Illinois General Assembly - 730 ILCS 5/ Unified Code of Corrections.

(730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 2 heading) ARTICLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-1)

Sec. 3-2-1. Consolidation of the Department.

This Chapter consolidates in one statute certain powers and duties of the Department of Corrections and deletes inoperative and duplicative statutory provisions with respect to such powers and duties.

(Source: P.A. 77-2097.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2)

(Text of Section from P.A. 103-834)

Sec. 3-2-2. Powers and duties of the Department.

(1) In addition to the powers, duties, and responsibilities which are otherwise provided by law, the Department shall have the following powers:

(a) To accept persons committed to it by the courts

of this State for care, custody, treatment, and rehabilitation, and to accept federal prisoners and noncitizens over whom the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee is authorized to exercise the federal detention function for limited purposes and periods of time.

(b) To develop and maintain reception and evaluation

units for purposes of analyzing the custody and rehabilitation needs of persons committed to it and to assign such persons to institutions and programs under its control or transfer them to other appropriate agencies. In consultation with the Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (now the Department of Human Services), the Department of Corrections shall develop a master plan for the screening and evaluation of persons committed to its custody who have alcohol or drug abuse problems, and for making appropriate treatment available to such persons; the Department shall report to the General Assembly on such plan not later than April 1, 1987. The maintenance and implementation of such plan shall be contingent upon the availability of funds.

(b-1) To create and implement, on January 1, 2002, a

pilot program to establish the effectiveness of pupillometer technology (the measurement of the pupil's reaction to light) as an alternative to a urine test for purposes of screening and evaluating persons committed to its custody who have alcohol or drug problems. The pilot program shall require the pupillometer technology to be used in at least one Department of Corrections facility. The Director may expand the pilot program to include an additional facility or facilities as he or she deems appropriate. A minimum of 4,000 tests shall be included in the pilot program. The Department must report to the General Assembly on the effectiveness of the program by January 1, 2003.

(b-5) To develop, in consultation with the Illinois

State Police, a program for tracking and evaluating each inmate from commitment through release for recording his or her gang affiliations, activities, or ranks.

(c) To maintain and administer all State correctional

institutions and facilities under its control and to establish new ones as needed. Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions and facilities, the Department may, with the written approval of the Governor, authorize the Department of Central Management Services to enter into an agreement of the type described in subsection (d) of Section 405-300 of the Department of Central Management Services Law. The Department shall designate those institutions which shall constitute the State Penitentiary System. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall maintain and administer all State youth centers pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 3-2.5-20.

Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions

and facilities, the Department may authorize the Department of Central Management Services to accept bids from counties and municipalities for the construction, remodeling, or conversion of a structure to be leased to the Department of Corrections for the purposes of its serving as a correctional institution or facility. Such construction, remodeling, or conversion may be financed with revenue bonds issued pursuant to the Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act by the municipality or county. The lease specified in a bid shall be for a term of not less than the time needed to retire any revenue bonds used to finance the project, but not to exceed 40 years. The lease may grant to the State the option to purchase the structure outright.

Upon receipt of the bids, the Department may certify

one or more of the bids and shall submit any such bids to the General Assembly for approval. Upon approval of a bid by a constitutional majority of both houses of the General Assembly, pursuant to joint resolution, the Department of Central Management Services may enter into an agreement with the county or municipality pursuant to such bid.

(c-5) To build and maintain regional juvenile

detention centers and to charge a per diem to the counties as established by the Department to defray the costs of housing each minor in a center. In this subsection (c-5), "juvenile detention center" means a facility to house minors during pendency of trial who have been transferred from proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to prosecutions under the criminal laws of this State in accordance with Section 5-805 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, whether the transfer was by operation of law or permissive under that Section. The Department shall designate the counties to be served by each regional juvenile detention center.

(d) To develop and maintain programs of control,

rehabilitation, and employment of committed persons within its institutions.

(d-5) To provide a pre-release job preparation

program for inmates at Illinois adult correctional centers.

(d-10) To provide educational and visitation

opportunities to committed persons within its institutions through temporary access to content-controlled tablets that may be provided as a privilege to committed persons to induce or reward compliance.

(e) To establish a system of supervision and guidance

of committed persons in the community.

(f) To establish in cooperation with the Department

of Transportation to supply a sufficient number of prisoners for use by the Department of Transportation to clean up the trash and garbage along State, county, township, or municipal highways as designated by the Department of Transportation. The Department of Corrections, at the request of the Department of Transportation, shall furnish such prisoners at least annually for a period to be agreed upon between the Director of Corrections and the Secretary of Transportation. The prisoners used on this program shall be selected by the Director of Corrections on whatever basis he deems proper in consideration of their term, behavior and earned eligibility to participate in such program - where they will be outside of the prison facility but still in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Prisoners convicted of first degree murder, or a Class X felony, or armed violence, or aggravated kidnapping, or criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse or a subsequent conviction for criminal sexual abuse, or forcible detention, or arson, or a prisoner adjudged a Habitual Criminal shall not be eligible for selection to participate in such program. The prisoners shall remain as prisoners in the custody of the Department of Corrections and such Department shall furnish whatever security is necessary. The Department of Transportation shall furnish trucks and equipment for the highway cleanup program and personnel to supervise and direct the program. Neither the Department of Corrections nor the Department of Transportation shall replace any regular employee with a prisoner.

(g) To maintain records of persons committed to it

and to establish programs of research, statistics, and planning.

(h) To investigate the grievances of any person

committed to the Department and to inquire into any alleged misconduct by employees or committed persons; and for these purposes it may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of writings and papers, and may examine under oath any witnesses who may appear before it; to also investigate alleged violations of a parolee's or releasee's conditions of parole or release; and for this purpose it may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents only if there is reason to believe that such procedures would provide evidence that such violations have occurred.

If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued under

this subsection, the Director may apply to any circuit court to secure compliance with the subpoena. The failure to comply with the order of the court issued in response thereto shall be punishable as contempt of court.

(i) To appoint and remove the chief administrative

officers, and administer programs of training and development of personnel of the Department. Personnel assigned by the Department to be responsible for the custody and control of committed persons or to investigate the alleged misconduct of committed persons or employees or alleged violations of a parolee's or releasee's conditions of parole shall be conservators of the peace for those purposes, and shall have the full power of peace officers outside of the facilities of the Department in the protection, arrest, retaking, and reconfining of committed persons or where the exercise of such power is necessary to the investigation of such misconduct or violations. This subsection shall not apply to persons committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 on aftercare release.

(j) To cooperate with other departments and agencies

and with local communities for the development of standards and programs for better correctional services in this State.

(k) To administer all moneys and properties of the

Department.

(l) To report annually to the Governor on the

committed persons, institutions, and programs of the Department.

(l-5) (Blank).

(m) To make all rules and regulations and exercise

all powers and duties vested by law in the Department.

(n) To establish rules and regulations for

administering a system of sentence credits, established in accordance with Section 3-6-3, subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board.

(o) To administer the distribution of funds from the

State Treasury to reimburse counties where State penal institutions are located for the payment of assistant state's attorneys' salaries under Section 4-2001 of the Counties Code.

(p) To exchange information with the Department of

Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the purpose of verifying living arrangements and for other purposes directly connected with the administration of this Code and the Illinois Public Aid Code.

(q) To establish a diversion program.

The program shall provide a structured environment

for selected technical parole or mandatory supervised release violators and committed persons who have violated the rules governing their conduct while in work release. This program shall not apply to those persons who have committed a new offense while serving on parole or mandatory supervised release or while committed to work release.

Elements of the program shall include, but shall not

be limited to, the following:

(1) The staff of a diversion facility shall

provide supervision in accordance with required objectives set by the facility.

(2) Participants shall be required to maintain

employment.

(3) Each participant shall pay for room and board

at the facility on a sliding-scale basis according to the participant's income.

