730 ILCS 5/ Unified Code of Corrections.

(730 ILCS 5/3-10-12) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-10-12)

Sec. 3-10-12. The Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice may authorize the use of any institution or facility of the Department of Juvenile Justice as a Juvenile Detention Facility for the confinement of minors under 16 years of age in the custody or detained by the Sheriff of any County or the police department of any city when said juvenile is being held for appearance before a Juvenile Court or by Order of Court or for other legal reason, when there is no Juvenile Detention facility available or there are no other arrangements suitable for the confinement of juveniles. The Director of Juvenile Justice may certify that suitable facilities and personnel are available at the appropriate institution or facility for the confinement of such minors and this certification shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County. The Director of Juvenile Justice may withdraw or withhold certification at any time. Upon the filing of the certificate in a county the authorities of the county may then use those facilities and set forth in the certificate under the terms and conditions therein for the above purpose. Juveniles confined, by the Department of Juvenile Justice, under this Section, must be kept separate from adjudicated delinquents.

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

(730 ILCS 5/3-10-13)

Sec. 3-10-13. Notifications of Release or Escape.

(a) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall establish procedures to provide written notification of the release of any person from the Department of Juvenile Justice to the persons and agencies specified in subsection (c) of Section 3-14-1 of this Code.

(b) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall establish procedures to provide immediate notification of the escape of any person from the Department of Juvenile Justice to the persons and agencies specified in subsection (c) of Section 3-14-1 of this Code.

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

(730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 11 heading) ARTICLE 11. FURLOUGHS

(730 ILCS 5/3-11-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-11-1)

Sec. 3-11-1. Furloughs.

(a) The Department may extend the limits of the place of confinement of a committed person under prescribed conditions, so that he may leave such place on a furlough. Whether or not such person is to be accompanied on furlough shall be determined by the chief administrative officer. The Department may make an appropriate charge for the necessary expenses of accompanying a person on furlough. Such furloughs may be granted for a period of time not to exceed 14 days, for any of the following purposes:

(1) to visit a spouse, child (including a stepchild or adopted child), parent (including a stepparent or foster parent), grandparent (including stepgrandparent) or brother or sister who is seriously ill or to attend the funeral of any such person; or

(2) to obtain medical, psychiatric or psychological services when adequate services are not otherwise available; or

(3) to make contacts for employment; or

(4) to secure a residence upon release on parole or discharge; or

(5) to visit such person's family; or

(6) to appear before various educational panels, study groups, educational units, and other groups whose purpose is obtaining an understanding of the results, causes and prevention of crime and criminality, including appearances on television and radio programs.

(b) (Blank).

(c) In any case where the person furloughed is not to be accompanied on furlough, the Department of Corrections shall give prior notice of the intended furlough to the State's Attorney of the county from which the offender was sentenced originally, the State's Attorney of the county where the furlough is to occur, and to the Sheriff of the county where the furlough is to occur. Said prior notice is to be in writing except in situations where the reason for the furlough is of such an emergency nature that previous written notice would not be possible. In such cases, oral notice of the furlough shall occur.

(Source: P.A. 96-371, eff. 8-13-09.)

(730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 12 heading) ARTICLE 12. CORRECTIONAL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-1)

Sec. 3-12-1. Useful Employment. The Department shall, in so far as possible, employ at useful work committed persons confined in institutions and facilities of the Department, who are over the age of compulsory school attendance, physically capable of such employment, and not otherwise occupied in programs of the Department. Such employment shall equip such persons with marketable skills, promote habits of work and responsibility and contribute to the expense of the employment program and the committed person's cost of incarceration.

(Source: P.A. 86-450.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-2)

Sec. 3-12-2. Types of employment.

(a) The Department shall provide inmate workers for Illinois Correctional Industries to work in programs established to train and employ committed persons in the production of food stuffs and finished goods and any articles, materials or supplies for resale to State agencies and authorized purchasers. It may also employ committed persons on public works, buildings and property, the conservation of natural resources of the State, anti-pollution or environmental control projects, or for other public purposes, for the maintenance of the Department's buildings and properties and for the production of food or other necessities for its programs. The Department may establish, maintain and employ committed persons in the production of vehicle registration plates. A committed person's labor shall not be sold, contracted or hired out by the Department except under this Article.

