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 1        AN ACT concerning corrections.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
 5    changing Sections 3-6-3 and 5-4-1 as follows:

 6        (730 ILCS 5/3-6-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-3)
 7        Sec. 3-6-3.  Rules and Regulations for Early Release.
 8             (a) (1)  The   Department   of   Corrections   shall
 9        prescribe  rules and regulations for the early release on
10        account of good  conduct  of  persons  committed  to  the
11        Department  which  shall  be  subject  to  review  by the
12        Prisoner Review Board.
13             (2)  The rules  and  regulations  on  early  release
14        shall  provide,  with respect to offenses committed on or
15        after June 19, 1998, the following:
16                  (i)  that a prisoner who is serving a  term  of
17             imprisonment  for  first degree murder shall receive
18             no good conduct credit and shall  serve  the  entire
19             sentence imposed by the court;
20                  (ii)  that  a  prisoner  serving a sentence for
21             attempt to commit first degree murder,  solicitation
22             of   murder,   solicitation   of  murder  for  hire,
23             intentional homicide of an unborn  child,  predatory
24             criminal  sexual  assault  of  a  child,  aggravated
25             criminal  sexual  assault,  criminal sexual assault,
26             aggravated kidnapping,  aggravated  battery  with  a
27             firearm,  heinous  battery,  aggravated battery of a
28             senior citizen, or aggravated  battery  of  a  child
29             shall  receive no more than 4.5 days of good conduct
30             credit for each month of  his  or  her  sentence  of
31             imprisonment; and
 
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 1                  (iii)  that  a  prisoner serving a sentence for
 2             home invasion, armed robbery,  aggravated  vehicular
 3             hijacking,  aggravated  discharge  of  a firearm, or
 4             armed violence with a category I weapon or  category
 5             II  weapon,  when  the  court has made and entered a
 6             finding, pursuant to  subsection  (c-1)  of  Section
 7             5-4-1  of  this  Code,  that  the conduct leading to
 8             conviction for the enumerated  offense  resulted  in
 9             great bodily harm to a victim, shall receive no more
10             than  4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month
11             of his or her sentence of imprisonment.
12             (2.1)  For all offenses, other than those enumerated
13        in subdivision (a)(2) committed  on  or  after  June  19,
14        1998,  and other than the offense of reckless homicide as
15        defined in subsection (e) of Section 9-3 of the  Criminal
16        Code  of  1961 committed on or after January 1, 1999, the
17        rules and regulations shall provide that a  prisoner  who
18        is  serving  a term of imprisonment shall receive one day
19        of good conduct  credit  for  each  day  of  his  or  her
20        sentence  of  imprisonment  or recommitment under Section
21        3-3-9. Each day of good conduct credit  shall  reduce  by
22        one   day   the  prisoner's  period  of  imprisonment  or
23        recommitment under Section 3-3-9.
24             (2.2)  A prisoner serving a  term  of  natural  life
25        imprisonment  or  a  prisoner  who  has been sentenced to
26        death shall receive no good conduct credit.
27             (2.3)  The rules and regulations  on  early  release
28        shall  provide  that a prisoner who is serving a sentence
29        for reckless homicide as defined  in  subsection  (e)  of
30        Section  9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 committed on or
31        after January 1, 1999 shall receive no more than 4.5 days
32        of good conduct credit for  each  month  of  his  or  her
33        sentence of imprisonment.
34             (2.4)  The  rules  and  regulations on early release
 