(4) Each participant shall:

(A) provide restitution to victims in

accordance with any court order;

(B) provide financial support to his

dependents; and

(C) make appropriate payments toward any

other court-ordered obligations.

(5) Each participant shall complete community

service in addition to employment.

(6) Participants shall take part in such

counseling, educational, and other programs as the Department may deem appropriate.

(7) Participants shall submit to drug and alcohol

screening.

(8) The Department shall promulgate rules

governing the administration of the program.

(r) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation

agreements under which persons in the custody of the Department may participate in a county impact incarceration program established under Section 3-6038 or 3-15003.5 of the Counties Code.

(r-5) (Blank).

(r-10) To systematically and routinely identify with

respect to each streetgang active within the correctional system: (1) each active gang; (2) every existing inter-gang affiliation or alliance; and (3) the current leaders in each gang. The Department shall promptly segregate leaders from inmates who belong to their gangs and allied gangs. "Segregate" means no physical contact and, to the extent possible under the conditions and space available at the correctional facility, prohibition of visual and sound communication. For the purposes of this paragraph (r-10), "leaders" means persons who:

(i) are members of a criminal streetgang;

(ii) with respect to other individuals within the

streetgang, occupy a position of organizer, supervisor, or other position of management or leadership; and

(iii) are actively and personally engaged in

directing, ordering, authorizing, or requesting commission of criminal acts by others, which are punishable as a felony, in furtherance of streetgang related activity both within and outside of the Department of Corrections.

"Streetgang", "gang", and "streetgang related" have the

meanings ascribed to them in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.

(s) To operate a super-maximum security institution,

in order to manage and supervise inmates who are disruptive or dangerous and provide for the safety and security of the staff and the other inmates.

(t) To monitor any unprivileged conversation or any

unprivileged communication, whether in person or by mail, telephone, or other means, between an inmate who, before commitment to the Department, was a member of an organized gang and any other person without the need to show cause or satisfy any other requirement of law before beginning the monitoring, except as constitutionally required. The monitoring may be by video, voice, or other method of recording or by any other means. As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.

As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "unprivileged

conversation" or "unprivileged communication" means a conversation or communication that is not protected by any privilege recognized by law or by decision, rule, or order of the Illinois Supreme Court.

(u) To establish a Women's and Children's Pre-release

Community Supervision Program for the purpose of providing housing and services to eligible female inmates, as determined by the Department, and their newborn and young children.

(u-5) To issue an order, whenever a person committed

to the Department absconds or absents himself or herself, without authority to do so, from any facility or program to which he or she is assigned. The order shall be certified by the Director, the Supervisor of the Apprehension Unit, or any person duly designated by the Director, with the seal of the Department affixed. The order shall be directed to all sheriffs, coroners, and police officers, or to any particular person named in the order. Any order issued pursuant to this subdivision (1)(u-5) shall be sufficient warrant for the officer or person named in the order to arrest and deliver the committed person to the proper correctional officials and shall be executed the same as criminal process.

(u-6) To appoint a point of contact person who shall

receive suggestions, complaints, or other requests to the Department from visitors to Department institutions or facilities and from other members of the public.

(v) To do all other acts necessary to carry out the

provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall by January 1, 1998, consider building and operating a correctional facility within 100 miles of a county of over 2,000,000 inhabitants, especially a facility designed to house juvenile participants in the impact incarceration program.

(3) When the Department lets bids for contracts for medical services to be provided to persons committed to Department facilities by a health maintenance organization, medical service corporation, or other health care provider, the bid may only be let to a health care provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond issued by a company whose bonds have an investment grade or higher rating by a bond rating organization.

(4) When the Department lets bids for contracts for food or commissary services to be provided to Department facilities, the bid may only be let to a food or commissary services provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond issued by a company whose bonds have an investment grade or higher rating by a bond rating organization.

(5) On and after the date 6 months after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-488), as provided in the Executive Order 1 (2012) Implementation Act, all of the powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related to State healthcare purchasing under this Code that were transferred from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services by Executive Order 3 (2005) are transferred back to the Department of Corrections; however, powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related to State healthcare purchasing under this Code that were exercised by the Department of Corrections before the effective date of Executive Order 3 (2005) but that pertain to individuals resident in facilities operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice are transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice.

(6) The Department of Corrections shall provide lactation or nursing mothers rooms for personnel of the Department. The rooms shall be provided in each facility of the Department that employs nursing mothers. Each individual lactation room must:

(i) contain doors that lock;

(ii) have an "Occupied" sign for each door;

(iii) contain electrical outlets for plugging in

breast pumps;

(iv) have sufficient lighting and ventilation;

(v) contain comfortable chairs;

(vi) contain a countertop or table for all necessary

supplies for lactation;

(vii) contain a wastebasket and chemical cleaners to

wash one's hands and to clean the surfaces of the countertop or table;

(viii) have a functional sink;

(ix) have a minimum of one refrigerator for storage

of the breast milk; and

(x) receive routine daily maintenance.

(Source: P.A. 102-350, eff. 8-13-21; 102-535, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1030, eff. 5-27-22; 103-834, eff. 1-1-25.)

(Text of Section from P.A. 104-27)

Sec. 3-2-2. Powers and duties of the Department.

(1) In addition to the powers, duties, and responsibilities which are otherwise provided by law, the Department shall have the following powers:

(a) To accept persons committed to it by the courts

of this State for care, custody, treatment, and rehabilitation, and to accept federal prisoners and noncitizens over whom the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee is authorized to exercise the federal detention function for limited purposes and periods of time.

(b) To develop and maintain reception and evaluation

units for purposes of analyzing the custody and rehabilitation needs of persons committed to it and to assign such persons to institutions and programs under its control or transfer them to other appropriate agencies. In consultation with the Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (now the Department of Human Services), the Department of Corrections shall develop a master plan for the screening and evaluation of persons committed to its custody who have alcohol or drug abuse problems, and for making appropriate treatment available to such persons; the Department shall report to the General Assembly on such plan not later than April 1, 1987. The maintenance and implementation of such plan shall be contingent upon the availability of funds.

(b-1) To create and implement, on January 1, 2002, a

pilot program to establish the effectiveness of pupillometer technology (the measurement of the pupil's reaction to light) as an alternative to a urine test for purposes of screening and evaluating persons committed to its custody who have alcohol or drug problems. The pilot program shall require the pupillometer technology to be used in at least one Department of Corrections facility. The Director may expand the pilot program to include an additional facility or facilities as he or she deems appropriate. A minimum of 4,000 tests shall be included in the pilot program. The Department must report to the General Assembly on the effectiveness of the program by January 1, 2003.

(b-5) To develop, in consultation with the Illinois

State Police, a program for tracking and evaluating each inmate from commitment through release for recording his or her gang affiliations, activities, or ranks.

(c) To maintain and administer all State correctional

institutions and facilities under its control and to establish new ones as needed. Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions and facilities, the Department may, with the written approval of the Governor, authorize the Department of Central Management Services to enter into an agreement of the type described in subsection (d) of Section 405-300 of the Department of Central Management Services Law. The Department shall designate those institutions which shall constitute the State Penitentiary System. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall maintain and administer all State youth centers pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 3-2.5-20.

Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions

and facilities, the Department may authorize the Department of Central Management Services to accept bids from counties and municipalities for the construction, remodeling, or conversion of a structure to be leased to the Department of Corrections for the purposes of its serving as a correctional institution or facility. Such construction, remodeling, or conversion may be financed with revenue bonds issued pursuant to the Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act by the municipality or county. The lease specified in a bid shall be for a term of not less than the time needed to retire any revenue bonds used to finance the project, but not to exceed 40 years. The lease may grant to the State the option to purchase the structure outright.

Upon receipt of the bids, the Department may certify

one or more of the bids and shall submit any such bids to the General Assembly for approval. Upon approval of a bid by a constitutional majority of both houses of the General Assembly, pursuant to joint resolution, the Department of Central Management Services may enter into an agreement with the county or municipality pursuant to such bid.

