99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1747

 

Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. John G. Mulroe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 130/3.1  from Ch. 75, par. 32.1

    Amends the County Jail Good Behavior Allowance Act. Provides that if a lawsuit is filed by a person confined in a county jail, whether serving a term of imprisonment or confined pending trial or sentencing, against the sheriff or county, or against any of their officers or employees, and the court makes a specific finding that a pleading, motion, or other paper filed by the prisoner is frivolous, the warden may revoke up to 180 days of good behavior allowance under the Act. Provides that if the person has not accumulated 180 days of good behavior allowance at the time of the finding, then the warden may revoke all of the good behavior allowance accumulated by the prisoner. Defines "frivolous" and "lawsuit".


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The County Jail Good Behavior Allowance Act is
5amended by changing Section 3.1 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 130/3.1)  (from Ch. 75, par. 32.1)
7    Sec. 3.1. (a) Within 3 months after the effective date of
8this amendatory Act of 1986, the wardens who supervise
9institutions under this Act shall meet and agree upon uniform
10rules and regulations for behavior and conduct, penalties, and
11the awarding, denying and revocation of good behavior
12allowance, in such institutions; and such rules and regulations
13shall be immediately promulgated and consistent with the
14provisions of this Act. Interim rules shall be provided by each
15warden consistent with the provision of this Act and shall be
16effective until the promulgation of uniform rules. All
17disciplinary action shall be consistent with the provisions of
18this Act. Committed persons shall be informed of rules of
19behavior and conduct, the penalties for violation thereof, and
20the disciplinary procedure by which such penalties may be
21imposed. Any rules, penalties and procedures shall be posted
22and made available to the committed persons.
23    (b) Whenever a person is alleged to have violated a rule of

 

 

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1behavior, a written report of the infraction shall be filed
2with the warden within 72 hours of the occurrence of the
3infraction or the discovery of it, and such report shall be
4placed in the file of the institution or facility. No
5disciplinary proceeding shall be commenced more than 8 days
6after the infraction or the discovery of it, unless the
7committed person is unable or unavailable for any reason to
8participate in the disciplinary proceeding.
9    (c) All or any of the good behavior allowance earned may be
10revoked by the warden, unless he initiates the charge, and in
11that case by the disciplinary board, for violations of rules of
12behavior at any time prior to discharge from the institution,
13consistent with the provisions of this Act.
14    (d) In disciplinary cases that may involve the loss of good
15behavior allowance or eligibility to earn good behavior
16allowance, the warden shall establish disciplinary procedures
17consistent with the following principles:
18        (1) The warden may establish one or more disciplinary
19    boards, made up of one or more persons, to hear and
20    determine charges. Any person who initiates a disciplinary
21    charge against a committed person shall not serve on the
22    disciplinary board that will determine the disposition of
23    the charge. In those cases in which the charge was
24    initiated by the warden, he shall establish a disciplinary
25    board which will have the authority to impose any
26    appropriate discipline.

 

 

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1        (2) Any committed person charged with a violation of
2    rules of behavior shall be given notice of the charge,
3    including a statement of the misconduct alleged and of the
4    rules this conduct is alleged to violate, no less than 24
5    hours before the disciplinary hearing.
6        (3) Any committed person charged with a violation of
7    rules is entitled to a hearing on that charge, at which
8    time he shall have an opportunity to appear before and
9    address the warden or disciplinary board deciding the
10    charge.
11        (4) The person or persons determining the disposition
12    of the charge may also summon to testify any witnesses or
13    other persons with relevant knowledge of the incident. The
14    person charged may be permitted to question any person so
15    summoned.
16        (5) If the charge is sustained, the person charged is
17    entitled to a written statement, within 14 days after the
18    hearing, of the decision by the warden or the disciplinary
19    board which determined the disposition of the charge, and
20    the statement shall include the basis for the decision and
21    the disciplinary action, if any, to be imposed.
22        (6) The warden may impose the discipline recommended by
23    the disciplinary board, or may reduce the discipline
24    recommended; however, no committed person may be penalized
25    more than 30 days of good behavior allowance for any one
26    infraction.

 

 

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1        (7) The warden, in appropriate cases, may restore good
2    behavior allowance that has been revoked, suspended or
3    reduced.
4    (e) The warden, or his or her designee, may revoke the good
5behavior allowance specified in Section 3 of this Act of an
6inmate who is sentenced to the Illinois Department of
7Corrections for misconduct committed by the inmate while in
8custody of the warden. If an inmate while in custody of the
9warden is convicted of assault or battery on a peace officer,
10correctional employee, or another inmate, or for criminal
11damage to property or for bringing into or possessing
12contraband in the penal institution in violation of Section
1331A-1.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
142012, his or her day for day good behavior allowance shall be
15revoked for each day such allowance was earned while the inmate
16was in custody of the warden.
17    (f) If a lawsuit is filed by a person confined in a county
18jail, whether serving a term of imprisonment or confined
19pending trial or sentencing, against the sheriff or county, or
20against any of their officers or employees, and the court makes
21a specific finding that a pleading, motion, or other paper
22filed by the prisoner is frivolous, the warden may revoke up to
23180 days of good behavior allowance under this Act. If the
24person has not accumulated 180 days of good behavior allowance
25at the time of the finding, then the warden may revoke all of
26the good behavior allowance accumulated by the prisoner. For

 

 

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1purposes of this subsection (f):
2    "Frivolous" means that a pleading, motion, or other filing
3which purports to be a legal document filed by a confined
4person in his or her lawsuit meets any or all of the following
5criteria:
6        (A) it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in
7    fact;
8        (B) it is being presented for any improper purpose,
9    such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless
10    increase in the cost of litigation;
11        (C) the claims, defenses, and other legal contentions
12    in it are not warranted by existing law or by a
13    nonfrivolous argument for the extension, modification, or
14    reversal of existing law or the establishment of new law;
15        (D) the allegations and other factual contentions do
16    not have evidentiary support or, if specifically so
17    identified, are not likely to have evidentiary support
18    after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation
19    or discovery; or
20        (E) the denials of factual contentions are not
21    warranted on the evidence, or if specifically so
22    identified, are not reasonably based on a lack of
23    information or belief.
24    "Lawsuit" means a motion under Section 116-3 of the Code of
25Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus action under
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1(28 U.S.C. 2254), an action under the federal Civil Rights Act
2(42 U.S.C. 1983), a second or subsequent petition for
3post-conviction relief under Article 122 of the Code of
4Criminal Procedure of 1963 whether filed with or without leave
5of court, or a second or subsequent petition for relief from
6judgment under Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
7(Source: P.A. 96-495, eff. 1-1-10; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)