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 1        shall provide with respect to the offenses of  aggravated
 2        battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any
 3        device  or  attachment designed or used for silencing the
 4        report of a firearm or aggravated discharge of a  machine
 5        gun  or  a firearm equipped with any device or attachment
 6        designed or used for silencing the report of  a  firearm,
 7        committed   on  or  after  the  effective  date  of  this
 8        amendatory  Act  of  1999,  that  a  prisoner  serving  a
 9        sentence for any of these offenses shall receive no  more
10        than  4.5  days  of good conduct credit for each month of
11        his or her sentence of imprisonment.
12             (2.5)  The rules and regulations  on  early  release
13        shall  provide  that a prisoner who is serving a sentence
14        for compelling organization membership of  persons  under
15        Section  12-6.1  of  the  Criminal  Code  of 1961, if the
16        organization that the person is solicited  or  caused  to
17        join  or is deterred from leaving is a gang as defined in
18        Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang  Terrorism  Omnibus
19        Prevention  Act  and the offense is committed on or after
20        the effective date of this amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd
21        General  Assembly, shall receive no more than 4.5 days of
22        good conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence
23        of imprisonment.
24             (3)  The rules and regulations  shall  also  provide
25        that  the  Director  may  award up to 180 days additional
26        good conduct credit for meritorious service  in  specific
27        instances  as  the  Director deems proper; except that no
28        more than 90 days of good conduct credit for  meritorious
29        service shall be awarded to any prisoner who is serving a
30        sentence  for conviction of first degree murder, reckless
31        homicide while under the  influence  of  alcohol  or  any
32        other  drug, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, predatory
33        criminal sexual assault of a child,  aggravated  criminal
34        sexual  assault,  criminal sexual assault, deviate sexual
 
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 1        assault, aggravated  criminal  sexual  abuse,  aggravated
 2        indecent  liberties with a child, indecent liberties with
 3        a child, child pornography, heinous  battery,  aggravated
 4        battery  of a spouse, aggravated battery of a spouse with
 5        a  firearm,  stalking,  aggravated  stalking,  aggravated
 6        battery of a child, endangering the life or health  of  a
 7        child,  cruelty  to  a  child,  or narcotic racketeering.
 8        Notwithstanding the foregoing, good  conduct  credit  for
 9        meritorious service shall not be awarded on a sentence of
10        imprisonment  imposed  for  conviction of: (i) one of the
11        offenses  enumerated  in  subdivision  (a)(2)  when   the
12        offense  is  committed  on  or  after June 19, 1998, (ii)
13        reckless homicide as defined in subsection (e) of Section
14        9-3 of the Criminal Code of  1961  when  the  offense  is
15        committed  on  or  after  January  1,  1999, or (iii) for
16        conviction  of  one  of  the   offenses   enumerated   in
17        subdivision  (a)(2.4) when the offense is committed on or
18        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of  1999,
19        or  (iv)  the  offense enumerated in subdivision (a)(2.5)
20        when the offense is committed on or after  the  effective
21        date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
22             (4)  The  rules  and  regulations shall also provide
23        that the good conduct  credit  accumulated  and  retained
24        under  paragraph  (2.1) of subsection (a) of this Section
25        by any inmate during specific periods of  time  in  which
26        such  inmate  is  engaged  full-time  in  substance abuse
27        programs,   correctional   industry    assignments,    or
28        educational  programs  provided  by  the Department under
29        this  paragraph  (4)  and  satisfactorily  completes  the
30        assigned program as determined by the  standards  of  the
31        Department,  shall  be multiplied by a factor of 1.25 for
32        program participation before August 11, 1993 and 1.50 for
33        program participation on or after that date.  However, no
34        inmate shall be eligible for the additional good  conduct
 
