Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice
12who has custody and control over committed persons in an adult
13or juvenile correctional facility.
14    (e) "Department" means both the Department of Corrections
15and the Department of Juvenile Justice of this State, unless
16the context is specific to either the Department of Corrections
17or the Department of Juvenile Justice.
18    (f) "Director" means both the Director of Corrections and
19the Director of Juvenile Justice, unless the context is
20specific to either the Director of Corrections or the Director
21of Juvenile Justice.
22    (f-5) (Blank).
23    (g) "Discharge" means the final termination of a commitment
24to the Department of Corrections.
25    (h) "Discipline" means the rules and regulations for the
26maintenance of order and the protection of persons and property

 

 

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1within the institutions and facilities of the Department and
2their enforcement.
3    (i) "Escape" means the intentional and unauthorized
4absence of a committed person from the custody of the
5Department.
6    (j) "Furlough" means an authorized leave of absence from
7the Department of Corrections for a designated purpose and
8period of time.
9    (k) "Parole" means the conditional and revocable release of
10a person committed to the Department of Corrections under the
11supervision of a parole officer.
12    (l) "Prisoner Review Board" means the Board established in
13Section 3-3-1(a), independent of the Department, to review
14rules and regulations with respect to good time credits, to
15hear charges brought by the Department against certain
16prisoners alleged to have violated Department rules with
17respect to good time credits, to set release dates for certain
18prisoners sentenced under the law in effect prior to the
19effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1977, to hear and
20decide the time of aftercare release for persons committed to
21the Department of Juvenile Justice under the Juvenile Court Act
22of 1987 to hear requests and make recommendations to the
23Governor with respect to pardon, reprieve or commutation, to
24set conditions for parole, aftercare release, and mandatory
25supervised release and determine whether violations of those
26conditions justify revocation of parole or release, and to

 

 

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1assume all other functions previously exercised by the Illinois
2Parole and Pardon Board.
3    (m) Whenever medical treatment, service, counseling, or
4care is referred to in this Unified Code of Corrections, such
5term may be construed by the Department or Court, within its
6discretion, to include treatment, service or counseling by a
7Christian Science practitioner or nursing care appropriate
8therewith whenever request therefor is made by a person subject
9to the provisions of this Act.
10    (n) "Victim" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in
11subsection (a) of Section 3 of the Bill of Rights for Victims
12and Witnesses of Violent Crime Act.
13    (o) "Wrongfully imprisoned person" means a person who has
14been discharged from a prison of this State and has received:
15        (1) a pardon from the Governor stating that such pardon
16    is issued on the ground of innocence of the crime for which
17    he or she was imprisoned; or
18        (2) a certificate of innocence from the Circuit Court
19    as provided in Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil
20    Procedure.
21(Source: P.A. 100-198, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
22    (730 ILCS 5/3-2-7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-7)
23    Sec. 3-2-7. Staff Training and Development.
24    (a) The Department shall train its own personnel and any
25personnel from local agencies by agreements under Section

 

 

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13-15-2.
2    (b) To develop and train its personnel, the Department may
3make grants in aid for academic study and training in fields
4related to corrections. The Department shall establish rules
5for the conditions and amounts of such grants. The Department
6may employ any person during his program of studies and may
7require the person to work for it on completion of his program
8according to the agreement entered into between the person
9receiving the grant and the Department.
10    (c) The Department shall require its correctional officers
11to undergo mental health screenings and tests and shall develop
12rules to monitor and track their interaction with committed
13persons and to provide for discharge or other assignments for
14officers who are mentally unable to interact with committed
15persons.
16(Source: P.A. 77-2097.)
 
17    (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15)
18    Sec. 3-2.5-15. Department of Juvenile Justice; assumption
19of duties of the Juvenile Division.
20    (a) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume the
21rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Juvenile
22Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel, books,
23records, property, and unencumbered appropriations pertaining
24to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections shall
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1effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
2Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State under the
3Personnel Code or any other contract or plan shall be
4unaffected by this transfer.
5    (b) Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired
6by the Department on or after the effective date of this
7amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and who participate
8or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational training of
9delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities involving
10direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's security,
11welfare and development, or participate in the personal
12rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training, supervising,
13and assisting lower level personnel who perform these duties
14must be over the age of 21 and have any bachelor's or advanced
15degree from an accredited college or university. This
16requirement shall not apply to security, clerical, food
17service, and maintenance staff that do not have direct and
18regular contact with youth. The degree requirements specified
19in this subsection (b) are not required of persons who provide
20vocational training and who have adequate knowledge in the
21skill for which they are providing the vocational training.
22    (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to
23personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
24the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
25Assembly.
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1Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code.
2    (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the
3Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and
4personnel as required by law. The Director may create other
5divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and
6personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the
7functions and responsibilities vested by law in the Department.
8The Director may, with the approval of the Office of the
9Governor, assign to and share functions, powers, duties, and
10personnel with other State agencies such that administrative
11services and administrative facilities are provided by a shared
12administrative service center. Where possible, shared services
13which impact youth should be done with child-serving agencies.
14These administrative services may include, but are not limited
15to, all of the following functions: budgeting, accounting
16related functions, auditing, human resources, legal,
17procurement, training, data collection and analysis,
18information technology, internal investigations, intelligence,
19legislative services, emergency response capability, statewide
20transportation services, and general office support.
21    (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into
22intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors
23adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of
24Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact
25incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the
26Counties Code.

 

 

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1    (g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with the
2ethnic and racial background data collection procedures
3provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act.
4    (h) The Department shall require its correctional officers
5to undergo mental health screenings and tests and shall develop
6rules to monitor and track their interaction with committed
7persons and to provide for discharge or other assignments for
8officers who are mentally unable to interact with committed
9persons.
10(Source: P.A. 100-19, eff. 1-1-18.)