Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson

Filed: 4/11/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 554

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 554 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 adding Article 17 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 17 heading new)
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ARTICLE 17.
PROGRAM OF REENTRY INTO COMMUNITY

 
8     (730 ILCS 5/3-17-5 new)
9     Sec. 3-17-5. Definitions. As used in this Article:
10     "Board" means the Prisoner Review Board.
11     "Department" means the Department of Corrections.
12     "Director" means the Director of Corrections.
13     "Offender" means a person who has been convicted of a
14 felony under the laws of this State and sentenced to a term of
15 imprisonment.
16     "Program" means a program established by a county or
17 municipality under Section 3-17-10 for reentry of persons into
18 the community who have been committed to the Department for
19 commission of a felony.
 
20     (730 ILCS 5/3-17-10 new)
21     Sec. 3-17-10. Establishment of program.
22     (a) A county with the approval of the county board or a

 

 

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1 municipality that maintains a jail or house of corrections with
2 the approval of the corporate authorities may establish a
3 program for reentry of offenders into the community who have
4 been committed to the Department for commission of a felony.
5 Any program shall be approved by the Director prior to
6 placement of inmates in a program.
7     (b) If a county or municipality establishes a program under
8 this Section, the sheriff in the case of a county or the police
9 chief in the case of a municipality shall:
10         (1) Determine whether offenders who are referred by the
11     Director of Corrections under Section 3-17-15 should be
12     assigned to participate in a program.
13         (2) Supervise offenders participating in the program
14     during their participation in the program.
15     (c) A county or municipality shall be liable for the well
16 being and actions of inmates in its custody while in a program
17 and shall indemnify the Department for any loss incurred by the
18 Department caused while an inmate is in a program.
19     (d) An offender may not be assigned to participate in a
20 program unless the Director of Corrections, in consultation
21 with the Prisoner Review Board, grants prior approval of the
22 assignment under this Section.
 
23     (730 ILCS 5/3-17-15 new)
24     Sec. 3-17-15. Referral of person to sheriff or police
25 chief; assignment of person by the Department.
26     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, if a
27 program has been established in a county or municipality in
28 which an offender was sentenced to imprisonment for a felony,
29 the Director may refer the offender to the county sheriff or
30 municipal police chief if:
31         (1) The offender qualifies under the standards
32     established by the Director in subsection (c);
33         (2) The offender has demonstrated a willingness to:

 

 

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1             (A) engage in employment or participate in
2         vocational rehabilitation or job skills training; and
3             (B) meet any existing obligation for restitution
4         to any victim of his or her crime; and
5         (3) the offender is within one year of his or her
6     probable release from prison, as determined by the
7     Director.
8     (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, if the
9 Director is notified by the sheriff or police chief under
10 Section 3-17-10 that an offender would benefit by being
11 assigned to the custody of the sheriff or police chief to
12 participate in the program, the Director shall review whether
13 the offender should be assigned to participate in a program for
14 not longer than the remainder of his or her sentence.
15     (c) The Director, by rule, shall adopt standards setting
16 forth which offenders are eligible to be assigned to the
17 custody of the sheriff or police chief to participate in the
18 program under this Section. The standards adopted by the
19 Director must be approved by the Prisoner Review Board and must
20 provide that an offender is ineligible for participation in the
21 program who:
22         (1) has recently committed a serious infraction of the
23     rules of an institution or facility of the Department;
24         (2) has not performed the duties assigned to him or her
25     in a faithful and orderly manner;
26         (3) has, within the immediately preceding 5 years, been
27     convicted of any crime involving the use or threatened use
28     of force or violence against a victim that is punishable as
29     a felony;
30         (4) has ever been convicted of a sex offense as defined
31     in Section 10 of the Sex Offender Management Board Act;
32         (5) has escaped or attempted to escape from any jail or
33     correctional institution for adults; or
34         (6) has not made an effort in good faith to participate

 

 

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1     in or to complete any educational or vocational program or
2     any program of treatment, as ordered by the Director.
3     (d) The Director shall adopt rules requiring offenders who
4 are assigned to the custody of the sheriff or police chief
5 under this Section to reimburse the Department for the cost of
6 their participation in a program, to the extent of their
7 ability to pay.
8     (e) The sheriff or police chief may return the offender to
9 the custody of the Department at any time for any violation of
10 the terms and conditions imposed by the Director in
11 consultation with the Prisoner Review Board.
12     (f) If an offender assigned to the custody of the sheriff
13 or police chief under this Section violates any of the terms or
14 conditions imposed by the Director in consultation with the
15 Prisoner Review Board and is returned to the custody of the
16 Department, the offender forfeits all or part of the credits
17 for good behavior earned by him or her before he or she was
18 returned to the custody of the Department, as determined by the
19 Director. The Director may provide for a forfeiture of credits
20 under this subsection (f) only after proof of the violation and
21 notice is given to the offender. The Director may restore
22 credits so forfeited for such reasons as he or she considers
23 proper. The Director, by rule, shall establish procedures for
24 review of forfeiture of good behavior credit. The decision of
25 the Director regarding such a 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.

 

 

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1     (h) An offender does not have a right to be assigned to the
2 custody of the sheriff or police chief under this Section, or
3 to remain in that custody after such an assignment. It is not
4 intended that the establishment or operation of a program
5 creates any right or interest in liberty or property or
6 establishes a basis for any cause of action against this State
7 or its political subdivisions, agencies, boards, commissions,
8 departments, officers, or employees.
 
9     (730 ILCS 5/3-17-20 new)
10     Sec. 3-17-20. Director to contract for certain services for
11 offenders in program.
12     (a) The Director may enter into one or more contracts with
13 one or more public or private entities to provide any of the
14 following services, as necessary and appropriate, to offenders
15 participating in a program:
16         (1) transitional housing;
17         (2) treatment pertaining to substance abuse or mental
18     health;
19         (3) training in life skills;
20         (4) vocational rehabilitation and job skills training;
21     and
22         (5) any other services required by offenders who are
23     participating in a program.
24     (b) The Director shall, as necessary and appropriate,
25 provide referrals and information regarding:
26         (1) any of the services provided pursuant to subsection
27     (a);
28         (2) access and availability of any appropriate
29     self-help groups;
30         (3) social services for families and children; and
31         (4) permanent housing.
32     (c) The Director may apply for and accept any gift,
33 donation, bequest, grant, or other source of money to carry out

 

 

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1 the provisions of this Section.
2     (d) As used in this Section, training in life skills
3 includes, without limitation, training in the areas of: (1)
4 parenting; (2) improving human relationships; (3) preventing
5 domestic violence; (4) maintaining emotional and physical
6 health; (5) preventing abuse of alcohol and drugs; (6)
7 preparing for and obtaining employment; and (7) budgeting,
8 consumerism, and personal finances.
 
9     (730 ILCS 5/3-17-25 new)
10     Sec. 3-17-25. Monitoring of participant in program. The
11 Department shall retain the authority to monitor each person
12 who is participating in a program under Section 3-17-15. Such
13 authority shall include site inspections, review of program
14 activities, and access to inmate files and records.".