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 1        credit  under this paragraph (4) while assigned to a boot
 2        camp, mental health unit, or electronic detention, or  if
 3        convicted of an offense enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of
 4        this Section that is committed on or after June 19, 1998,
 5        or  if  convicted  of  reckless  homicide  as  defined in
 6        subsection (e) of Section 9-3 of  the  Criminal  Code  of
 7        1961  if  the offense is committed on or after January 1,
 8        1999,  or  if  convicted  of  an  offense  enumerated  in
 9        paragraph (a)(2.4) of this Section that is  committed  on
10        or  after  the  effective  date of this amendatory Act of
11        1999,  or  if  convicted  of  an  offense  enumerated  in
12        paragraph (a)(2.5) of this Section that is  committed  on
13        or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
14        92nd  General Assembly, or first degree murder, a Class X
15        felony, criminal sexual assault, felony  criminal  sexual
16        abuse,   aggravated  criminal  sexual  abuse,  aggravated
17        battery with a firearm, or any predecessor  or  successor
18        offenses   with   the  same  or  substantially  the  same
19        elements,  or  any  inchoate  offenses  relating  to  the
20        foregoing offenses.  No inmate shall be eligible for  the
21        additional  good  conduct credit under this paragraph (4)
22        who (i) has previously received  increased  good  conduct
23        credit under this paragraph (4) and has subsequently been
24        convicted of a felony, or (ii) has previously served more
25        than  one  prior sentence of imprisonment for a felony in
26        an adult correctional facility.
27             Educational,   vocational,   substance   abuse   and
28        correctional industry programs under which  good  conduct
29        credit may be increased under this paragraph (4) shall be
30        evaluated  by  the  Department on the basis of documented
31        standards.  The Department shall report  the  results  of
32        these   evaluations  to  the  Governor  and  the  General
33        Assembly by September 30th of  each  year.   The  reports
34        shall  include data relating to the recidivism rate among
 
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 1        program participants.
 2             Availability of these programs shall be  subject  to
 3        the  limits  of  fiscal  resources  appropriated  by  the
 4        General  Assembly  for  these purposes.  Eligible inmates
 5        who are denied immediate admission shall be placed  on  a
 6        waiting   list   under   criteria   established   by  the
 7        Department.   The  inability  of  any  inmate  to  become
 8        engaged  in  any  such programs by reason of insufficient
 9        program resources or for  any  other  reason  established
10        under  the  rules and regulations of the Department shall
11        not  be  deemed  a  cause  of  action  under  which   the
12        Department  or  any  employee  or agent of the Department
13        shall be liable for damages to the inmate.
14             (5)  Whenever  the  Department  is  to  release  any
15        inmate earlier than it otherwise would because of a grant
16        of good conduct credit for meritorious service  given  at
17        any  time  during  the  term,  the  Department shall give
18        reasonable advance notice of the impending release to the
19        State's Attorney of the county where the  prosecution  of
20        the inmate took place.
21        (b)  Whenever  a  person  is  or has been committed under
22    several convictions, with separate sentences,  the  sentences
23    shall  be  construed  under  Section  5-8-4  in  granting and
24    forfeiting of good time.
25        (c)  The Department shall prescribe rules and regulations
26    for revoking good conduct credit, or suspending  or  reducing
27    the  rate of accumulation of good conduct credit for specific
28    rule  violations,  during  imprisonment.   These  rules   and
29    regulations  shall  provide  that  no inmate may be penalized
30    more than one  year  of  good  conduct  credit  for  any  one
31    infraction.
32        When  the  Department  seeks to revoke, suspend or reduce
33    the rate of accumulation of any good conduct credits  for  an
34    alleged  infraction  of  its  rules,  it  shall bring charges
 
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 1    therefor against the prisoner sought to  be  so  deprived  of
 2    good  conduct  credits  before  the  Prisoner Review Board as
 3    provided in subparagraph (a)(4)  of  Section  3-3-2  of  this
 4    Code,  if  the  amount  of credit at issue exceeds 30 days or
 5    when during any 12 month period,  the  cumulative  amount  of
 6    credit revoked exceeds 30 days except where the infraction is
 7    committed  or discovered within 60 days of scheduled release.
 8    In those cases, the Department of Corrections may  revoke  up
 9    to 30 days of good conduct credit. The Board may subsequently
10    approve  the revocation of additional good conduct credit, if
11    the Department seeks to revoke good conduct credit in  excess
12    of  30  days.   However,  the Board shall not be empowered to
13    review the Department's decision with respect to the loss  of
14    30  days  of good conduct credit within any calendar year for
15    any prisoner or to increase any  penalty  beyond  the  length
16    requested by the Department.
17        The   Director  of  the  Department  of  Corrections,  in
18    appropriate cases, may restore up to  30  days  good  conduct
19    credits  which  have  been revoked, suspended or reduced. Any
20    restoration of good conduct credits  in  excess  of  30  days
21    shall  be  subject  to  review  by the Prisoner Review Board.
22    However, the Board may not restore  good  conduct  credit  in
23    excess of the amount requested by the Director.
24        Nothing  contained  in  this  Section  shall prohibit the
25    Prisoner Review Board  from  ordering,  pursuant  to  Section
26    3-3-9(a)(3)(i)(B),  that  a  prisoner serve up to one year of
27    the sentence imposed by the court that was not served due  to
28    the accumulation of good conduct credit.
29        (d)  If  a  lawsuit is filed by a prisoner in an Illinois
30    or  federal  court  against  the  State,  the  Department  of
31    Corrections, or the Prisoner Review Board, or against any  of
32    their  officers  or employees, and the court makes a specific
33    finding that a pleading, motion, or other paper filed by  the
34    prisoner  is  frivolous,  the Department of Corrections shall
 
