94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0554

 

Introduced 2/17/2005, by Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3930/7   from Ch. 38, par. 210-7
730 ILCS 5/3-2-2   from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2
730 ILCS 5/3-3-2   from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-2
730 ILCS 5/3-15-2   from Ch. 38, par. 1003-15-2
730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 17 heading new
730 ILCS 5/3-17-5 new
730 ILCS 5/3-17-10 new
730 ILCS 5/3-17-15 new
730 ILCS 5/3-17-20 new
730 ILCS 5/3-17-25 new
730 ILCS 5/5-8-6   from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-6

    Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority may apply for, receive, establish priorities for, allocate, disburse, and spend grants of funds for assisting counties and municipalities in establishing and maintaining reentry programs. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Permits a county or municipality that maintains a jail or municipal house of corrections to establish a program for the reentry into the community of felony offenders who are within one year of their release from prison. Provides that an offender must demonstrate a willingness to engage in employment or participate in vocational rehabilitation or job skills training and meet any existing obligation for restitution to any victim of his or her crime. Establishes various services that will be provided to participants in the program. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall establish standards for and shall inspect facilities that house participants in the reentry programs. Provides that the Department of Corrections may make construction and renovation grants for these facilities.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act is
5 amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 3930/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 210-7)
7     Sec. 7. Powers and Duties. The Authority shall have the
8 following powers, duties and responsibilities:
9         (a) To develop and operate comprehensive information
10     systems for the improvement and coordination of all aspects
11     of law enforcement, prosecution and corrections;
12         (b) To define, develop, evaluate and correlate State
13     and local programs and projects associated with the
14     improvement of law enforcement and the administration of
15     criminal justice;
16         (c) To act as a central repository and clearing house
17     for federal, state and local research studies, plans,
18     projects, proposals and other information relating to all
19     aspects of criminal justice system improvement and to
20     encourage educational programs for citizen support of
21     State and local efforts to make such improvements;
22         (d) To undertake research studies to aid in
23     accomplishing its purposes;
24         (e) To monitor the operation of existing criminal
25     justice information systems in order to protect the
26     constitutional rights and privacy of individuals about
27     whom criminal history record information has been
28     collected;
29         (f) To provide an effective administrative forum for
30     the protection of the rights of individuals concerning
31     criminal history record information;
32         (g) To issue regulations, guidelines and procedures

 

 

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1     which ensure the privacy and security of criminal history
2     record information consistent with State and federal laws;
3         (h) To act as the sole administrative appeal body in
4     the State of Illinois to conduct hearings and make final
5     determinations concerning individual challenges to the
6     completeness and accuracy of criminal history record
7     information;
8         (i) To act as the sole, official, criminal justice body
9     in the State of Illinois to conduct annual and periodic
10     audits of the procedures, policies, and practices of the
11     State central repositories for criminal history record
12     information to verify compliance with federal and state
13     laws and regulations governing such information;
14         (j) To advise the Authority's Statistical Analysis
15     Center;
16         (k) To apply for, receive, establish priorities for,
17     allocate, disburse and spend grants of funds that are made
18     available by and received on or after January 1, 1983 from
19     private sources or from the United States pursuant to the
20     federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended, and similar
21     federal legislation, and to enter into agreements with the
22     United States government to further the purposes of this
23     Act, or as may be required as a condition of obtaining
24     federal funds;
25         (k-5) To apply for, receive, establish priorities for,
26     allocate, disburse, and spend grants of funds for assisting
27     counties and municipalities in establishing and
28     maintaining reentry programs created under Article 17 of
29     Chapter III of the Unified Code of Corrections;
30         (l) To receive, expend and account for such funds of
31     the State of Illinois as may be made available to further
32     the purposes of this Act;
33         (m) To enter into contracts and to cooperate with units
34     of general local government or combinations of such units,
35     State agencies, and criminal justice system agencies of
36     other states for the purpose of carrying out the duties of

 

 

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1     the Authority imposed by this Act or by the federal Crime
2     Control Act of 1973, as amended;
3         (n) To enter into contracts and cooperate with units of
4     general local government outside of Illinois, other
5     states' agencies, and private organizations outside of
6     Illinois to provide computer software or design that has
7     been developed for the Illinois criminal justice system, or
8     to participate in the cooperative development or design of
9     new software or systems to be used by the Illinois criminal
10     justice system. Revenues received as a result of such
11     arrangements shall be deposited in the Criminal Justice
12     Information Systems Trust Fund.
13         (o) To establish general policies concerning criminal
14     justice information systems and to promulgate such rules,
15     regulations and procedures as are necessary to the
16     operation of the Authority and to the uniform consideration
17     of appeals and audits;
18         (p) To advise and to make recommendations to the
19     Governor and the General Assembly on policies relating to
20     criminal justice information systems;
21         (q) To direct all other agencies under the jurisdiction
22     of the Governor to provide whatever assistance and
23     information the Authority may lawfully require to carry out
24     its functions;
25         (r) To exercise any other powers that are reasonable
26     and necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the
27     Authority under this Act and to comply with the
28     requirements of applicable federal law or regulation;
29         (s) To exercise the rights, powers and duties which
30     have been vested in the Authority by the "Illinois Uniform
31     Conviction Information Act", enacted by the 85th General
32     Assembly, as hereafter amended; and
33         (t) To exercise the rights, powers and duties which
34     have been vested in the Authority by the Illinois Motor
35     Vehicle Theft Prevention Act.
36     The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall

 

 

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1 be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
2 the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
3 Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the
4 Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as
5 required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in
6 relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874,
7 as amended, and filing such additional copies with the State
8 Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly
9 as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State
10 Library Act.
11 (Source: P.A. 85-922; 86-1408.)
 
