HB6842 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6842

Introduced 02/09/04, by William J. Grunloh

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-6-10 new

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Requires the Department of Corrections to develop and implement at Grayville Prison a 6-year pilot project of faith-based prisoner rehabilitation classes.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning faith-based rehabilitation of prisoners.

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

Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by adding Section 3-6-10 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-10 new)

Sec. 3-6-10. Faith-based rehabilitation pilot project. The Department shall develop and implement a 6-year pilot project at Grayville Prison of faith-based rehabilitation. The project shall offer the same type and variety of rehabilitation classes, but those classes shall be presented with the perspective of and incorporate principles of spiritual or religious faith or faiths.

The pilot project shall be available only to prisoners within 2 years of release from prison who have maintained a clean prison record within the previous year. The Department may determine other necessary eligibility criteria. The Department may use volunteer rehabilitation class instructors.

The pilot project shall include post-release monitoring of participants and their recidivism rate compared to the recidivism rate of prisoners who did not participate in the faith-based rehabilitation. The Department shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly, periodically and within one year after the conclusion of the project, upon the Department's activities under this Section and the Department's evaluation of the project.