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 1    conduct a hearing to revoke up to 180 days  of  good  conduct
 2    credit  by bringing charges against the prisoner sought to be
 3    deprived of the good  conduct  credits  before  the  Prisoner
 4    Review  Board  as  provided in subparagraph (a)(8) of Section
 5    3-3-2 of this Code.  If the prisoner has not accumulated  180
 6    days  of good conduct credit at the time of the finding, then
 7    the Prisoner Review Board may revoke all good conduct  credit
 8    accumulated by the prisoner.
 9        For purposes of this subsection (d):
10             (1)  "Frivolous"  means  that a pleading, motion, or
11        other filing which purports to be a legal document  filed
12        by  a  prisoner in his or her lawsuit meets any or all of
13        the following criteria:
14                  (A)  it lacks an arguable basis either  in  law
15             or in fact;
16                  (B)  it  is  being  presented  for any improper
17             purpose, such as to harass or to  cause  unnecessary
18             delay   or   needless   increase   in  the  cost  of
19             litigation;
20                  (C)  the  claims,  defenses,  and  other  legal
21             contentions therein are not  warranted  by  existing
22             law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
23             modification,  or  reversal  of  existing law or the
24             establishment of new law;
25                  (D)  the   allegations   and   other    factual
26             contentions  do  not have evidentiary support or, if
27             specifically so identified, are not likely  to  have
28             evidentiary  support  after a reasonable opportunity
29             for further investigation or discovery; or
30                  (E)  the denials of factual contentions are not
31             warranted on the evidence,  or  if  specifically  so
32             identified,  are  not  reasonably based on a lack of
33             information or belief.
34             (2)  "Lawsuit" means a petition for  post-conviction
 
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 1        relief   under  Article  122  of  the  Code  of  Criminal
 2        Procedure of 1963, a motion pursuant to Section 116-3  of
 3        the  Code  of Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus
 4        action under Article X of the Code of Civil Procedure  or
 5        under  federal law (28 U.S.C. 2254), a petition for claim
 6        under the Court of Claims Act  or  an  action  under  the
 7        federal Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983).
 8        (e)  Nothing  in  this amendatory Act of 1998 affects the
 9    validity of Public Act 89-404.
10    (Source: P.A. 90-141,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-505,  eff.  8-19-97;
11    90-592,  eff.  6-19-98;  90-593,  eff.  6-19-98; 90-655, eff.
12    7-30-98; 90-740, eff. 1-1-99; 91-121, eff.  7-15-99;  91-357,
13    eff. 7-29-99.)

14        (730 ILCS 5/5-4-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-4-1)
15        Sec. 5-4-1.  Sentencing Hearing.
16        (a)  Except  when  the  death  penalty  is  sought  under
17    hearing procedures otherwise specified, after a determination
18    of  guilt,  a  hearing  shall be held to impose the sentence.
19    However, prior to the imposition of sentence on an individual
20    being sentenced for an offense based  upon  a  charge  for  a
21    violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a
22    similar  provision  of a local ordinance, the individual must
23    undergo a professional evaluation to determine if an  alcohol
24    or  other  drug abuse problem exists and the extent of such a
25    problem.  Programs  conducting  these  evaluations  shall  be
26    licensed  by  the  Department of Human Services.  However, if
27    the individual is not a resident of Illinois, the court  may,
28    in its discretion, accept an evaluation from a program in the
29    state  of  such  individual's residence. The court may in its
30    sentencing order approve an eligible defendant for  placement
31    in  a  Department of Corrections impact incarceration program
32    as provided in Section 5-8-1.1.  At  the  hearing  the  court
33    shall:
 