12     Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
13 changing Sections 3-2-2, 3-3-2, 3-15-2, and 5-8-6 and by adding
14 Article 17 as follows:
 
15     (730 ILCS 5/3-2-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2)
16     Sec. 3-2-2. Powers and Duties of the Department.
17     (1) In addition to the powers, duties and responsibilities
18 which are otherwise provided by law, the Department shall have
19 the following powers:
20         (a) To accept persons committed to it by the courts of
21     this State for care, custody, treatment and
22     rehabilitation, and to accept federal prisoners and aliens
23     over whom the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee is
24     authorized to exercise the federal detention function for
25     limited purposes and periods of time.
26         (b) To develop and maintain reception and evaluation
27     units for purposes of analyzing the custody and
28     rehabilitation needs of persons committed to it and to
29     assign such persons to institutions and programs under its
30     control or transfer them to other appropriate agencies. In
31     consultation with the Department of Alcoholism and
32     Substance Abuse (now the Department of Human Services), the
33     Department of Corrections shall develop a master plan for
34     the screening and evaluation of persons committed to its

 

 

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1     custody who have alcohol or drug abuse problems, and for
2     making appropriate treatment available to such persons;
3     the Department shall report to the General Assembly on such
4     plan not later than April 1, 1987. The maintenance and
5     implementation of such plan shall be contingent upon the
6     availability of funds.
7         (b-1) To create and implement, on January 1, 2002, a
8     pilot program to establish the effectiveness of
9     pupillometer technology (the measurement of the pupil's
10     reaction to light) as an alternative to a urine test for
11     purposes of screening and evaluating persons committed to
12     its custody who have alcohol or drug problems. The pilot
13     program shall require the pupillometer technology to be
14     used in at least one Department of Corrections facility.
15     The Director may expand the pilot program to include an
16     additional facility or facilities as he or she deems
17     appropriate. A minimum of 4,000 tests shall be included in
18     the pilot program. The Department must report to the
19     General Assembly on the effectiveness of the program by
20     January 1, 2003.
21         (b-5) To develop, in consultation with the Department
22     of State Police, a program for tracking and evaluating each
23     inmate from commitment through release for recording his or
24     her gang affiliations, activities, or ranks.
25         (c) To maintain and administer all State correctional
26     institutions and facilities under its control and to
27     establish new ones as needed. Pursuant to its power to
28     establish new institutions and facilities, the Department
29     may, with the written approval of the Governor, authorize
30     the Department of Central Management Services to enter into
31     an agreement of the type described in subsection (d) of
32     Section 405-300 of the Department of Central Management
33     Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-300). The Department shall
34     designate those institutions which shall constitute the
35     State Penitentiary System.
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1     facilities, the Department may authorize the Department of
2     Central Management Services to accept bids from counties
3     and municipalities for the construction, remodeling or
4     conversion of a structure to be leased to the Department of
5     Corrections for the purposes of its serving as a
6     correctional institution or facility. Such construction,
7     remodeling or conversion may be financed with revenue bonds
8     issued pursuant to the Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act
9     by the municipality or county. The lease specified in a bid
10     shall be for a term of not less than the time needed to
11     retire any revenue bonds used to finance the project, but
12     not to exceed 40 years. The lease may grant to the State
13     the option to purchase the structure outright.
14         Upon receipt of the bids, the Department may certify
15     one or more of the bids and shall submit any such bids to
16     the General Assembly for approval. Upon approval of a bid
17     by a constitutional majority of both houses of the General
18     Assembly, pursuant to joint resolution, the Department of
19     Central Management Services may enter into an agreement
20     with the county or municipality pursuant to such bid.
21         (c-5) To build and maintain regional juvenile
22     detention centers and to charge a per diem to the counties
23     as established by the Department to defray the costs of
24     housing each minor in a center. In this subsection (c-5),
25     "juvenile detention center" means a facility to house
26     minors during pendency of trial who have been transferred
27     from proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to
28     prosecutions under the criminal laws of this State in
29     accordance with Section 5-805 of the Juvenile Court Act of
30     1987, whether the transfer was by operation of law or
31     permissive under that Section. The Department shall
32     designate the counties to be served by each regional
33     juvenile detention center.
34         (d) To develop and maintain programs of control,
35     rehabilitation and employment of committed persons within
36     its institutions.