(b) Works of art, literature, handicraft or other items produced by committed persons as an avocation and not as a product of a work program of the Department may be sold to the public under rules and regulations established by the Department. The cost of selling such products may be deducted from the proceeds, and the balance shall be credited to the person's account under Section 3-4-3.

(Source: P.A. 101-235, eff. 1-1-20.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-3)

Sec. 3-12-3. Vocational Training.

The Department shall maintain programs of training in various vocations and trades in connection with its employment programs and shall also provide opportunities for training outside working hours.

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

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-3a) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-3a)

Sec. 3-12-3a. Contracts, leases, and business agreements.

(a) The Department shall promulgate such rules and policies as it deems necessary to establish, manage, and operate its Illinois Correctional Industries division for the purpose of utilizing committed persons in the manufacture of food stuffs, finished goods or wares. To the extent not inconsistent with the function and role of the ICI, the Department may enter into a contract, lease, or other type of business agreement, not to exceed 20 years, with any private corporation, partnership, person, or other business entity for the purpose of utilizing committed persons in the provision of services or for any other business or commercial enterprise deemed by the Department to be consistent with proper training and rehabilitation of committed persons.

Beginning in fiscal year 2021, the Department shall oversee the Illinois Correctional Industries accounting processes and budget requests to the General Assembly, other budgetary processes, audits by the Office of the Auditor General, and computer processes. Beginning in fiscal year 2021, the spending authority of Illinois Correctional Industries shall no longer be separate and apart from the Department's budget and appropriations, and the Department shall control its accounting processes, budgets, audits and computer processes in accordance with any Department rules and policies.

(b) The Department shall be permitted to construct buildings on State property for the purposes identified in subsection (a) and to lease for a period not to exceed 20 years any building or portion thereof on State property for the purposes identified in subsection (a).

(c) Any contract or other business agreement referenced in subsection (a) shall include a provision requiring that all committed persons assigned receive in connection with their assignment such vocational training and/or apprenticeship programs as the Department deems appropriate.

(d) Committed persons assigned in accordance with this Section shall be compensated in accordance with the provisions of Section 3-12-5.

(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-4)

Sec. 3-12-4. Hours and Conditions.

The Department shall make rules and regulations governing the hours and conditions of labor for committed persons and shall require a medical examination of all persons to determine their physical capacity to work.

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

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-5)

Sec. 3-12-5. Compensation. Persons performing a work assignment under subsection (a) of Section 3-12-2 may receive wages under rules and regulations of the Department. In determining rates of compensation, the Department shall consider the effort, skill and economic value of the work performed. Compensation may be given to persons who participate in other programs of the Department. If the committed person files a lawsuit determined frivolous under Article XXII of the Code of Civil Procedure, 50% of the compensation shall be used to offset the filing fees and costs of the lawsuit as provided in that Article until all fees and costs are paid in full. All other wages shall be deposited in the individual's account under rules and regulations of the Department.

(Source: P.A. 101-235, eff. 1-1-20.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-6)

Sec. 3-12-6. Programs. Through its Illinois Correctional Industries division, the Department may establish commercial, business, and manufacturing programs for the production of finished goods and processed food and beverages to the State, its political units, agencies, and other public institutions. Illinois Correctional Industries may establish, operate, and maintain manufacturing and food and beverage production in the Department facilities and provide food for the Department institutions and for the mental health and developmental disabilities institutions of the Department of Human Services and the institutions of the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Illinois Correctional Industries shall be administered by a chief executive officer. The chief executive officer shall report to the Director of the Department or the Director's designee. The chief executive officer shall administer the commercial and business programs of ICI for inmate workers in the custody of the Department of Corrections.

The chief executive officer shall have such assistants as are required for programming, manufacturing, budget, and personnel as necessary to run its programs.