(c-5) To build and maintain regional juvenile

detention centers and to charge a per diem to the counties as established by the Department to defray the costs of housing each minor in a center. In this subsection (c-5), "juvenile detention center" means a facility to house minors during pendency of trial who have been transferred from proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to prosecutions under the criminal laws of this State in accordance with Section 5-805 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, whether the transfer was by operation of law or permissive under that Section. The Department shall designate the counties to be served by each regional juvenile detention center.

(d) To develop and maintain programs of control,

rehabilitation, and employment of committed persons within its institutions.

(d-5) To provide a pre-release job preparation

program for inmates at Illinois adult correctional centers.

(d-10) To provide educational and visitation

opportunities to committed persons within its institutions through temporary access to content-controlled tablets that may be provided as a privilege to committed persons to induce or reward compliance.

(e) To establish a system of supervision and guidance

of committed persons in the community.

(f) To establish in cooperation with the Department

of Transportation to supply a sufficient number of prisoners for use by the Department of Transportation to clean up the trash and garbage along State, county, township, or municipal highways as designated by the Department of Transportation. The Department of Corrections, at the request of the Department of Transportation, shall furnish such prisoners at least annually for a period to be agreed upon between the Director of Corrections and the Secretary of Transportation. The prisoners used on this program shall be selected by the Director of Corrections on whatever basis he deems proper in consideration of their term, behavior and earned eligibility to participate in such program - where they will be outside of the prison facility but still in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Prisoners convicted of first degree murder, or a Class X felony, or armed violence, or aggravated kidnapping, or criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse or a subsequent conviction for criminal sexual abuse, or forcible detention, or arson, or a prisoner adjudged a Habitual Criminal shall not be eligible for selection to participate in such program. The prisoners shall remain as prisoners in the custody of the Department of Corrections and such Department shall furnish whatever security is necessary. The Department of Transportation shall furnish trucks and equipment for the highway cleanup program and personnel to supervise and direct the program. Neither the Department of Corrections nor the Department of Transportation shall replace any regular employee with a prisoner.

(g) To maintain records of persons committed to it

and to establish programs of research, statistics, and planning.

(h) To investigate the grievances of any person

committed to the Department and to inquire into any alleged misconduct by employees or committed persons; and for these purposes it may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of writings and papers, and may examine under oath any witnesses who may appear before it; to also investigate alleged violations of a parolee's or releasee's conditions of parole or release; and for this purpose it may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents only if there is reason to believe that such procedures would provide evidence that such violations have occurred.

If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued under

this subsection, the Director may apply to any circuit court to secure compliance with the subpoena. The failure to comply with the order of the court issued in response thereto shall be punishable as contempt of court.

(i) To appoint and remove the chief administrative

officers, and administer programs of training and development of personnel of the Department. Personnel assigned by the Department to be responsible for the custody and control of committed persons or to investigate the alleged misconduct of committed persons or employees or alleged violations of a parolee's or releasee's conditions of parole shall be conservators of the peace for those purposes, and shall have the full power of peace officers outside of the facilities of the Department in the protection, arrest, retaking, and reconfining of committed persons or where the exercise of such power is necessary to the investigation of such misconduct or violations. This subsection shall not apply to persons committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 on aftercare release.

(j) To cooperate with other departments and agencies

and with local communities for the development of standards and programs for better correctional services in this State.

(k) To administer all moneys and properties of the

Department.

(l) To report annually to the Governor on the

committed persons, institutions, and programs of the Department.

(l-5) (Blank).

(m) To make all rules and regulations and exercise

all powers and duties vested by law in the Department.

(n) To establish rules and regulations for

administering a system of sentence credits, established in accordance with Section 3-6-3, subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board.

(o) To administer the distribution of funds from the

State Treasury to reimburse counties where State penal institutions are located for the payment of assistant state's attorneys' salaries under Section 4-2001 of the Counties Code.

(p) To exchange information with the Department of

Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the purpose of verifying living arrangements and for other purposes directly connected with the administration of this Code and the Illinois Public Aid Code.

(q) To establish a diversion program.

The program shall provide a structured environment

for selected technical parole or mandatory supervised release violators and committed persons who have violated the rules governing their conduct while in work release. This program shall not apply to those persons who have committed a new offense while serving on parole or mandatory supervised release or while committed to work release.

Elements of the program shall include, but shall not

be limited to, the following:

(1) The staff of a diversion facility shall

provide supervision in accordance with required objectives set by the facility.

(2) Participants shall be required to maintain

employment.

(3) Each participant shall pay for room and board

at the facility on a sliding-scale basis according to the participant's income.

(4) Each participant shall:

(A) provide restitution to victims in

accordance with any court order;

(B) provide financial support to his

dependents; and

(C) make appropriate payments toward any

other court-ordered obligations.

(5) Each participant shall complete community

service in addition to employment.

(6) Participants shall take part in such

counseling, educational, and other programs as the Department may deem appropriate.

(7) Participants shall submit to drug and alcohol

screening.

(8) The Department shall promulgate rules

governing the administration of the program.

(r) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation

agreements under which persons in the custody of the Department may participate in a county impact incarceration program established under Section 3-6038 or 3-15003.5 of the Counties Code.

(r-5) (Blank).

(r-10) To systematically and routinely identify with

respect to each streetgang active within the correctional system: (1) each active gang; (2) every existing inter-gang affiliation or alliance; and (3) the current leaders in each gang. The Department shall promptly segregate leaders from inmates who belong to their gangs and allied gangs. "Segregate" means no physical contact and, to the extent possible under the conditions and space available at the correctional facility, prohibition of visual and sound communication. For the purposes of this paragraph (r-10), "leaders" means persons who:

(i) are members of a criminal streetgang;

(ii) with respect to other individuals within the

streetgang, occupy a position of organizer, supervisor, or other position of management or leadership; and

(iii) are actively and personally engaged in

directing, ordering, authorizing, or requesting commission of criminal acts by others, which are punishable as a felony, in furtherance of streetgang related activity both within and outside of the Department of Corrections.

"Streetgang", "gang", and "streetgang related" have the

meanings ascribed to them in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.

(s) To operate a super-maximum security institution,

in order to manage and supervise inmates who are disruptive or dangerous and provide for the safety and security of the staff and the other inmates.

(t) To monitor any unprivileged conversation or any

unprivileged communication, whether in person or by mail, telephone, or other means, between an inmate who, before commitment to the Department, was a member of an organized gang and any other person without the need to show cause or satisfy any other requirement of law before beginning the monitoring, except as constitutionally required. The monitoring may be by video, voice, or other method of recording or by any other means. As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.

As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "unprivileged

conversation" or "unprivileged communication" means a conversation or communication that is not protected by any privilege recognized by law or by decision, rule, or order of the Illinois Supreme Court.

(u) To establish a Women's and Children's Pre-release

Community Supervision Program for the purpose of providing housing and services to eligible female inmates, as determined by the Department, and their newborn and young children.

(u-5) To issue an order, whenever a person committed

to the Department absconds or absents himself or herself, without authority to do so, from any facility or program to which he or she is assigned. The order shall be certified by the Director, the Supervisor of the Apprehension Unit, or any person duly designated by the Director, with the seal of the Department affixed. The order shall be directed to all sheriffs, coroners, and police officers, or to any particular person named in the order. Any order issued pursuant to this subdivision (1)(u-5) shall be sufficient warrant for the officer or person named in the order to arrest and deliver the committed person to the proper correctional officials and shall be executed the same as criminal process.

(u-6) To appoint a point of contact person who shall

receive suggestions, complaints, or other requests to the Department from visitors to Department institutions or facilities and from other members of the public.

(v) To do all other acts necessary to carry out the

provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall by January 1, 1998, consider building and operating a correctional facility within 100 miles of a county of over 2,000,000 inhabitants, especially a facility designed to house juvenile participants in the impact incarceration program.