 

 

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1         (e) To establish a system of supervision and guidance
2     of committed persons in the community.
3         (f) To establish in cooperation with the Department of
4     Transportation to supply a sufficient number of prisoners
5     for use by the Department of Transportation to clean up the
6     trash and garbage along State, county, township, or
7     municipal highways as designated by the Department of
8     Transportation. The Department of Corrections, at the
9     request of the Department of Transportation, shall furnish
10     such prisoners at least annually for a period to be agreed
11     upon between the Director of Corrections and the Director
12     of Transportation. The prisoners used on this program shall
13     be selected by the Director of Corrections on whatever
14     basis he deems proper in consideration of their term,
15     behavior and earned eligibility to participate in such
16     program - where they will be outside of the prison facility
17     but still in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
18     Prisoners convicted of first degree murder, or a Class X
19     felony, or armed violence, or aggravated kidnapping, or
20     criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse
21     or a subsequent conviction for criminal sexual abuse, or
22     forcible detention, or arson, or a prisoner adjudged a
23     Habitual Criminal shall not be eligible for selection to
24     participate in such program. The prisoners shall remain as
25     prisoners in the custody of the Department of Corrections
26     and such Department shall furnish whatever security is
27     necessary. The Department of Transportation shall furnish
28     trucks and equipment for the highway cleanup program and
29     personnel to supervise and direct the program. Neither the
30     Department of Corrections nor the Department of
31     Transportation shall replace any regular employee with a
32     prisoner.
33         (g) To maintain records of persons committed to it and
34     to establish programs of research, statistics and
35     planning.
36         (h) To investigate the grievances of any person

 

 

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1     committed to the Department, to inquire into any alleged
2     misconduct by employees or committed persons, and to
3     investigate the assets of committed persons to implement
4     Section 3-7-6 of this Code; and for these purposes it may
5     issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and
6     the production of writings and papers, and may examine
7     under oath any witnesses who may appear before it; to also
8     investigate alleged violations of a parolee's or
9     releasee's conditions of parole or release; and for this
10     purpose it may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of
11     witnesses and the production of documents only if there is
12     reason to believe that such procedures would provide
13     evidence that such violations have occurred.
14         If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued under
15     this subsection, the Director may apply to any circuit
16     court to secure compliance with the subpoena. The failure
17     to comply with the order of the court issued in response
18     thereto shall be punishable as contempt of court.
19         (i) To appoint and remove the chief administrative
20     officers, and administer programs of training and
21     development of personnel of the Department. Personnel
22     assigned by the Department to be responsible for the
23     custody and control of committed persons or to investigate
24     the alleged misconduct of committed persons or employees or
25     alleged violations of a parolee's or releasee's conditions
26     of parole shall be conservators of the peace for those
27     purposes, and shall have the full power of peace officers
28     outside of the facilities of the Department in the
29     protection, arrest, retaking and reconfining of committed
30     persons or where the exercise of such power is necessary to
31     the investigation of such misconduct or violations.
32         (j) To cooperate with other departments and agencies
33     and with local communities for the development of standards
34     and programs for better correctional services in this
35     State.
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1     Department.
2         (l) To report annually to the Governor on the committed
3     persons, institutions and programs of the Department.
4         (l-5) In a confidential annual report to the Governor,
5     the Department shall identify all inmate gangs by
6     specifying each current gang's name, population and allied
7     gangs. The Department shall further specify the number of
8     top leaders identified by the Department for each gang
9     during the past year, and the measures taken by the
10     Department to segregate each leader from his or her gang
11     and allied gangs. The Department shall further report the
12     current status of leaders identified and segregated in
13     previous years. All leaders described in the report shall
14     be identified by inmate number or other designation to
15     enable tracking, auditing, and verification without
16     revealing the names of the leaders. Because this report
17     contains law enforcement intelligence information
18     collected by the Department, the report is confidential and
19     not subject to public disclosure.
20         (m) To make all rules and regulations and exercise all
21     powers and duties vested by law in the Department.
22         (n) To establish rules and regulations for
23     administering a system of good conduct credits,
24     established in accordance with Section 3-6-3, subject to
25     review by the Prisoner Review Board.
26         (o) To administer the distribution of funds from the
27     State Treasury to reimburse counties where State penal
28     institutions are located for the payment of assistant
29     state's attorneys' salaries under Section 4-2001 of the
30     Counties Code.
31         (p) To exchange information with the Department of
32     Human Services and the Illinois Department of Public Aid
33     for the purpose of verifying living arrangements and for
34     other purposes directly connected with the administration
35     of this Code and the Illinois Public Aid Code.
36         (q) To establish a diversion program.

 

 

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1         The program shall provide a structured environment for
2     selected technical parole or mandatory supervised release
3     violators and committed persons who have violated the rules
4     governing their conduct while in work release. This program
5     shall not apply to those persons who have committed a new
6     offense while serving on parole or mandatory supervised
7     release or while committed to work release.
8         Elements of the program shall include, but shall not be
9     limited to, the following:
10             (1) The staff of a diversion facility shall provide
11         supervision in accordance with required objectives set
12         by the facility.
13             (2) Participants shall be required to maintain
14         employment.
15             (3) Each participant shall pay for room and board
16         at the facility on a sliding-scale basis according to
17         the participant's income.
18             (4) Each participant shall:
19                 (A) provide restitution to victims in
20             accordance with any court order;
21                 (B) provide financial support to his
22             dependents; and
23                 (C) make appropriate payments toward any other
24             court-ordered obligations.
25             (5) Each participant shall complete community
26         service in addition to employment.
27             (6) Participants shall take part in such
28         counseling, educational and other programs as the
29         Department may deem appropriate.
30             (7) Participants shall submit to drug and alcohol
31         screening.
32             (8) The Department shall promulgate rules
33         governing the administration of the program.
34         (r) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation
35     agreements under which persons in the custody of the
36     Department may participate in a county impact

