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1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 3-7-2 as follows: |
6 | | (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2) |
7 | | Sec. 3-7-2. Facilities. |
8 | | (a) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall |
9 | | provide
every committed person with access to toilet |
10 | | facilities, barber
facilities, bathing facilities at least |
11 | | once each week, a library of
legal materials and published |
12 | | materials including newspapers and magazines
approved by the |
13 | | Director. A committed person may not receive any materials
that |
14 | | the Director deems pornographic. |
15 | | (b) (Blank). |
16 | | (c) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall |
17 | | provide
facilities for every committed person to leave his cell |
18 | | for at least one
hour each day unless the chief administrative |
19 | | officer determines that it
would be harmful or dangerous to the |
20 | | security or safety of the
institution or facility. |
21 | | (d) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall |
22 | | provide
every committed person with a wholesome and nutritional |
23 | | diet at
regularly scheduled hours, drinking water, clothing |
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1 | | adequate for the
season, bedding, soap and towels and medical |
2 | | and dental care. |
3 | | (e) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall |
4 | | permit
every committed person to send and receive an unlimited |
5 | | number of
uncensored letters, provided, however, that the |
6 | | Director may order that
mail be inspected and read for reasons |
7 | | of the security, safety or morale
of the institution or |
8 | | facility. |
9 | | (f) All of the institutions and facilities of the |
10 | | Department shall
permit every committed person to receive |
11 | | visitors, except in case of
abuse of the visiting privilege or |
12 | | when the chief administrative officer
determines that such |
13 | | visiting would be harmful or dangerous to the
security, safety |
14 | | or morale of the institution or facility.
The chief |
15 | | administrative officer shall have the right to restrict |
16 | | visitation
to non-contact visits for reasons of safety, |
17 | | security, and order, including,
but not limited to, restricting |
18 | | contact visits for committed persons engaged in
gang activity.
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19 | | No committed person in a super maximum security facility or on |
20 | | disciplinary
segregation is allowed contact visits. Any |
21 | | committed person found in
possession of illegal drugs or who |
22 | | fails a drug test shall not be permitted
contact visits for a |
23 | | period of at least 6 months. Any committed person
involved in |
24 | | gang activities or found guilty of assault committed against a
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25 | | Department employee shall not be permitted contact visits for a |
26 | | period of at
least 6 months. The Department shall offer every |
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1 | | visitor appropriate written information concerning HIV and |
2 | | AIDS, including information concerning how to contact the |
3 | | Illinois Department of Public Health for counseling |
4 | | information. The Department shall develop the written |
5 | | materials in consultation with the Department of Public Health. |
6 | | The Department shall ensure that all such information and |
7 | | materials are culturally sensitive and reflect cultural |
8 | | diversity as appropriate. Implementation of the changes made to |
9 | | this Section by this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
10 | | Assembly is subject to appropriation.
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11 | | (f-5) (Blank). |
12 | | (f-10) The Department may not restrict or limit in-person |
13 | | visits to committed persons due to the availability of |
14 | | interactive video conferences. |
15 | | (f-15)(1) The Department shall issue a standard written |
16 | | policy for each institution and facility of the Department that |
17 | | provides for: |
18 | | (A) the number of in-person visits each committed
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19 | | person is entitled to per week and per month; |
20 | | (B) the hours of in-person visits; |
21 | | (C) the type of identification required for visitors at |
22 | | least 18 years of age; and |
23 | | (D) the type of identification, if any, required for |
24 | | visitors under 18 years of age. |
25 | | (2) This policy shall be posted on the Department website
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26 | | and at each facility. |
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1 | | (3) The Department shall post on its website daily any
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2 | | restrictions or denials of visitation for that day and the
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3 | | succeeding 5 calendar days, including those based on a lockdown
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4 | | of the facility, to inform family members and other visitors. |
5 | | (g) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall |
6 | | permit
religious ministrations and sacraments to be available |
7 | | to every
committed person, but attendance at religious services |
8 | | shall not be
required. |
9 | | (h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the Department |
10 | | shall prohibit
the use of curtains, cell-coverings, or any |
11 | | other matter or object that
obstructs or otherwise impairs the |
12 | | line of vision into a committed person's
cell. |
13 | | (Source: P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)
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14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
15 | | 1, 2018.
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