Illinois Correctional Industries shall be located in Springfield. The chief executive officer of Illinois Correctional Industries shall assign personnel to teach the production of goods and shall employ committed persons assigned by the facility chief administrative officer. The Department of Corrections may direct such other vocational programs as it deems necessary for the rehabilitation of inmates, which shall be separate and apart from, and not in conflict with, programs of Illinois Correctional Industries.

(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-7)

Sec. 3-12-7. Purchasers; Allocation.

(a) The State, its political units, agencies and other public institutions shall purchase from Illinois Correctional Industries all manufactured goods, articles, materials, industry related services, food stuffs, and supplies required by them which are produced or manufactured by persons confined in institutions and facilities of the Department. The Secretary of State may purchase from the Department vehicle registration plates produced by persons confined in institutions and facilities of the Department. The Secretary shall determine reasonable specifications and prices of such vehicle registration plates as agreed upon with the Department. Not-for-profit corporations chartered in Illinois or other States may purchase such goods and services. Units of the Federal government and units of government in other States may also purchase such goods and services. All entities which contract with the State, its political units, its agencies, its public institutions or not-for-profit corporations chartered in Illinois may purchase goods or services from the Department which are used in the performance of such contracts. Nothing shall prohibit the Department from bidding on portions of a State contract which are subcontracted by the primary contractor. The public may purchase crushed limestone and lime dust for agricultural and horticultural purposes and hardwood. Illinois Correctional Industries may also sell grain from its agricultural operations on the open market. All other articles, materials, industry related services, food stuffs and supplies which are produced or manufactured by persons confined in institutions and facilities of the Department shall be available for sale on the open market.

(b) Allocation of goods shall be made in the following manner:

(1) first, for needs of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Services;

(2) second, for the State, its agencies and public institutions;

(3) third, for those political subdivisions of the State and their agencies in which the producing institution or facility of the Department is located;

(4) fourth, for other political subdivisions of the State and their agencies and public institutions;

(5) fifth, for sale on the open market;

(6) sixth, for not for profit corporations chartered in Illinois;

(7) seventh, for units of government in other states;

(8) eighth, for units of the Federal government;

(9) ninth, for not-for-profit organizations chartered in other states;

(10) tenth, all other permitted purchasers.

(c) Exemption from required purchases shall be on certification of Illinois Correctional Industries that the items to be purchased are not manufactured by Illinois Correctional Industries.

(Source: P.A. 96-877, eff. 7-1-10; 96-943, eff. 7-1-10.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-8)

Sec. 3-12-8. Purchase and Control of Supplies.

The Department may enter into contracts for the purchase of raw materials required for industrial production and shall have charge of articles, materials and supplies manufactured for sale to purchasers.

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

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-9) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-9)

Sec. 3-12-9. Sale and Lease of Goods. (a) The Department shall establish procedures and issue regulations governing the sale and lease of goods. It shall issue a list of all goods available for sale and lease and shall issue certificates to any required purchasers under Section 3-12-7 where the goods requested are not currently available.

(b) Prices shall be determined by the Department as near to the usual market price for such items as possible and shall be uniform for all purchasers.

(c) Any disagreement between the Department and an authorized purchaser or lessee which cannot be resolved between the parties shall be submitted to arbitration. A board of 3 arbitrators shall be chosen: one by the Department; one by the purchaser; and one by the other 2 arbitrators. The decision of the arbitrators shall be final. The arbitrators shall receive no compensation but expenses shall be shared by the parties on an equal basis.

(Source: P.A. 84-1041.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-10)

Sec. 3-12-10. Contracts Null and Void. Any contract or agreement violating this Article is null and void. The Attorney General of this State may bring legal action to challenge the validity of any contract agreement which he believes to be in violation of this Article.

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

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-11)

Sec. 3-12-11. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 81-1507. Repealed by P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-11a) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-11a)

Sec. 3-12-11a. The Department shall establish, operate and maintain food production facilities whereby the Department shall employ committed persons to grow or produce as much food as is practicable for consumption within its institutions.

(Source: P.A. 85-306.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-12) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-12)

Sec. 3-12-12. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97. Repealed by P.A. 96-877, eff. 7-1-10.)