 

 

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1     incarceration program established under Section 3-6038 or
2     3-15003.5 of the Counties Code.
3         (r-5) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation
4     agreements under which minors adjudicated delinquent and
5     committed to the Department of Corrections, Juvenile
6     Division, may participate in a county juvenile impact
7     incarceration program established under Section 3-6039 of
8     the Counties Code.
9         (r-10) To systematically and routinely identify with
10     respect to each streetgang active within the correctional
11     system: (1) each active gang; (2) every existing inter-gang
12     affiliation or alliance; and (3) the current leaders in
13     each gang. The Department shall promptly segregate leaders
14     from inmates who belong to their gangs and allied gangs.
15     "Segregate" means no physical contact and, to the extent
16     possible under the conditions and space available at the
17     correctional facility, prohibition of visual and sound
18     communication. For the purposes of this paragraph (r-10),
19     "leaders" means persons who:
20             (i) are members of a criminal streetgang;
21             (ii) with respect to other individuals within the
22         streetgang, occupy a position of organizer,
23         supervisor, or other position of management or
24         leadership; and
25             (iii) are actively and personally engaged in
26         directing, ordering, authorizing, or requesting
27         commission of criminal acts by others, which are
28         punishable as a felony, in furtherance of streetgang
29         related activity both within and outside of the
30         Department of Corrections.
31     "Streetgang", "gang", and "streetgang related" have the
32     meanings ascribed to them in Section 10 of the Illinois
33     Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
34         (s) To operate a super-maximum security institution,
35     in order to manage and supervise inmates who are disruptive
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1     staff and the other inmates.
2         (t) To monitor any unprivileged conversation or any
3     unprivileged communication, whether in person or by mail,
4     telephone, or other means, between an inmate who, before
5     commitment to the Department, was a member of an organized
6     gang and any other person without the need to show cause or
7     satisfy any other requirement of law before beginning the
8     monitoring, except as constitutionally required. The
9     monitoring may be by video, voice, or other method of
10     recording or by any other means. As used in this
11     subdivision (1)(t), "organized gang" has the meaning
12     ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang
13     Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
14         As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "unprivileged
15     conversation" or "unprivileged communication" means a
16     conversation or communication that is not protected by any
17     privilege recognized by law or by decision, rule, or order
18     of the Illinois Supreme Court.
19         (u) To establish a Women's and Children's Pre-release
20     Community Supervision Program for the purpose of providing
21     housing and services to eligible female inmates, as
22     determined by the Department, and their newborn and young
23     children.
24         (v) To perform the duties prescribed in Article 17 of
25     this Chapter.
26         (w) (v) To do all other acts necessary to carry out the
27     provisions of this Chapter.
28     (2) The Department of Corrections shall by January 1, 1998,
29 consider building and operating a correctional facility within
30 100 miles of a county of over 2,000,000 inhabitants, especially
31 a facility designed to house juvenile participants in the
32 impact incarceration program.
33     (3) When the Department lets bids for contracts for medical
34 services to be provided to persons committed to Department
35 facilities by a health maintenance organization, medical
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1 only be let to a health care provider that has obtained an
2 irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond issued by a
3 company whose bonds are rated AAA by a bond rating
4 organization.
5     (4) When the Department lets bids for contracts for food or
6 commissary services to be provided to Department facilities,
7 the bid may only be let to a food or commissary services
8 provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of credit or
9 performance bond issued by a company whose bonds are rated AAA
10 by a bond rating organization.
11 (Source: P.A. 92-444, eff. 1-1-02; 92-712, eff. 1-1-03; 93-839,
12 eff. 7-30-04.)
 
13     (730 ILCS 5/3-3-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-2)
14     Sec. 3-3-2. Powers and Duties.
15     (a) The Parole and Pardon Board is abolished and the term
16 "Parole and Pardon Board" as used in any law of Illinois, shall
17 read "Prisoner Review Board." After the effective date of this
18 amendatory Act of 1977, the Prisoner Review Board shall provide
19 by rule for the orderly transition of all files, records, and
20 documents of the Parole and Pardon Board and for such other
21 steps as may be necessary to effect an orderly transition and
22 shall:
23         (1) hear by at least one member and through a panel of
24     at least 3 members decide, cases of prisoners who were
25     sentenced under the law in effect prior to the effective
26     date of this amendatory Act of 1977, and who are eligible
27     for parole;
28         (2) hear by at least one member and through a panel of
29     at least 3 members decide, the conditions of parole and the
30     time of discharge from parole, impose sanctions for
31     violations of parole, and revoke parole for those sentenced
32     under the law in effect prior to this amendatory Act of
33     1977; provided that the decision to parole and the
34     conditions of parole for all prisoners who were sentenced
35     for first degree murder or who received a minimum sentence

 

 