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 1             (1)  consider  the  evidence,  if any, received upon
 2        the trial;
 3             (2)  consider any presentence reports;
 4             (3)  consider the financial impact of  incarceration
 5        based  on  the  financial impact statement filed with the
 6        clerk of the court by the Department of Corrections;
 7             (4)  consider evidence and  information  offered  by
 8        the parties in aggravation and mitigation;
 9             (5)  hear arguments as to sentencing alternatives;
10             (6)  afford  the defendant the opportunity to make a
11        statement in his own behalf;
12             (7)  afford the victim  of  a  violent  crime  or  a
13        violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
14        or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local  ordinance,  or a
15        qualified individual affected by a violation  of  Section
16        405,  405.1,  405.2,  or  407  of the Illinois Controlled
17        Substances  Act,   committed   by   the   defendant   the
18        opportunity  to make a statement concerning the impact on
19        the victim  and  to  offer  evidence  in  aggravation  or
20        mitigation;  provided  that  the  statement  and evidence
21        offered  in  aggravation  or  mitigation  must  first  be
22        prepared in  writing  in  conjunction  with  the  State's
23        Attorney  before  it  may  be  presented  orally  at  the
24        hearing.  Any  sworn  testimony  offered by the victim is
25        subject to the defendant's right  to  cross-examine.  All
26        statements  and evidence offered under this paragraph (7)
27        shall become part of the record of the  court.   For  the
28        purpose  of  this  paragraph  (7), "qualified individual"
29        means any person who  (i)  lived  or  worked  within  the
30        territorial  jurisdiction  where  the  offense took place
31        when the offense took place; and (ii)  is  familiar  with
32        various public places within the territorial jurisdiction
33        where the offense took place when the offense took place.
34        For  the  purposes  of  this  paragraph  (7),  "qualified
 
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 1        individual"  includes any peace officer, or any member of
 2        any duly organized State, county, or municipal peace unit
 3        assigned  to  the  territorial  jurisdiction  where   the
 4        offense took place when the offense took place; and
 5             (8)  in   cases  of  reckless  homicide  afford  the
 6        victim's spouse, guardians, parents  or  other  immediate
 7        family members an opportunity to make oral statements.
 8        (b)  All  sentences  shall  be imposed by the judge based
 9    upon his independent assessment  of  the  elements  specified
10    above  and  any  agreement  as  to  sentence  reached  by the
11    parties.  The judge who presided at the trial  or  the  judge
12    who  accepted  the  plea  of guilty shall impose the sentence
13    unless he is no longer sitting as  a  judge  in  that  court.
14    Where  the judge does not impose sentence at the same time on
15    all defendants  who  are  convicted  as  a  result  of  being
16    involved  in  the  same offense, the defendant or the State's
17    Attorney may advise the sentencing court of  the  disposition
18    of any other defendants who have been sentenced.
19        (c)  In imposing a sentence for a violent crime or for an
20    offense  of  operating  or  being  in  physical  control of a
21    vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, any other  drug
22    or any combination thereof, or a similar provision of a local
23    ordinance,  when such offense resulted in the personal injury
24    to someone other than the defendant, the  trial  judge  shall
25    specify  on  the record the particular evidence, information,
26    factors in mitigation and aggravation or other  reasons  that
27    led to his sentencing determination. The full verbatim record
28    of  the  sentencing  hearing shall be filed with the clerk of
29    the court and shall be a public record.
30        (c-1)  In  imposing  a  sentence  for  the   offense   of
31    aggravated   kidnapping  for  ransom,  home  invasion,  armed
32    robbery, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated discharge
33    of a firearm, or armed violence with a category I  weapon  or
34    category  II  weapon, the trial judge shall make a finding as
 