(3) When the Department lets bids for contracts for medical services to be provided to persons committed to Department facilities by a health maintenance organization, medical service corporation, or other health care provider, the bid may only be let to a health care provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond issued by a company whose bonds have an investment grade or higher rating by a bond rating organization.

(3.5) If the Department has a contract with a pharmacy benefit manager or a contract with an insurance company, health maintenance organization, limited health service organization, administrative services organization, or any other managed care entity or health insurance issuer where a pharmacy benefit manager administers the provider's coverage of, payment for, or formulary design for drugs necessary to safeguard the minor's life or health, the contract with the pharmacy benefit manager and the pharmacy benefit manager's activities shall be subject to Article XXXIIB of the Illinois Insurance Code and the authority of the Director of Insurance to enforce those provisions. The provider shall have all the rights of a plan sponsor under those provisions.

(4) When the Department lets bids for contracts for food or commissary services to be provided to Department facilities, the bid may only be let to a food or commissary services provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond issued by a company whose bonds have an investment grade or higher rating by a bond rating organization.

(5) On and after the date 6 months after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-488), as provided in the Executive Order 1 (2012) Implementation Act, all of the powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related to State healthcare purchasing under this Code that were transferred from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services by Executive Order 3 (2005) are transferred back to the Department of Corrections; however, powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related to State healthcare purchasing under this Code that were exercised by the Department of Corrections before the effective date of Executive Order 3 (2005) but that pertain to individuals resident in facilities operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice are transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice.

(6) The Department of Corrections shall provide lactation or nursing mothers rooms for personnel of the Department. The rooms shall be provided in each facility of the Department that employs nursing mothers. Each individual lactation room must:

(i) contain doors that lock;

(ii) have an "Occupied" sign for each door;

(iii) contain electrical outlets for plugging in

breast pumps;

(iv) have sufficient lighting and ventilation;

(v) contain comfortable chairs;

(vi) contain a countertop or table for all necessary

supplies for lactation;

(vii) contain a wastebasket and chemical cleaners to

wash one's hands and to clean the surfaces of the countertop or table;

(viii) have a functional sink;

(ix) have a minimum of one refrigerator for storage

of the breast milk; and

(x) receive routine daily maintenance.

(Source: P.A. 103-834, eff. 1-1-25; 104-27, eff. 1-1-26.)

(Text of Section from P.A. 104-159)

Sec. 3-2-2. Powers and duties of the Department.

(1) In addition to the powers, duties, and responsibilities which are otherwise provided by law, the Department shall have the following powers:

(a) To accept persons committed to it by the courts

of this State for care, custody, treatment, and rehabilitation, and to accept federal prisoners and noncitizens over whom the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee is authorized to exercise the federal detention function for limited purposes and periods of time.

(b) To develop and maintain reception and evaluation

units for purposes of analyzing the custody and rehabilitation needs of persons committed to it and to assign such persons to institutions and programs under its control or transfer them to other appropriate agencies. In consultation with the Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (now the Department of Human Services), the Department of Corrections shall develop a master plan for the screening and evaluation of persons committed to its custody who have alcohol or drug abuse problems, and for making appropriate treatment available to such persons; the Department shall report to the General Assembly on such plan not later than April 1, 1987. The maintenance and implementation of such plan shall be contingent upon the availability of funds.

(b-1) To create and implement, on January 1, 2002, a

pilot program to establish the effectiveness of pupillometer technology (the measurement of the pupil's reaction to light) as an alternative to a urine test for purposes of screening and evaluating persons committed to its custody who have alcohol or drug problems. The pilot program shall require the pupillometer technology to be used in at least one Department of Corrections facility. The Director may expand the pilot program to include an additional facility or facilities as he or she deems appropriate. A minimum of 4,000 tests shall be included in the pilot program. The Department must report to the General Assembly on the effectiveness of the program by January 1, 2003.

(b-5) To develop, in consultation with the Illinois

State Police, a program for tracking and evaluating each inmate from commitment through release for recording his or her gang affiliations, activities, or ranks.

(c) To maintain and administer all State correctional

institutions and facilities under its control and to establish new ones as needed. Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions and facilities, the Department may, with the written approval of the Governor, authorize the Department of Central Management Services to enter into an agreement of the type described in subsection (d) of Section 405-300 of the Department of Central Management Services Law. The Department shall designate those institutions which shall constitute the State Penitentiary System. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall maintain and administer all State youth centers pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 3-2.5-20.

Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions

and facilities, the Department may authorize the Department of Central Management Services to accept bids from counties and municipalities for the construction, remodeling, or conversion of a structure to be leased to the Department of Corrections for the purposes of its serving as a correctional institution or facility. Such construction, remodeling, or conversion may be financed with revenue bonds issued pursuant to the Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act by the municipality or county. The lease specified in a bid shall be for a term of not less than the time needed to retire any revenue bonds used to finance the project, but not to exceed 40 years. The lease may grant to the State the option to purchase the structure outright.

Upon receipt of the bids, the Department may certify

one or more of the bids and shall submit any such bids to the General Assembly for approval. Upon approval of a bid by a constitutional majority of both houses of the General Assembly, pursuant to joint resolution, the Department of Central Management Services may enter into an agreement with the county or municipality pursuant to such bid.

(c-5) To build and maintain regional juvenile

detention centers and to charge a per diem to the counties as established by the Department to defray the costs of housing each minor in a center. In this subsection (c-5), "juvenile detention center" means a facility to house minors during pendency of trial who have been transferred from proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to prosecutions under the criminal laws of this State in accordance with Section 5-805 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, whether the transfer was by operation of law or permissive under that Section. The Department shall designate the counties to be served by each regional juvenile detention center.

(d) To develop and maintain programs of control,

rehabilitation, and employment of committed persons within its institutions.

(d-5) To provide a pre-release job preparation

program for inmates at Illinois adult correctional centers.

(d-10) To provide educational and visitation

opportunities to committed persons within its institutions through temporary access to content-controlled tablets that may be provided as a privilege to committed persons to induce or reward compliance.

(e) To establish a system of supervision and guidance

of committed persons in the community.

(f) To establish in cooperation with the Department

of Transportation to supply a sufficient number of prisoners for use by the Department of Transportation to clean up the trash and garbage along State, county, township, or municipal highways as designated by the Department of Transportation. The Department of Corrections, at the request of the Department of Transportation, shall furnish such prisoners at least annually for a period to be agreed upon between the Director of Corrections and the Secretary of Transportation. The prisoners used on this program shall be selected by the Director of Corrections on whatever basis he deems proper in consideration of their term, behavior and earned eligibility to participate in such program - where they will be outside of the prison facility but still in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Prisoners convicted of first degree murder, or a Class X felony, or armed violence, or aggravated kidnapping, or criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse or a subsequent conviction for criminal sexual abuse, or forcible detention, or arson, or a prisoner adjudged a Habitual Criminal shall not be eligible for selection to participate in such program. The prisoners shall remain as prisoners in the custody of the Department of Corrections and such Department shall furnish whatever security is necessary. The Department of Transportation shall furnish trucks and equipment for the highway cleanup program and personnel to supervise and direct the program. Neither the Department of Corrections nor the Department of Transportation shall replace any regular employee with a prisoner.

(g) To maintain records of persons committed to it

and to establish programs of research, statistics, and planning.

(h) To investigate the grievances of any person

committed to the Department and to inquire into any alleged misconduct by employees or committed persons; and for these purposes it may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of writings and papers, and may examine under oath any witnesses who may appear before it; to also investigate alleged violations of a parolee's or releasee's conditions of parole or release; and for this purpose it may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents only if there is reason to believe that such procedures would provide evidence that such violations have occurred.

If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued under

this subsection, the Director may apply to any circuit court to secure compliance with the subpoena. The failure to comply with the order of the court issued in response thereto shall be punishable as contempt of court.