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1     of 20 years or more under the law in effect prior to
2     February 1, 1978 shall be determined by a majority vote of
3     the Prisoner Review Board;
4         (3) hear by at least one member and through a panel of
5     at least 3 members decide, the conditions of mandatory
6     supervised release and the time of discharge from mandatory
7     supervised release, impose sanctions for violations of
8     mandatory supervised release, and revoke mandatory
9     supervised release for those sentenced under the law in
10     effect after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
11     1977;
12         (4) hear by at least 1 member and through a panel of at
13     least 3 members, decide cases brought by the Department of
14     Corrections against a prisoner in the custody of the
15     Department for alleged violation of Department rules with
16     respect to good conduct credits pursuant to Section 3-6-3
17     of this Code in which the Department seeks to revoke good
18     conduct credits, if the amount of time at issue exceeds 30
19     days or when, during any 12 month period, the cumulative
20     amount of credit revoked exceeds 30 days except where the
21     infraction is committed or discovered within 60 days of
22     scheduled release. In such cases, the Department of
23     Corrections may revoke up to 30 days of good conduct
24     credit. The Board may subsequently approve the revocation
25     of additional good conduct credit, if the Department seeks
26     to revoke good conduct credit in excess of thirty days.
27     However, the Board shall not be empowered to review the
28     Department's decision with respect to the loss of 30 days
29     of good conduct credit for any prisoner or to increase any
30     penalty beyond the length requested by the Department;
31         (5) hear by at least one member and through a panel of
32     at least 3 members decide, the release dates for certain
33     prisoners sentenced under the law in existence prior to the
34     effective date of this amendatory Act of 1977, in
35     accordance with Section 3-3-2.1 of this Code;
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1     at least 3 members decide, all requests for pardon,
2     reprieve or commutation, and make confidential
3     recommendations to the Governor;
4         (7) comply with the requirements of the Open Parole
5     Hearings Act;
6         (8) hear by at least one member and, through a panel of
7     at least 3 members, decide cases brought by the Department
8     of Corrections against a prisoner in the custody of the
9     Department for court dismissal of a frivolous lawsuit
10     pursuant to Section 3-6-3(d) of this Code in which the
11     Department seeks to revoke up to 180 days of good conduct
12     credit, and if the prisoner has not accumulated 180 days of
13     good conduct credit at the time of the dismissal, then all
14     good conduct credit accumulated by the prisoner shall be
15     revoked; and
16         (9) hear by at least 3 members, and, through a panel of
17     at least 3 members, decide whether to grant certificates of
18     relief from disabilities or certificates of good conduct as
19     provided in Article 5.5 of Chapter V; and .
20         (10) perform the duties prescribed in Article 17 of
21     this Chapter.
22     (a-5) The Prisoner Review Board, with the cooperation of
23 and in coordination with the Department of Corrections and the
24 Department of Central Management Services, shall implement a
25 pilot project in 3 correctional institutions providing for the
26 conduct of hearings under paragraphs (1) and (4) of subsection
27 (a) of this Section through interactive video conferences. The
28 project shall be implemented within 6 months after the
29 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996. Within 6 months
30 after the implementation of the pilot project, the Prisoner
31 Review Board, with the cooperation of and in coordination with
32 the Department of Corrections and the Department of Central
33 Management Services, shall report to the Governor and the
34 General Assembly regarding the use, costs, effectiveness, and
35 future viability of interactive video conferences for Prisoner
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1     (b) Upon recommendation of the Department the Board may
2 restore good conduct credit previously revoked.
3     (c) The Board shall cooperate with the Department in
4 promoting an effective system of parole and mandatory
5 supervised release.
6     (d) The Board shall promulgate rules for the conduct of its
7 work, and the Chairman shall file a copy of such rules and any
8 amendments thereto with the Director and with the Secretary of
9 State.
10     (e) The Board shall keep records of all of its official
11 actions and shall make them accessible in accordance with law
12 and the rules of the Board.
13     (f) The Board or one who has allegedly violated the
14 conditions of his parole or mandatory supervised release may
15 require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses
16 and the production of documentary evidence relating to any
17 matter under investigation or hearing. The Chairman of the
18 Board may sign subpoenas which shall be served by any agent or
19 public official authorized by the Chairman of the Board, or by
20 any person lawfully authorized to serve a subpoena under the
21 laws of the State of Illinois. The attendance of witnesses, and
22 the production of documentary evidence, may be required from
23 any place in the State to a hearing location in the State
24 before the Chairman of the Board or his designated agent or
25 agents or any duly constituted Committee or Subcommittee of the
26 Board. Witnesses so summoned shall be paid the same fees and
27 mileage that are paid witnesses in the circuit courts of the
28 State, and witnesses whose depositions are taken and the
29 persons taking those depositions are each entitled to the same
30 fees as are paid for like services in actions in the circuit
31 courts of the State. Fees and mileage shall be vouchered for
32 payment when the witness is discharged from further attendance.
33     In case of disobedience to a subpoena, the Board may
34 petition any circuit court of the State for an order requiring
35 the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of
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1 served by personal service or by registered or certified mail
2 upon the person who has failed to obey the subpoena, and such
3 person shall be advised in writing that a hearing upon the
4 petition will be requested in a court room to be designated in
5 such notice before the judge hearing motions or extraordinary
6 remedies at a specified time, on a specified date, not less
7 than 10 nor more than 15 days after the deposit of the copy of
8 the written notice and petition in the U.S. mails addressed to
9 the person at his last known address or after the personal
10 service of the copy of the notice and petition upon such
11 person. The court upon the filing of such a petition, may order
12 the person refusing to obey the subpoena to appear at an