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 1    to whether the conduct leading to conviction for the  offense
 2    resulted  in  great  bodily harm to a victim, and shall enter
 3    that finding and the basis for that finding in the record.
 4        (c-2)  If the defendant is  sentenced  to  prison,  other
 5    than  when  a  sentence  of  natural  life  imprisonment or a
 6    sentence of death is imposed, at the  time  the  sentence  is
 7    imposed the judge shall state on the record in open court the
 8    approximate  period  of  time  the  defendant  will  serve in
 9    custody according to the then  current  statutory  rules  and
10    regulations  for  early  release  found  in Section 3-6-3 and
11    other related provisions of this  Code.   This  statement  is
12    intended  solely to inform the public, has no legal effect on
13    the defendant's actual release, and may not be relied  on  by
14    the defendant on appeal.
15        The  judge's statement, to be given after pronouncing the
16    sentence, other than when the sentence is imposed for one  of
17    the offenses enumerated in paragraph (a)(3) of Section 3-6-3,
18    shall include the following:
19        "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of
20    the  actual  period of time this defendant is likely to spend
21    in prison as a result of this sentence.  The actual period of
22    prison time served is determined by the statutes of  Illinois
23    as  applied  to  this  sentence by the Illinois Department of
24    Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  In  this
25    case,  assuming the defendant receives all of his or her good
26    conduct credit, the period of estimated actual custody is ...
27    years and ... months, less up to  180  days  additional  good
28    conduct  credit  for  meritorious service.  If the defendant,
29    because of his or her own misconduct  or  failure  to  comply
30    with  the  institutional  regulations, does not receive those
31    credits, the actual time served in  prison  will  be  longer.
32    The  defendant  may  also  receive an additional one-half day
33    good  conduct  credit  for  each  day  of  participation   in
34    vocational,   industry,   substance  abuse,  and  educational
 
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 1    programs as provided for by Illinois statute."
 2        When the sentence is imposed  for  one  of  the  offenses
 3    enumerated  in  paragraph (a)(3) of Section 3-6-3, other than
 4    when  the  sentence  is  imposed  for  one  of  the  offenses
 5    enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of Section 3-6-3 committed  on
 6    or  after  June 19, 1998, and other than when the sentence is
 7    imposed for reckless homicide as defined in subsection (e) of
 8    Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 if the  offense  was
 9    committed  on  or  after January 1, 1999, and other than when
10    the  sentence  is  imposed  for  the  offense  enumerated  in
11    paragraph (a)(2.5) of Section 3-6-3 committed on or after the
12    effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  92nd  General
13    Assembly,   the   judge's   statement,   to  be  given  after
14    pronouncing the sentence, shall include the following:
15        "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of
16    the actual period of time this defendant is likely  to  spend
17    in prison as a result of this sentence.  The actual period of
18    prison  time served is determined by the statutes of Illinois
19    as applied to this sentence by  the  Illinois  Department  of
20    Corrections  and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  In this
21    case, assuming the defendant receives all of his or her  good
22    conduct credit, the period of estimated actual custody is ...
23    years  and  ...  months,  less  up to 90 days additional good
24    conduct credit for meritorious service.   If  the  defendant,
25    because  of  his  or  her own misconduct or failure to comply
26    with the institutional regulations, does  not  receive  those
27    credits,  the  actual  time  served in prison will be longer.
28    The defendant may also receive  an  additional  one-half  day
29    good   conduct  credit  for  each  day  of  participation  in
30    vocational,  industry,  substance  abuse,   and   educational
31    programs as provided for by Illinois statute."
32        When  the  sentence  is  imposed  for one of the offenses
33    enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of Section 3-6-3,  other  than
34    first  degree  murder,  and  the  offense was committed on or
 