(i) To appoint and remove the chief administrative

officers, and administer programs of training and development of personnel of the Department. Personnel assigned by the Department to be responsible for the custody and control of committed persons or to investigate the alleged misconduct of committed persons or employees or alleged violations of a parolee's or releasee's conditions of parole shall be conservators of the peace for those purposes, and shall have the full power of peace officers outside of the facilities of the Department in the protection, arrest, retaking, and reconfining of committed persons or where the exercise of such power is necessary to the investigation of such misconduct or violations. This subsection shall not apply to persons committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 on aftercare release.

(j) To cooperate with other departments and agencies

and with local communities for the development of standards and programs for better correctional services in this State.

(k) To administer all moneys and properties of the

Department.

(l) To report annually to the Governor on the

committed persons, institutions, and programs of the Department.

(l-5) (Blank).

(m) To make all rules and regulations and exercise

all powers and duties vested by law in the Department.

(n) To establish rules and regulations for

administering a system of sentence credits, established in accordance with Section 3-6-3, subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board.

(o) To administer the distribution of funds from the

State Treasury to reimburse counties where State penal institutions are located for the payment of assistant state's attorneys' salaries under Section 4-2001 of the Counties Code.

(p) To exchange information with the Department of

Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the purpose of verifying living arrangements and for other purposes directly connected with the administration of this Code and the Illinois Public Aid Code.

(q) To establish a diversion program.

The program shall provide a structured environment

for selected technical parole or mandatory supervised release violators and committed persons who have violated the rules governing their conduct while in work release. This program shall not apply to those persons who have committed a new offense while serving on parole or mandatory supervised release or while committed to work release.

Elements of the program shall include, but shall not

be limited to, the following:

(1) The staff of a diversion facility shall

provide supervision in accordance with required objectives set by the facility.

(2) Participants shall be required to maintain

employment.

(3) Each participant shall pay for room and board

at the facility on a sliding-scale basis according to the participant's income.

(4) Each participant shall:

(A) provide restitution to victims in

accordance with any court order;

(B) provide financial support to his

dependents; and

(C) make appropriate payments toward any

other court-ordered obligations.

(5) Each participant shall complete community

service in addition to employment.

(6) Participants shall take part in such

counseling, educational, and other programs as the Department may deem appropriate.

(7) Participants shall submit to drug and alcohol

screening.

(8) The Department shall promulgate rules

governing the administration of the program.

(r) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation

agreements under which persons in the custody of the Department may participate in a county impact incarceration program established under Section 3-6038 or 3-15003.5 of the Counties Code.

(r-5) (Blank).

(r-10) To systematically and routinely identify with

respect to each streetgang active within the correctional system: (1) each active gang; (2) every existing inter-gang affiliation or alliance; and (3) the current leaders in each gang. The Department shall promptly segregate leaders from inmates who belong to their gangs and allied gangs. "Segregate" means no physical contact and, to the extent possible under the conditions and space available at the correctional facility, prohibition of visual and sound communication. For the purposes of this paragraph (r-10), "leaders" means persons who:

(i) are members of a criminal streetgang;

(ii) with respect to other individuals within the

streetgang, occupy a position of organizer, supervisor, or other position of management or leadership; and

(iii) are actively and personally engaged in

directing, ordering, authorizing, or requesting commission of criminal acts by others, which are punishable as a felony, in furtherance of streetgang related activity both within and outside of the Department of Corrections.

"Streetgang", "gang", and "streetgang related" have the

meanings ascribed to them in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.

(s) To operate a super-maximum security institution,

in order to manage and supervise inmates who are disruptive or dangerous and provide for the safety and security of the staff and the other inmates.

(t) To monitor any unprivileged conversation or any

unprivileged communication, whether in person or by mail, telephone, or other means, between an inmate who, before commitment to the Department, was a member of an organized gang and any other person without the need to show cause or satisfy any other requirement of law before beginning the monitoring, except as constitutionally required. The monitoring may be by video, voice, or other method of recording or by any other means. As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.

As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "unprivileged

conversation" or "unprivileged communication" means a conversation or communication that is not protected by any privilege recognized by law or by decision, rule, or order of the Illinois Supreme Court.

(u) To establish a Women's and Children's Pre-release

Community Supervision Program for the purpose of providing housing and services to eligible female inmates, as determined by the Department, and their newborn and young children.

(u-5) To issue an order, whenever a person committed

to the Department absconds or absents himself or herself, without authority to do so, from any facility or program to which he or she is assigned. The order shall be certified by the Director, the Supervisor of the Apprehension Unit, or any person duly designated by the Director, with the seal of the Department affixed. The order shall be directed to all sheriffs, coroners, and police officers, or to any particular person named in the order. Any order issued pursuant to this subdivision (1)(u-5) shall be sufficient warrant for the officer or person named in the order to arrest and deliver the committed person to the proper correctional officials and shall be executed the same as criminal process.

(u-6) To appoint a point of contact person who shall

receive suggestions, complaints, or other requests to the Department from visitors to Department institutions or facilities and from other members of the public.

(u-7) To collaborate with the Department of Human

Services and other State agencies to develop and implement screening and follow-up protocols for intake and reentry personnel and contractors on identification and response to Department-involved individuals who demonstrate indications of past labor or sex trafficking victimization, criminal sexual exploitation or a history of involvement in the sex trade that may put them at risk of human trafficking. Protocols should include assessment and provision of pre-release and post-release housing, legal, medical, mental health and substance-use disorder treatment services and recognize the specialized needs of victims of human trafficking.

(u-8) To provide statewide training for Department of

Corrections intake and reentry personnel and contractors on identification and response to Department-involved individuals who demonstrate indications of past trafficking victimization or child sexual exploitation that put them at risk of human trafficking.

(u-9) To offer access to specialized services for

Department-involved individuals within the care that demonstrate indications of past trafficking victimization or child sexual exploitation that put them at risk of trafficking. As used in this subsection, "specialized services" means substance-use disorder, mental health, medical, case-management, housing, and other support services by Department employees or contractors who have completed victim-centered, trauma-informed training specifically designed to address the complex psychological and or physical needs of victims of human trafficking, sexual exploitation, or a history of involvement with the sex trade.

(v) To do all other acts necessary to carry out the

provisions of this Chapter.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall by January 1, 1998, consider building and operating a correctional facility within 100 miles of a county of over 2,000,000 inhabitants, especially a facility designed to house juvenile participants in the impact incarceration program.

(3) When the Department lets bids for contracts for medical services to be provided to persons committed to Department facilities by a health maintenance organization, medical service corporation, or other health care provider, the bid may only be let to a health care provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond issued by a company whose bonds have an investment grade or higher rating by a bond rating organization.

(4) When the Department lets bids for contracts for food or commissary services to be provided to Department facilities, the bid may only be let to a food or commissary services provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond issued by a company whose bonds have an investment grade or higher rating by a bond rating organization.

(5) On and after the date 6 months after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-488), as provided in the Executive Order 1 (2012) Implementation Act, all of the powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related to State healthcare purchasing under this Code that were transferred from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services by Executive Order 3 (2005) are transferred back to the Department of Corrections; however, powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related to State healthcare purchasing under this Code that were exercised by the Department of Corrections before the effective date of Executive Order 3 (2005) but that pertain to individuals resident in facilities operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice are transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice.

(6) The Department of Corrections shall provide lactation or nursing mothers rooms for personnel of the Department. The rooms shall be provided in each facility of the Department that employs nursing mothers. Each individual lactation room must:

(i) contain doors that lock;

(ii) have an "Occupied" sign for each door;

(iii) contain electrical outlets for plugging in

breast pumps;

(iv) have sufficient lighting and ventilation;

(v) contain comfortable chairs;

(vi) contain a countertop or table for all necessary

supplies for lactation;

(vii) contain a wastebasket and chemical cleaners to

wash one's hands and to clean the surfaces of the countertop or table;

(viii) have a functional sink;

(ix) have a minimum of one refrigerator for storage

of the breast milk; and

(x) receive routine daily maintenance.

