(730 ILCS 5/5-8A-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-2)
Sec. 5-8A-2. Definitions. As used in this Article:
(A) "Approved electronic monitoring device" means a device approved by
the supervising authority which is primarily intended to record or transmit
information as to the defendant's presence or nonpresence in the home, consumption of alcohol, consumption of drugs, location as determined through GPS, cellular triangulation, Wi-Fi, or other electronic means.
An approved electronic monitoring device may record or transmit: oral or
wire communications or an auditory sound; visual images; or information
regarding the offender's activities while inside the offender's home.
These devices are subject to the required consent as set forth in Section
5-8A-5 of this Article.
An approved electronic monitoring device may be used to record a
conversation between the participant and the monitoring device, or the
participant and the person supervising the participant solely for the
purpose of identification and not for the purpose of eavesdropping or
conducting any other illegally intrusive monitoring.
(A-10) "Department" means the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice. (A-20) "Electronic monitoring" means the monitoring of an inmate, person, or offender with an electronic device both within and outside of their home under the terms and conditions established by the supervising authority. (B) "Excluded offenses" means first degree murder, escape, predatory
criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault,
criminal sexual assault, aggravated battery with a firearm as described in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), or (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05, bringing or
possessing a firearm, ammunition or explosive in a penal institution, any
"Super-X" drug offense or calculated criminal drug conspiracy or streetgang
criminal drug conspiracy, or any predecessor or successor offenses with the
same or substantially the same elements, or any inchoate offenses relating to
the foregoing offenses.
(B-10) "GPS" means a device or system which utilizes the Global Positioning Satellite system for determining the location of a person, inmate or offender. (C) "Home detention" means the confinement of a person convicted or
charged with an offense to his or her place of residence under the terms
and conditions established by the supervising authority. Confinement need not be 24 hours per day to qualify as home detention, and significant restrictions on liberty such as 7pm to 7am curfews shall qualify. Home confinement may or may not be accompanied by electronic monitoring, and electronic monitoring is not required for purposes of sentencing credit.
(D) "Participant" means an inmate or offender placed into an
electronic monitoring program.
(E) "Supervising authority" means the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice,
probation department, a Chief Judge's office, pretrial services division or department, sheriff, superintendent of
municipal house of corrections or any other officer or agency charged with
authorizing and supervising electronic monitoring and home detention.
(F) "Super-X drug offense" means a violation of Section 401(a)(1)(B), (C),
or (D); Section 401(a)(2)(B), (C), or (D); Section 401(a)(3)(B), (C), or (D);
or Section 401(a)(7)(B), (C), or (D) of the Illinois Controlled Substances
Act.
(G) "Wi-Fi" or "WiFi" means a device or system which utilizes a wireless local area network for determining the location of a person, inmate or offender. (Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21 .)
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(730 ILCS 5/5-8A-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-3)
Sec. 5-8A-3. Application.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (d), a person charged with
or convicted of an
excluded offense may not be placed in an electronic monitoring or home
detention program, except for bond pending trial or appeal or while on parole, aftercare release,
or mandatory supervised release.
(b) A person serving a sentence for a conviction of a Class 1 felony,
other than an excluded offense, may be placed in an electronic monitoring or home detention
program for a period not to exceed the last 90 days of incarceration.
(c) A person serving a sentence for a conviction
of a Class X felony, other than an excluded offense, may be placed
in an electronic monitoring or home detention program for a period not to exceed the last 90
days of incarceration, provided that the person was sentenced on or after August 11, 1993 (the
effective date of Public Act 88-311) and provided that the court has
not prohibited the program for the person in the sentencing order.
(d) A person serving a sentence for conviction of an offense other than
for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, aggravated
criminal sexual abuse, or felony criminal sexual abuse, may be placed in an
electronic monitoring or home detention program for a period not to exceed the last 12 months
of incarceration, provided that (i) the person is 55 years of age or older;
(ii) the person is serving a determinate sentence; (iii) the person has served
at least 25% of the sentenced prison term; and (iv) placement in an electronic
monitoring or home detention program is approved by the Prisoner Review Board or the Department of Juvenile Justice.
(e) A person serving a sentence for conviction
of a Class 2, 3, or 4 felony offense which is not an excluded offense may be
placed in an
electronic monitoring or home detention program pursuant to Department administrative
directives. These directives shall encourage inmates to apply for electronic detention to incentivize positive behavior and program participation prior to and following their return to the community, consistent with Section 5-8A-4.2 of this Code. These directives shall not prohibit application solely for prior mandatory supervised release violation history, outstanding municipal warrants, current security classification, and prior criminal history, though these factors may be considered when reviewing individual applications in conjunction with additional factors, such as the applicant's institution behavior, program participation, and reentry plan.
(f) Applications for electronic monitoring or home detention
may include the following:
(1) pretrial or pre-adjudicatory detention;
(2) probation;
(3) conditional discharge;
(4) periodic imprisonment;
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(6) work release;
(7) furlough; or
(8) post-trial incarceration.
(g) A person convicted of an offense described in clause (4) or (5) of
subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1 of this Code shall be placed in an electronic monitoring or
home detention program for at least the first 2 years of the person's mandatory
supervised release term.
(Source: P.A. 99-628, eff. 1-1-17; 99-797, eff. 8-12-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-431, eff. 8-25-17; 100-575, eff. 1-8-18.)
