Sen. Thomas Johnson

Filed: 4/4/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1471

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1471 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 3-3-4 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-3-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-4)
7    Sec. 3-3-4. Preparation for Parole Hearing.
8    (a) The Prisoner Review Board shall consider the parole of
9each eligible person committed to the Adult Division at least
1030 days prior to the date he shall first become eligible for
11parole, and shall consider the parole of each person committed
12to the Department of Juvenile Justice as a delinquent at least
1330 days prior to the expiration of the first year of
14confinement.
15    (b) A person eligible for parole shall, no less than 15
16days in advance of his parole interview, prepare a parole plan

 

 

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1in accordance with the rules of the Prisoner Review Board. The
2person shall be assisted in preparing his parole plan by
3personnel of the Department of Corrections, or the Department
4of Juvenile Justice in the case of a person committed to that
5Department, and may, for this purpose, be released on furlough
6under Article 11 or on authorized absence under Section 3-9-4.
7The appropriate Department shall also provide assistance in
8obtaining information and records helpful to the individual for
9his parole hearing. If the person eligible for parole has a
10petition or any written submissions prepared on his or her
11behalf by an attorney or other representative, the attorney or
12representative for the person eligible for parole must serve by
13certified mail the State's Attorney of the county where he or
14she was prosecuted with the petition or any written submissions
1515 days after his or her parole interview. The State's Attorney
16shall provide the attorney for the person eligible for parole
17with a copy of his or her letter in opposition to parole via
18certified mail within 5 business days of the en banc hearing.
19    (c) Any member of the Board shall have access at all
20reasonable times to any committed person and to his master
21record file within the Department, and the Department shall
22furnish such a report to the Board concerning the conduct and
23character of any such person prior to his or her parole
24interview.
25    (d) In making its determination of parole, the Board shall
26consider:

 

 

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1        (1) material transmitted to the Department of Juvenile
2    Justice by the clerk of the committing court under Section
3    5-4-1 or Section 5-10 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section
4    5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987;
5        (2) the report under Section 3-8-2 or 3-10-2;
6        (3) a report by the Department and any report by the
7    chief administrative officer of the institution or
8    facility;
9        (4) a parole progress report;
10        (5) a medical and psychological report, if requested by
11    the Board;
12        (6) material in writing, or on film, video tape or
13    other electronic means in the form of a recording submitted
14    by the person whose parole is being considered; and
15        (7) material in writing, or on film, video tape or
16    other electronic means in the form of a recording or
17    testimony submitted by the State's Attorney and the victim
18    or a concerned citizen pursuant to the Rights of Crime
19    Victims and Witnesses Act.
20    (e) The prosecuting State's Attorney's office shall
21receive from the Board reasonable written notice not less than
2230 days prior to the parole interview and may submit relevant
23information by oral argument or testimony of victims and
24concerned citizens, or both, in writing, or on film, video tape
25or other electronic means or in the form of a recording to the
26Board for its consideration. Upon written request of the

 

 

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1State's Attorney's office, the Prisoner Review Board shall hear
2protests to parole, except in counties of 1,500,000 or more
3inhabitants where there shall be standing objections to all
4such petitions. If a State's Attorney who represents a county
5of less than 1,500,000 inhabitants requests a protest hearing,
6the inmate's counsel or other representative shall also receive
7notice of such request. This hearing shall take place the month
8following the inmate's parole interview. If the inmate's parole
9interview is rescheduled then the Prisoner Review Board shall
10promptly notify the State's Attorney of the new date. The
11person eligible for parole shall be heard at the next scheduled
12en banc hearing date. If the case is to be continued, the
13State's Attorney's office and the attorney or representative
14for the person eligible for parole will be notified of any
15continuance within 5 business days. The State's Attorney may
16waive the written notice.
17    (f) The victim of the violent crime for which the prisoner
18has been sentenced shall receive notice of a parole hearing as
19provided in paragraph (4) of subsection (d) of Section 4.5 of
20the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act.
21    (g) Any recording considered under the provisions of
22subsection (d)(6), (d)(7) or (e) of this Section shall be in
23the form designated by the Board. Such recording shall be both
24visual and aural. Every voice on the recording and person
25present shall be identified and the recording shall contain
26either a visual or aural statement of the person submitting

 

 

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1such recording, the date of the recording and the name of the
2person whose parole eligibility is being considered. Such
3recordings shall be retained by the Board and shall be deemed
4to be submitted at any subsequent parole hearing if the victim
5or State's Attorney submits in writing a declaration clearly
6identifying such recording as representing the present
7position of the victim or State's Attorney regarding the issues
8to be considered at the parole hearing.
9    (h) The Board shall not release any material to the inmate,
10the inmate's attorney, any third party, or any other person
11containing any information from the victim or from a person
12related to the victim by blood, adoption, or marriage who has
13written objections, testified at any hearing, or submitted
14audio or visual objections to the inmate's parole, unless
15provided with a waiver from that objecting party.
16(Source: P.A. 96-875, eff. 1-22-10.)".