13 investigation or hearing, or to there produce documentary
14 evidence, if so ordered, or to give evidence relative to the
15 subject matter of that investigation or hearing. Any failure to
16 obey such order of the circuit court may be punished by that
17 court as a contempt of court.
18     Each member of the Board and any hearing officer designated
19 by the Board shall have the power to administer oaths and to
20 take the testimony of persons under oath.
21     (g) Except under subsection (a) of this Section, a majority
22 of the members then appointed to the Prisoner Review Board
23 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business
24 of the Board.
25     (h) The Prisoner Review Board shall annually transmit to
26 the Director a detailed report of its work for the preceding
27 calendar year. The annual report shall also be transmitted to
28 the Governor for submission to the Legislature.
29 (Source: P.A. 93-207, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
30     (730 ILCS 5/3-15-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-15-2)
31     Sec. 3-15-2. Standards and Assistance to Local Jails and
32 Detention and Shelter Care Facilities.
33     (a) The Department shall establish for the operation of
34 county and municipal jails and houses of correction, including
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1 participants in reentry programs established under Article 17
2 of this Chapter, and county juvenile detention and shelter care
3 facilities established pursuant to the "County Shelter Care and
4 Detention Home Act", minimum standards for the physical
5 condition of such institutions and for the treatment of inmates
6 with respect to their health and safety and the security of the
7 community.
8     Such standards shall not apply to county shelter care
9 facilities which were in operation prior to January 1, 1980.
10 Such standards shall not seek to mandate minimum floor space
11 requirements for each inmate housed in cells and detention
12 rooms in county and municipal jails and houses of correction.
13 However, no more than two inmates may be housed in a single
14 cell or detention room.
15     When an inmate is tested for an airborne communicable
16 disease, as determined by the Illinois Department of Public
17 Health including but not limited to tuberculosis, the results
18 of the test shall be personally delivered by the warden or his
19 or her designee in a sealed envelope to the judge of the court
20 in which the inmate must appear for the judge's inspection in
21 camera if requested by the judge. Acting in accordance with the
22 best interests of those in the courtroom, the judge shall have
23 the discretion to determine what if any precautions need to be
24 taken to prevent transmission of the disease in the courtroom.
25     (b) At least once each year, the Department may inspect
26 each adult facility, including county and municipal jails and
27 houses of corrections that house participants in reentry
28 programs established under Article 17 of this Chapter, for
29 compliance with the standards established and the results of
30 such inspection shall be made available by the Department for
31 public inspection. At least once each year, the Department
32 shall inspect each county juvenile detention and shelter care
33 facility for compliance with the standards established, and the
34 Department shall make the results of such inspections available
35 for public inspection. If any detention, shelter care or
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1 established, the Director of Corrections shall give notice to
2 the county board and the sheriff or the corporate authorities
3 of the municipality, as the case may be, of such noncompliance,
4 specifying the particular standards that have not been met by
5 such facility. If the facility is not in compliance with such
6 standards when six months have elapsed from the giving of such
7 notice, the Director of Corrections may petition the
8 appropriate court for an order requiring such facility to
9 comply with the standards established by the Department or for
10 other appropriate relief.
11     (c) The Department may provide consultation services for
12 the design, construction, programs and administration of
13 detention, shelter care, and correctional facilities,
14 including facilities to house participants in reentry
15 programs, and services for children and adults operated by
16 counties and municipalities and may make studies and surveys of
17 the programs and the administration of such facilities.
18 Personnel of the Department shall be admitted to these
19 facilities as required for such purposes. The Department may
20 develop and administer programs of grants-in-aid for
21 correctional services in cooperation with local agencies. The
22 Department may provide courses of training for the personnel of
23 such institutions and conduct pilot projects in the
24 institutions.
25     (d) The Department is authorized to issue reimbursement
26 grants for counties, municipalities or public building
27 commissions for the purpose of meeting minimum correctional
28 facilities standards set by the Department under this Section.
29 Grants may be issued only for projects that were completed
30 after July 1, 1980 and initiated prior to January 1, 1987.
31         (1) Grants for regional correctional facilities shall
32     not exceed 90% of the project costs or $7,000,000,
33     whichever is less.
34         (2) Grants for correctional facilities by a single
35     county, municipality or public building commission shall
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1     whichever is less.
2         (3) As used in this subsection (d), "project" means
3     only that part of a facility that is constructed for jail,
4     correctional or detention purposes and does not include
5     other areas of multi-purpose buildings.
6     Construction or renovation grants are authorized to be
7 issued by the Capital Development Board from capital
8 development bond funds after application by a county or
9 counties, municipality or municipalities or public building
10 commission or commissions and approval of a construction or
11 renovation grant by the Department for projects initiated after
12 January 1, 1987, including grants for the construction or
13 renovation of facilities to house participants in reentry
14 programs established under Article 17 of this Chapter.
15     (e) The Department shall adopt standards for county jails
16 to hold juveniles on a temporary basis, as provided in Section
17 5-410 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. These standards shall
18 include educational, recreational, and disciplinary standards
19 as well as access to medical services, crisis intervention,
20 mental health services, suicide prevention, health care,
21 nutritional needs, and visitation rights. The Department shall
22 also notify any county applying to hold juveniles in a county
23 jail of the monitoring and program standards for juvenile
24 detention facilities under Section 5-410 of the Juvenile Court
25 Act of 1987.
26 (Source: P.A. 89-64, eff. 1-1-96; 89-477, eff. 6-18-96; 89-656,
27 eff. 8-14-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)
 