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(730 ILCS 5/5-8A-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-4)
Sec. 5-8A-4. Program description. The supervising authority may
promulgate rules that prescribe reasonable guidelines under which an
electronic monitoring and home detention program shall operate. When using electronic monitoring for home detention these rules may include,
but not be limited to, the following:
(A) The participant may be instructed to remain |
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(1) working or employment approved by the court
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(2) unemployed and seeking employment approved
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(3) undergoing medical, psychiatric, mental
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| health treatment, counseling, or other treatment programs approved for the participant by the court;
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(4) attending an educational institution or a
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(5) attending a regularly scheduled religious
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(6) participating in community work release or
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(7) for another compelling reason consistent with
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(8) purchasing groceries, food, or other basic
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(A-1) At a minimum, any person ordered to pretrial
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| home confinement with or without electronic monitoring must be provided with movement spread out over no fewer than two days per week, to participate in basic activities such as those listed in paragraph (A). In this subdivision (A-1), "days" means a reasonable time period during a calendar day, as outlined by the court in the order placing the person on home confinement.
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(B) The participant shall admit any person or agent
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| designated by the supervising authority into his or her residence at any time for purposes of verifying the participant's compliance with the conditions of his or her detention.
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(C) The participant shall make the necessary
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| arrangements to allow for any person or agent designated by the supervising authority to visit the participant's place of education or employment at any time, based upon the approval of the educational institution employer or both, for the purpose of verifying the participant's compliance with the conditions of his or her detention.
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(D) The participant shall acknowledge and participate
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(E) The participant shall maintain the following:
(1) access to a working telephone;
(2) a monitoring device in the participant's
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(3) a monitoring device in the participant's home
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(F) The participant shall obtain approval from the
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| supervising authority before the participant changes residence or the schedule described in subsection (A) of this Section. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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(G) The participant shall not commit another crime
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(H) Notice to the participant that violation of the
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(I) The participant shall abide by other conditions
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(J) This Section takes effect January 1, 2022.
(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-1104, eff. 12-6-22.)
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(730 ILCS 5/5-8A-4.2) Sec. 5-8A-4.2. Successful transition to the community. (a) The Department shall engage in reentry planning to include individualized case planning for persons preparing to be released to the community. This planning shall begin at intake and be supported throughout the term of incarceration, with a focused emphasis in the year prior to the inmate's mandatory statutory release date. All inmates within one year of their mandatory statutory release data shall be deemed to be in reentry status. The Department shall develop administrative directives to define reentry status based on the requirements of this Section. (b) The Department shall develop incentives to increase program and
treatment participation,
positive behavior, and readiness to change. (c) The Department shall coordinate with, and provide access at the point of release for, community partners and State and local government agencies to support successful transitions through assistance in planning and by providing appropriate programs to inmates in reentry status. The Department shall work with community partners and appropriate state agencies to
support the successful transitions through assistance in
planning and by providing appropriate
programs to persons prior to release. Release planning shall include, but is not limited to: (1) necessary documentation to include birth |
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(2) vocational or educational short-term and
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(3) financial literacy and planning to include
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(4) access to healthcare, mental healthcare, and
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(5) living and transportation arrangements;
(6) family reunification, if appropriate, and
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(7) information about community-based employment
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(d) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall create a Frequent Users Systems Engagement (FUSE) Re-Entry rental subsidy supportive housing program for the most vulnerable persons exiting the Department of Corrections. The Re-Entry rental subsidy supportive housing program shall be targeted to persons with disabilities who have a history of incarcerations, hospitalizations, and homelessness. The Illinois Housing Development Authority, the Department of Human Services Statewide Housing Coordinator, stakeholders, and the Department of Corrections shall adopt policies and procedures for the FUSE Re-Entry rental subsidy supportive housing program including eligibility criteria, geographic distribution, and documentation requirements which are similar to the Rental Housing Support Program. The funding formula for this program shall be developed by calculating the number of prison bed days saved through the timely releases that would not be possible but for the Re-Entry rental subsidy supportive housing program. Funding shall include administrative costs for the Illinois Housing Development Authority to operate the program.
(e) The Department shall report to the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, on
these activities to support successful transitions to the community. This report shall include the
following information regarding persons released from the Department:
(1) the total number of persons released each year
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(2) the number of persons assessed as having a high
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| or moderate criminogenic need who have completed programming addressing that criminogenic need prior to release listed by program and county;
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(3) the number of persons released in the reporting
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| year who have engaged in pre-release planning prior to their release listed by county;
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(4) the number of persons who have been released to
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(5) the number of persons who have been released
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(6) when implemented, the number of Frequent Users
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(Source: P.A. 100-575, eff. 1-8-18.)
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(730 ILCS 5/5-8A-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-5)
Sec. 5-8A-5. Consent of the participant. Before entering an order for
commitment for electronic monitoring, the supervising authority shall
inform the participant and other persons residing in the home of the nature
and extent of the approved electronic monitoring devices by doing the
following:
(A) Securing the written consent of the participant |
| in the program to comply with the rules and regulations of the program as stipulated in subsections (A) through (I) of Section 5-8A-4.
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(B) Where possible, securing the written consent of
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| other persons residing in the home of the participant, including the person in whose name the telephone is registered, at the time of the order for commitment for electronic monitoring is entered and acknowledge the nature and extent of approved electronic monitoring devices.
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(C) Ensure that the approved electronic devices be
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| minimally intrusive upon the privacy of the participant and other persons residing in the home while remaining in compliance with subsections (B) through (D) of Section 5-8A-4.
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This Section does not apply to persons subject to electronic monitoring or home detention as a term or condition of parole, aftercare release, or mandatory supervised release
under subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 99-797, eff. 8-12-16; 100-201 eff. 8-18-17; 100-431, eff. 8-25-17.)
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