(Source: P.A. 103-834, eff. 1-1-25; 104-159, eff. 1-1-26.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-2.1)

Sec. 3-2-2.1. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 84-1411. Repealed by P.A. 103-616, eff. 7-1-24.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-2.2)

Sec. 3-2-2.2. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 86-1327. Repealed by P.A. 101-275, eff. 8-9-19.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-2.3)

Sec. 3-2-2.3. Voting rights information.

(a) The Department shall make available to a person in its custody current resource materials, maintained by the Illinois State Board of Elections, containing detailed information regarding the voting rights of a person with a criminal conviction in the following formats:

(1) in print;

(2) on the Department's website; and

(3) in a visible location on the premises of each

Department facility where notices are customarily posted.

(b) The current resource materials described under subsection (a) shall be provided upon release of a person on parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon from the Department.

(Source: P.A. 101-442, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-2.4)

Sec. 3-2-2.4. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-22.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-3)

Sec. 3-2-3. Director; Appointment; Powers and Duties.

(a) The Department shall be administered by the Director of Corrections who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

(b) The Director shall establish such Divisions within the Department in addition to those established under Sections 3-2-5 and 3-2-5.5 as shall be desirable and shall assign to the various Divisions the responsibilities and duties placed in the Department by the laws of this State.

(Source: P.A. 100-527, eff. 6-1-18.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-3.1)

Sec. 3-2-3.1. Treaties. If a treaty in effect between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the Governor may, on behalf of the State and subject to the terms of the treaty, authorize the Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile Justice to consent to the transfer or exchange of offenders and take any other action necessary to initiate the participation of this State in the treaty. Before any transfer or exchange may occur, the Director of Corrections shall notify in writing the Prisoner Review Board and the Office of the State's Attorney which obtained the defendant's conviction, or the Director of Juvenile Justice shall notify in writing the Office of the State's Attorney which obtained the youth's conviction.

(Source: P.A. 99-628, eff. 1-1-17.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-4)

Sec. 3-2-4. Governor to Visit.

The Governor shall visit the institutions, facilities and programs of the Department as often as he deems fit, for the purpose of examining into the affairs and conditions of the Department.

(Source: P.A. 77-2097.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5)

Sec. 3-2-5. Organization of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice.

(a) There shall be a Department of Corrections which shall be administered by a Director and an Assistant Director appointed by the Governor under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The Assistant Director shall be under the direction of the Director. The Department of Corrections shall be responsible for all persons committed or transferred to the Department under Sections 3-10-7 or 5-8-6 of this Code.

(b) There shall be a Department of Juvenile Justice which shall be administered by a Director appointed by the Governor under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall be responsible for all persons under 18 years of age when sentenced to imprisonment and committed to the Department under subsection (c) of Section 5-8-6 of this Code, Section 5-10 of the Juvenile Court Act, or Section 5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Persons under 18 years of age committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice pursuant to this Code shall be sight and sound separate from adult offenders committed to the Department of Corrections.

(c) The Department shall create a gang intelligence unit under the supervision of the Director. The unit shall be specifically designed to gather information regarding the inmate gang population, monitor the activities of gangs, and prevent the furtherance of gang activities through the development and implementation of policies aimed at deterring gang activity. The Director shall appoint a Corrections Intelligence Coordinator.

All information collected and maintained by the unit shall be highly confidential, and access to that information shall be restricted by the Department. The information shall be used to control and limit the activities of gangs within correctional institutions under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Department of Corrections and may be shared with other law enforcement agencies in order to curb gang activities outside of correctional institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department and to assist in the investigations and prosecutions of gang activity. The Department shall establish and promulgate rules governing the release of information to outside law enforcement agencies. Due to the highly sensitive nature of the information, the information is exempt from requests for disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act as the information contained is highly confidential and may be harmful if disclosed.

(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 99-628, eff. 1-1-17.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-5.5)

Sec. 3-2-5.5. Women's Division.

(a) As used in this Section:

"Gender-responsive" means taking into account gender

specific differences that have been identified in women-centered research, including, but not limited to, socialization, psychological development, strengths, risk factors, pathways through systems, responses to treatment intervention, and other unique gender specific needs facing justice-involved women. Gender responsive policies, practices, programs, and services shall be implemented in a manner that is considered relational, culturally competent, family-centered, holistic, strength-based, and trauma-informed.

"Trauma-informed practices" means practices

incorporating gender violence research and the impact of all forms of trauma in designing and implementing policies, practices, processes, programs, and services that involve understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma with emphasis on physical, psychological, and emotional safety.

(b) The Department shall create a permanent Women's Division under the direct supervision of the Director. The Women's Division shall have statewide authority and operational oversight for all of the Department's women's correctional centers and women's adult transition centers.

(c) The Director shall appoint a Chief Administrator for the Women's Division who has received nationally recognized specialized training in gender-responsive and trauma-informed practices. The Chief Administrator shall be responsible for:

(1) management and supervision of all employees

assigned to the Women's Division correctional centers and adult transition centers;

(2) development and implementation of evidence-based,

gender-responsive, and trauma-informed practices that govern Women's Division operations and programs;

(3) development of the Women's Division training,

orientation, and cycle curriculum, which shall be updated as needed to align with gender responsive and trauma-informed practices;

(4) training all staff assigned to the Women's

Division correctional centers and adult transition centers on gender-responsive and trauma-informed practices;

(5) implementation of validated gender-responsive

classification and placement instruments;

(6) implementation of a gender-responsive risk,

assets, and needs assessment tool and case management system for the Women's Division; and

(7) collaborating with the Chief Administrator of

Parole to ensure staff responsible for supervision of females under mandatory supervised release are appropriately trained in evidence-based practices in community supervision, gender-responsive practices, and trauma-informed practices.

(Source: P.A. 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-6)

Sec. 3-2-6. Advisory Boards.

(a) There shall be an Advisory Board within the Department of Corrections composed of 11 persons, one of whom shall be a senior citizen age 60 or over, appointed by the Governor to advise the Director on matters pertaining to adult offenders. The members of the Boards shall be qualified for their positions by demonstrated interest in and knowledge of adult and juvenile correctional work and shall not be officials of the State in any other capacity. The members first appointed under this amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve for a term of 6 years and shall be appointed as soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1984. The members of the Boards now serving shall complete their terms as appointed, and thereafter members shall be appointed by the Governor to terms of 6 years. Any vacancy occurring shall be filled in the same manner for the remainder of the term. The Director of Corrections and the Assistant Directors shall be ex-officio members of the Boards. Each Board shall elect a chairman from among its appointed members. The Director shall serve as secretary of each Board. Members of each Board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The Board shall meet quarterly and at other times at the call of the chairman.

(b) The Boards shall advise the Director concerning policy matters and programs of the Department with regard to the custody, care, study, discipline, training and treatment of persons in the State correctional institutions and for the care and supervision of persons released on parole.

(c) There shall be a Subcommittee on Women Offenders to the Advisory Board. The Subcommittee shall be composed of 3 members of the Advisory Board appointed by the Chairman who shall designate one member as the chairman of the Subcommittee. Members of the Subcommittee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The Subcommittee shall meet no less often than quarterly and at other times at the call of its chairman.

The Subcommittee shall advise the Advisory Board and the Director on all policy matters and programs of the Department with regard to the custody, care, study, discipline, training and treatment of women in the State correctional institutions and for the care and supervision of women released on parole.

(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-7)

Sec. 3-2-7. Staff Training and Development.

(a) The Department shall train its own personnel and any personnel from local agencies by agreements under Section 3-15-2.

(b) To develop and train its personnel, the Department may make grants in aid for academic study and training in fields related to corrections. The Department shall establish rules for the conditions and amounts of such grants. The Department may employ any person during his program of studies and may require the person to work for it on completion of his program according to the agreement entered into between the person receiving the grant and the Department.