28     (730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 17 heading new)
29
ARTICLE 17.
PROGRAM OF REENTRY INTO COMMUNITY

 
30     (730 ILCS 5/3-17-5 new)
31     Sec. 3-17-5. Definitions. As used in this Article:
32     "Board" means the Prisoner Review Board.
33     "Department" means the Department of Corrections.
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1     "Offender" means a person who has been convicted of a
2 felony under the laws of this State and sentenced to a term of
3 imprisonment.
4     "Program" means a program established by a county or
5 municipality under Section 3-17-10 for reentry of persons into
6 the community who have been committed to the Department for
7 commission of a felony.
 
8     (730 ILCS 5/3-17-10 new)
9     Sec. 3-17-10. Establishment of program.
10     (a) A county with the approval of the county board or a
11 municipality that maintains a jail or house of corrections with
12 the approval of the corporate authorities may establish a
13 program for reentry of offenders into the community who have
14 been committed to the Department for commission of a felony.
15     (b) If a county or municipality establishes a program under
16 this Section, the sheriff in the case of a county or the police
17 chief in the case of a municipality shall:
18         (1) Determine whether offenders who are referred by the
19     Director of Corrections under Section 3-17-15 should be
20     assigned to participate in a program.
21         (2) Supervise offenders participating in the program
22     during their participation in the program.
23     (c) An offender may not be assigned to participate in a
24 program unless the Director of Corrections, in consultation
25 with the Prisoner Review Board, grants prior approval of the
26 assignment under this Section.
 
27     (730 ILCS 5/3-17-15 new)
28     Sec. 3-17-15. Referral of person to sheriff or police
29 chief; assignment of person by the Department.
30     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, if a
31 program has been established in a county or municipality in
32 which an offender was sentenced to imprisonment for a felony,
33 the Director may refer the offender to the county sheriff or
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1         (1) The Director believes that the offender would
2     participate successfully in and benefit from the program;
3         (2) The offender has demonstrated a willingness to:
4             (A) engage in employment or participate in
5         vocational rehabilitation or job skills training; and
6             (B) meet any existing obligation for restitution
7         to any victim of his or her crime; and
8         (3) the offender is within one year of his or her
9     probable release from prison, as determined by the
10     Director.
11     (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, if the
12 Director is notified by the sheriff or police chief under
13 Section 3-17-10 that an offender should be assigned to the
14 custody of the sheriff or police chief to participate in the
15 program, the Director shall assign the offender to the custody
16 of the sheriff or police chief to participate in the program
17 for not longer than the remainder of his or her sentence.
18     (c) The Director, by rule, shall adopt standards setting
19 forth which offenders are eligible to be assigned to the
20 custody of the sheriff or police chief to participate in the
21 program under this Section. The standards adopted by the
22 Director must be approved by the Prisoner Review Board and must
23 provide that an offender is ineligible for participation in the
24 program who:
25         (1) has recently committed a serious infraction of the
26     rules of an institution or facility of the Department;
27         (2) has not performed the duties assigned to him or her
28     in a faithful and orderly manner;
29         (3) has, within the immediately preceding 5 years, been
30     convicted of any crime involving the use or threatened use
31     of force or violence against a victim that is punishable as
32     a felony;
33         (4) has ever been convicted of a sex offense as defined
34     in Section 10 of the Sex Offender Management Board Act;
35         (5) has escaped or attempted to escape from any jail or
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1         (6) has not made an effort in good faith to participate
2     in or to complete any educational or vocational program or
3     any program of treatment, as ordered by the Director.
4     (d) The Director shall adopt rules requiring offenders who
5 are assigned to the custody of the sheriff or police chief
6 under this Section to reimburse the Department for the cost of
7 their participation in a program, to the extent of their
8 ability to pay.
9     (e) The sheriff or police chief may return the offender to
10 the custody of the Department at any time for any violation of
11 the terms and conditions imposed by the Director in
12 consultation with the Prisoner Review Board.
13     (f) If an offender assigned to the custody of the sheriff
14 or police chief under this Section violates any of the terms or
15 conditions imposed by the Director in consultation with the
16 Prisoner Review Board and is returned to the custody of the
17 Department, the offender forfeits all or part of the credits
18 for good behavior earned by him or her before he or she was
19 returned to the custody of the Department, as determined by the
20 Director. The Director may provide for a forfeiture of credits
21 under this subsection (f) only after proof of the violation and
22 notice is given to the offender. The Director may restore
23 credits so forfeited for such reasons as he or she considers
24 proper. The decision of the Director regarding such a
25 forfeiture is final.
26     (g) The assignment of an offender to the custody of the
27 sheriff or police chief under this Section shall be deemed:
28         (1) a continuation of his or her imprisonment and not a
29     release on parole or mandatory supervised release; and
30         (2) for the purposes of Section 3-8-1, an assignment to
31     a facility of the Department, except that the offender is
32     not entitled to obtain any benefits or to participate in
33     any programs provided to offenders in the custody of the
34     Department.
35     (h) An offender does not have a right to be assigned to the
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1 to remain in that custody after such an assignment. It is not
2 intended that the establishment or operation of a program
3 creates any right or interest in liberty or property or
4 establishes a basis for any cause of action against this State
5 or its political subdivisions, agencies, boards, commissions,
6 departments, officers, or employees.
 