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 1    after June 19, 1998, and when the  sentence  is  imposed  for
 2    reckless homicide as defined in subsection (e) of Section 9-3
 3    of  the Criminal Code of 1961 if the offense was committed on
 4    or after January 1, 1999, and when the  sentence  is  imposed
 5    for  the  offense enumerated in paragraph (a)(2.5) of Section
 6    3-6-3 committed on  or  after  the  effective  date  of  this
 7    amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General Assembly, the judge's
 8    statement, to be given after pronouncing the sentence,  shall
 9    include the following:
10        "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of
11    the  actual  period of time this defendant is likely to spend
12    in prison as a result of this sentence.  The actual period of
13    prison time served is determined by the statutes of  Illinois
14    as  applied  to  this  sentence by the Illinois Department of
15    Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  In  this
16    case, the defendant is entitled to no more than 4 1/2 days of
17    good  conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence of
18    imprisonment.  Therefore, this defendant will serve at  least
19    85%  of his or her sentence.  Assuming the defendant receives
20    4 1/2 days credit for each month of his or her sentence,  the
21    period  of  estimated  actual  custody  is  ... years and ...
22    months.   If  the  defendant,  because  of  his  or  her  own
23    misconduct  or  failure  to  comply  with  the  institutional
24    regulations receives lesser credit, the actual time served in
25    prison will be longer."
26        When a sentence of  imprisonment  is  imposed  for  first
27    degree  murder and the offense was committed on or after June
28    19,  1998,  the  judge's  statement,  to   be   given   after
29    pronouncing the sentence, shall include the following:
30        "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of
31    the  actual  period of time this defendant is likely to spend
32    in prison as a result of this sentence.  The actual period of
33    prison time served is determined by the statutes of  Illinois
34    as  applied  to  this  sentence by the Illinois Department of
 
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 1    Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  In  this
 2    case,  the  defendant is not entitled to good conduct credit.
 3    Therefore, this defendant will  serve  100%  of  his  or  her
 4    sentence."
 5        (d)  When the defendant is committed to the Department of
 6    Corrections,  the  State's Attorney shall and counsel for the
 7    defendant may file a statement with the clerk of the court to
 8    be transmitted to the department, agency  or  institution  to
 9    which  the defendant is committed to furnish such department,
10    agency or institution with the facts and circumstances of the
11    offense for which the person was committed together with  all
12    other factual information accessible to them in regard to the
13    person  prior  to  his  commitment  relative  to  his habits,
14    associates, disposition and reputation and  any  other  facts
15    and  circumstances  which  may aid such department, agency or
16    institution during its custody of  such  person.   The  clerk
17    shall  within  10  days  after  receiving any such statements
18    transmit a copy to such department, agency or institution and
19    a copy to the other party, provided, however, that this shall
20    not be cause  for  delay  in  conveying  the  person  to  the
21    department,  agency  or  institution  to  which  he  has been
22    committed.
23        (e)  The  clerk  of  the  court  shall  transmit  to  the
24    department, agency or  institution,  if  any,  to  which  the
25    defendant is committed, the following:
26             (1)  the sentence imposed;
27             (2)  any  statement  by  the  court of the basis for
28        imposing the sentence;
29             (3)  any presentence reports;
30             (4)  the number of days, if any, which the defendant
31        has been in custody and  for  which  he  is  entitled  to
32        credit  against  the sentence, which information shall be
33        provided to the clerk by the sheriff;
34             (4.1)  any finding of great bodily harm made by  the
 
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 1        court with respect to an offense enumerated in subsection
 2        (c-1);
 3             (5)  all  statements  filed  under subsection (d) of
 4        this Section;
 5             (6)  any  medical  or  mental  health   records   or
 6        summaries of the defendant;
 7             (7)  the   municipality  where  the  arrest  of  the
 8        offender or the commission of the offense  has  occurred,
 9        where  such  municipality  has  a population of more than
10        25,000 persons;
11             (8)  all statements made and evidence offered  under
12        paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Section; and
13             (9)  all  additional matters which the court directs
14        the clerk to transmit.
15    (Source: P.A. 90-592, eff.  6-19-98;  90-593,  eff.  6-19-98;
16    90-740,  eff.  1-1-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-899, eff.
17    1-1-01.)

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