(c) The Department shall implement a wellness program to provide employees and staff with support to address both professional and personal challenges as they relate to the correctional environment. The Department shall establish response teams to provide comprehensive support to employees and staff affected by events that are both duty-related and not duty-related and provide training to response team members. The wellness program shall be accessible to any Department employee, whether full-time or part-time, contractual or temporary staff and approved volunteers. The wellness program may include, but not limited to, providing information, education, referrals, peer support, debriefing, and newsletters. Employee and staff access to wellness response team support shall be voluntary and remain confidential.

(Source: P.A. 102-616, eff. 1-1-22.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-8)

Sec. 3-2-8. Research and Long Range Planning.

(a) The Department shall establish programs of research, statistics and planning, including the study of its own performance concerning the treatment of juveniles and adult offenders.

(b) The Department may conduct and supervise research into the causes, detection and treatment of criminality, and disseminate such information to the public and to governmental and private agencies.

(c) The Department may establish such joint research and information facilities with governmental and private agencies as it shall determine, and in furtherance thereof may accept financial and other assistance from public or private sources.

(Source: P.A. 77-2097.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-9) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-9)

Sec. 3-2-9. Each fiscal year, the Department shall prepare and submit to the clerk of the circuit court a financial impact statement that includes the estimated annual and monthly cost of incarcerating an individual in a Department facility and the estimated construction cost per bed. The estimated annual cost of incarcerating an individual in a Department facility shall be derived by taking the annual expenditures of Department of Corrections facilities and all administrative costs and dividing the sum of these factors by the average annual inmate population of the facilities. All statements shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying.

(Source: P.A. 97-1083, eff. 8-24-12.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-10)

Sec. 3-2-10. Badges. The Director must authorize to each correctional officer and parole officer and to any other employee of the Department exercising the powers of a peace officer a distinct badge that, on its face, (i) clearly states that the badge is authorized by the Department and (ii) contains a unique identifying number. No other badge shall be authorized by the Department.

(Source: P.A. 91-883, eff. 1-1-01.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-10.5)

Sec. 3-2-10.5. Retiring security employees and parole agents; purchase of service firearm and badge. The Director shall establish a program to allow a security employee or parole agent of the Department who is honorably retiring in good standing to purchase either one or both of the following: (1) any badge previously issued to the security employee or parole agent by the Department; or (2) if the security employee or parole agent has a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the service firearm issued or previously issued to the security employee or parole agent by the Department. The badge must be permanently and conspicuously marked in such a manner that the individual who possesses the badge is not mistaken for an actively serving law enforcement officer. The cost of the firearm shall be the replacement value of the firearm and not the firearm's fair market value.

(Source: P.A. 102-719, eff. 5-6-22.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-11)

Sec. 3-2-11. Web link to Department of Public Health information. On the Department's official Web site, the Department shall provide a link to the information provided to persons committed to the Department and those persons' family members and friends by the Department of Public Health pursuant to Section 2310-321 of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Implementation of this Section is subject to appropriation.

(Source: P.A. 94-629, eff. 1-1-06.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-12)

Sec. 3-2-12. Report of violence in Department of Corrections institutions and facilities; public safety reports.

(a) The Department of Corrections shall collect and report:

(1) data on a rate per 100 of committed persons

regarding violence within Department institutions and facilities as defined under the terms, if applicable, in 20 Ill. Adm. Code 504 as follows:

(A) committed person on committed person assaults;

(B) committed person on correctional staff

assaults;

(C) dangerous contraband, including weapons,

explosives, dangerous chemicals, or other dangerous weapons;

(D) committed person on committed person fights;

(E) multi-committed person on single committed

person fights;

(F) committed person use of a weapon on

correctional staff;

(G) committed person use of a weapon on

committed person;

(H) sexual assault committed by a committed

person against another committed person, correctional staff, or visitor;

(I) sexual assault committed by correctional

staff against another correctional staff, committed person, or visitor;

(J) correctional staff use of physical force;

(K) forced cell extraction;

(L) use of oleoresin capsaicin (pepper spray),

2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (CS gas), or other control agents or implements;

(M) committed person suicide and attempted

suicide;

(N) requests and placements in protective

custody; and

(O) committed persons in segregation, secured

housing, and restrictive housing; and

(2) data on average length of stay in segregation,

secured housing, and restrictive housing.

(b) The Department of Corrections shall collect and report:

(1) data on a rate per 100 of committed persons

regarding public safety as follows:

(A) committed persons released directly from

segregation secured housing and restrictive housing to the community;

(B) the types of housing facilities, whether

private residences, transitional housing, homeless shelters, or other, to which committed persons are released from Department correctional institutions and facilities;

(C) committed persons in custody who have

completed evidence-based programs, including:

(i) educational;

(ii) vocational;

(iii) chemical dependency;

(iv) sex offender treatment; or

(v) cognitive behavioral;

(D) committed persons who are being held in

custody past their mandatory statutory release date and the reasons for their continued confinement;

(E) parole and mandatory supervised release

revocation rate by county and reasons for revocation; and

(F) committed persons on parole or mandatory

supervised release who have completed evidence-based programs, including:

(A) educational;

(B) vocational;

(C) chemical dependency;

(D) sex offender treatment; or

(E) cognitive behavioral; and

(2) data on the average daily population and vacancy

rate of each Adult Transition Center and work camp.

(c) The data provided under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall be included in the Department of Corrections quarterly report to the General Assembly under Section 3-5-3.1 of this Code and shall include an aggregate chart at the agency level and individual reports by each correctional institution or facility of the Department of Corrections.

(d) The Director of Corrections shall ensure that the agency level data is reviewed by the Director's executive team on a quarterly basis. The correctional institution or facility's executive team and each chief administrative officer of the correctional institution or facility shall examine statewide and local data at least quarterly. During these reviews, each chief administrative officer shall:

(1) identify trends;

(2) develop action items to mitigate the root causes

of violence; and

(3) establish committees at each correctional

institution or facility which shall review the violence data on a quarterly basis and develop action plans to reduce violence. These plans shall include a wide range of strategies to incentivize good conduct.

(Source: P.A. 100-907, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-13)

Sec. 3-2-13. Possession of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card. The Department of Corrections shall not make possession of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card a condition of continued employment as a Department employee authorized to possess firearms if the employee's Firearm Owner's Identification Card is revoked or seized because the employee has been a patient of a mental health facility and the employee has not been determined to pose a clear and present danger to himself, herself, or others as determined by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner. Nothing in this Section shall otherwise impair the Department's ability to determine an employee's fitness for duty. A collective bargaining agreement already in effect on this issue on January 1, 2022 (the effective date of Public Act 102-645) cannot be modified, but on or after January 1, 2022 (the effective date of Public Act 102-645), the Department cannot require a Firearm Owner's Identification Card as a condition of continued employment in a collective bargaining agreement. The Department shall document if and why an employee has been determined to pose a clear and present danger. In this Section, "mental health facility" and "qualified examiner" have the meanings provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.

(Source: P.A. 102-645, eff. 1-1-22; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-14)

Sec. 3-2-14. Correctional officers of the Department of Corrections; coverage under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004. Correctional officers of the Department of Corrections shall be deemed to be qualified law enforcement officers or, for retired correctional officers of the Department of Corrections, shall be deemed qualified retired or separated law enforcement officers in Illinois for purposes of coverage under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and shall have all rights and privileges granted by that Act if the correctional officer or retired correctional officer is otherwise compliant with the applicable laws of this State governing the implementation and administration of the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 in the State of Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 102-779, eff. 1-1-23.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-15)

(Text of Section from P.A. 104-220)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 3-2-15. Department of Corrections; report of hospice and palliative care for committed persons.

(a) Purposes. The General Assembly finds that:

(1) The United States prison population is aging

rapidly.