7     (730 ILCS 5/3-17-20 new)
8     Sec. 3-17-20. Director to contract for certain services for
9 offenders in program.
10     (a) The Director may enter into one or more contracts with
11 one or more public or private entities to provide any of the
12 following services, as necessary and appropriate, to offenders
13 participating in a program:
14         (1) transitional housing;
15         (2) treatment pertaining to substance abuse or mental
16     health;
17         (3) training in life skills;
18         (4) vocational rehabilitation and job skills training;
19     and
20         (5) any other services required by offenders who are
21     participating in a program.
22     (b) The Director shall, as necessary and appropriate,
23 provide referrals and information regarding:
24         (1) any of the services provided pursuant to subsection
25     (a);
26         (2) access and availability of any appropriate
27     self-help groups;
28         (3) social services for families and children; and
29         (4) permanent housing.
30     (c) The Director may apply for and accept any gift,
31 donation, bequest, grant, or other source of money to carry out
32 the provisions of this Section.
33     (d) As used in this Section, training in life skills
34 includes, without limitation, training in the areas of: (1)
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1 domestic violence; (4) maintaining emotional and physical
2 health; (5) preventing abuse of alcohol and drugs; (6)
3 preparing for and obtaining employment; and (7) budgeting,
4 consumerism, and personal finances.
 
5     (730 ILCS 5/3-17-25 new)
6     Sec. 3-17-25. Supervision of participant in program. The
7 Department shall supervise each person who is participating in
8 a program under Section 3-17-15.
 
9     (730 ILCS 5/5-8-6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-6)
10     Sec. 5-8-6. Place of Confinement. (a) Offenders sentenced
11 to a term of imprisonment for a felony shall be committed to
12 the penitentiary system of the Department of Corrections,
13 except that an offender referred to and accepted in a reentry
14 program established under Article 17 of Chapter III of this
15 Code shall be committed to the county or municipal jail or
16 municipal house of corrections of the county or municipality
17 whose sheriff or police chief accepted the offender for the
18 program. However, such sentence shall not limit the powers of
19 the Department of Children and Family Services in relation to
20 any child under the age of one year in the sole custody of a
21 person so sentenced, nor in relation to any child delivered by
22 a female so sentenced while she is so confined as a consequence
23 of such sentence. A person sentenced for a felony may be
24 assigned by the Department of Corrections to any of its
25 institutions, facilities or programs.
26     (b) Offenders sentenced to a term of imprisonment for less
27 than one year shall be committed to the custody of the sheriff.
28 A person committed to the Department of Corrections, prior to
29 July 14, 1983, for less than one year may be assigned by the
30 Department to any of its institutions, facilities or programs.
31     (c) All offenders under 17 years of age when sentenced to
32 imprisonment shall be committed to the Juvenile Division of the
33 Department of Corrections and the court in its order of
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1 shall be the sentence of the court which may be amended by the
2 court while jurisdiction is retained; and such sentence shall
3 apply whenever the offender sentenced is in the control and
4 custody of the Adult Division of the Department of Corrections.
5 The provisions of Section 3-3-3 shall be a part of such
6 commitment as fully as though written in the order of
7 commitment. The committing court shall retain jurisdiction of
8 the subject matter and the person until he or she reaches the
9 age of 21 unless earlier discharged. However, the Juvenile
10 Division of the Department of Corrections shall, after a
11 juvenile has reached 17 years of age, petition the court to
12 conduct a hearing pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 3-10-7
13 of this Code.
14     (d) No defendant shall be committed to the Department of
15 Corrections for the recovery of a fine or costs.
16     (e) When a court sentences a defendant to a term of
17 imprisonment concurrent with a previous and unexpired sentence
18 of imprisonment imposed by any district court of the United
19 States, it may commit the offender to the custody of the
20 Attorney General of the United States. The Attorney General of
21 the United States, or the authorized representative of the
22 Attorney General of the United States, shall be furnished with
23 the warrant of commitment from the court imposing sentence,
24 which warrant of commitment shall provide that, when the
25 offender is released from federal confinement, whether by
26 parole or by termination of sentence, the offender shall be
27 transferred by the Sheriff of the committing county to the
28 Department of Corrections. The court shall cause the Department
29 to be notified of such sentence at the time of commitment and
30 to be provided with copies of all records regarding the
31 sentence.
32 (Source: P.A. 83-1362.)