(2) Illinois' prison population is similarly aging

rapidly, with over 1,000 prisoners aged 65 or older.

(3) As a result of the aging prison population more

committed persons are in need of end-of-life care and support services.

(4) The Department of Corrections has a policy on

end-of-life care, which provides, in part, that the goals are: "safe, dignified and comfortable dying, self-determined life closure and effective grieving".

(5) The Department of Corrections does not have a

formal hospice program; rather, end-of-life care is provided on a prison-by-prison basis which results in inconsistent care for committed persons who have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses or who are expected to reach the end of their life.

(6) At some prisons, end-of-life care is at times

provided, in part, by other committed persons assigned as aides.

(7) The Department of Corrections does not have

centralized or consistent data on the number of committed persons receiving end-of-life care.

(8) The Department of Corrections does not have

centralized or consistent data on the number of prisoner aides who are assigned to assist in providing end-of-life care.

(9) The Department of Corrections does not currently

have a system for tracking patient outcomes or grievances related to the quality of end-of-life care provided.

(10) Data on the end-of-life care provided in the

Department of Corrections is needed to give the General Assembly and the public an understanding of the Department's approach to end-of-life care for terminally ill committed persons in its custody.

(11) Eddie Thomas was a committed person of the

Department of Corrections who died alone in the back of a prison infirmary without any end-of-life care just 5 months after being diagnosed with late stage lung cancer.

(b) Definitions. In this Section:

"Advance directive for health care" means written instructions of the patient's wishes as to how future care should be delivered or declined, including decisions that must be made when the patient is not capable of expressing those wishes. Advance directives may also appoint an agent with power of attorney for health care.

"Department" means the Department of Corrections.

"Hospice and palliative care" means physical, social, emotional, and spiritual support care for committed persons who have been diagnosed with a known terminal condition with a life expectancy of 6 months or less. This includes, but is not limited to, assistance with activities of daily living and comfort care.

"Peer support" refers to assistance and companionship provided by committed persons who have been trained to offer emotional, social, and practical support to fellow committed persons receiving hospice and palliative care.

"Terminal condition" means an incurable or irreversible condition that, without the administration of life-sustaining procedures, will, according to reasonable medical judgment, result in death within a relatively short period of time; or a state of permanent unconsciousness from which, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, there can be no recovery.

(c) Reporting requirement. No later than December 1 of each year, the Department shall prepare a report to be published on its website that contains, at a minimum, the following information about hospice and palliative care in its institutions and facilities during the prior fiscal year:

(1) demographic data of committed persons who

received hospice and palliative care, separated by the following categories:

(A) race or ethnicity;

(B) gender;

(C) age;

(D) primary cause of terminal illness or

condition; and

(E) length of incarceration prior to receiving

end-of-life care;

(2) data on the number of committed persons in the

Department's hospice and palliative care programs, including the following:

(A) the total number of committed persons

enrolled in the Department's hospice and palliative care programs;

(B) the total number of admissions into and

discharges from the Department's hospice and palliative care programs, including the number of committed persons who died while in the program and the number of committed persons who were removed from the program for other reasons; and

(C) the number of committed persons denied entry

into the Department's hospice and palliative care programs, including any reasons that they were denied;

(3) data on the timing of hospice and palliative care

programming, including the following:

(A) the average length of time that committed

persons receive hospice and palliative care; and

(B) the average length of time between the

diagnosis of a terminal condition and admission into a hospice and palliative care program;

(4) the number of committed persons in the custody of

the Department who died, separated by the following categories:

(A) committed persons who died while receiving

hospice and palliative care; and

(B) committed persons who died without receiving

hospice and palliative care, and the number of such committed persons who died as a result of natural, accidental, suicidal, or homicidal causes;

(5) policies and administrative directives of each

Department institution and facility regarding the institution of hospice and palliative care. This data shall include the following information:

(A) the name of each institution and facility

that offers hospice and palliative care services;

(B) criteria to be eligible for hospice and

palliative care services, both Department-wide and at each institution and facility;

(C) a list of the types of hospice and palliative

care services that are offered in each institution and facility. This list shall include, but is not limited to, pain management, psychological counseling, peer support, and chaplain services. If available, this list shall also include supportive services offered to family members of committed persons;

(D) the accreditation status of the Department's

hospice and palliative care programs, if available;

(E) the procedures for committed persons in the

Department's custody to request an advance directive for health care in each institution and facility;

(F) the procedures for health care or legal staff

to assist committed persons in completing advance directive instruments; and

(G) the procedures for health care providers to

implement advance directives for health care in each institution and facility;

(6) the staff available for hospice and palliative

care. This data shall include the following:

(A) the number of specialized staff at each

institution and facility, including palliative care physicians, nurses, and social workers;

(B) the number of volunteers dedicated to hospice

and palliative care, separated by the following categories:

(i) volunteers who are committed persons of

the Department;

(ii) volunteers who are not committed persons

of the Department; and

(iii) the ratio between the number of staff

and the number of patients in the Department's hospice and palliative care programs; and

(7) the cost of the Department's hospice and

palliative care programs, including the following:

(A) the annual costs associated with hospice and

palliative care across the Department;

(B) the sources of funding for hospice and

palliative care services; and

(C) the annual costs associated with hospice and

palliative care at each Department institution and facility.

All such data shall be anonymized to protect the privacy of the committed persons involved in the hospice and palliative care programs.

(Source: P.A. 104-220, eff. 1-1-26.)

(Text of Section from P.A. 104-412)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 3-2-15. Department of Corrections; report of contraband. The Department of Corrections shall annually collect and publish on its website the following data:

(1) contraband-related data:

(A) identified by facility;

(B) identified by the place in the facility where

the contraband was found, including, but not limited to, cell, visiting room, common areas, or correctional employee dining facility;

(C) any method of entrance to the facility,

including, but not limited to, correctional employee entrance, visitor entrance, vendor entrance, delivery person entrance, mail delivery, attorney visit, and other entrances to the facility;

(D) searches of persons and vehicles entering the

facility;

(E) type of contraband:

(i) drugs: specified by type or kind:

(I) item tested;

(II) test used; and

(III) test results (positive, negative,

inconclusive, or unknown);

(ii) phones;

(iii) weapons; and

(iv) other contraband;

(F) number of instances or individuals caught

possessing or attempting to procure or possess contraband:

(i) by facility; and

(ii) by designation of person within the

facility such as staff or committed person; and

(G) number of referrals for prosecution for

contraband brought into a correctional facility by staff and individuals in custody. Data shall be presented as a statewide aggregate and shall not identify any particular facility, county, or locality;

(2) substance use disorder treatment or educational

programming data by facility:

(A) available treatment programs indicating level

of treatment: substance used education or intensive services;

(B) number of participants; and

(C) number of committed persons on waitlist;

(3) data regarding the use of naloxone by

correctional employees and committed persons, excluding persons who administered the naloxone;

(4) data regarding emergency medical response and

hospitalizations of individuals in custody:

(A) by facility;

(B) for what reason, including, for example,

suspected drug overdose or exposure, injury inflicted by another person, environmental or workplace injury, or other; and

(C) by outcome:

(i) off-site emergency room visit;

(ii) off-site medical furlough;

(iii) total number of individuals in custody

housed in outside hospitals;

(iv) total number of days individuals are

housed in outside hospitals; and

(5) data regarding emergency medical response and

hospitalizations of staff:

(A) by facility; and

(B) for what reason, including, for example,

suspected drug overdose or exposure, injury inflicted by another person, environmental or workplace injury, or other.

The data described in paragraph (1) and subparagraph (A) of paragraphs (4) and (5) shall be collected beginning July 1, 2026 and shall be published annually on or before August 1 of each year. All other data described in paragraphs (2) through (5) shall be collected beginning July 1, 2027 and shall be published annually on or before August 1 of each year.

(Source: P.A. 104-412, eff. 7-1-26.)