102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4559

 

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Will Guzzardi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-5-1  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-1

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any person committed to the Department of Corrections may request a copy of the person's own master record file up to 4 times a year. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall provide the committed person with a copy of his or her master record file within 5 days after receipt of the committed person's request for a copy of his or her master record file.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 3-5-1 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-5-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-1)
7    Sec. 3-5-1. Master Record File.
8    (a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of
9Juvenile Justice shall maintain a master record file on each
10person committed to it, which shall contain the following
11information:
12        (1) all information from the committing court;
13        (1.5) ethnic and racial background data collected in
14    accordance with Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification
15    Act;
16        (2) reception summary;
17        (3) evaluation and assignment reports and
18    recommendations;
19        (4) reports as to program assignment and progress;
20        (5) reports of disciplinary infractions and
21    disposition, including tickets and Administrative Review
22    Board action;
23        (6) any parole or aftercare release plan;

 

 

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1        (7) any parole or aftercare release reports;
2        (8) the date and circumstances of final discharge;
3        (9) criminal history;
4        (10) current and past gang affiliations and ranks;
5        (11) information regarding associations and family
6    relationships;
7        (12) any grievances filed and responses to those
8    grievances; and
9        (13) other information that the respective Department
10    determines is relevant to the secure confinement and
11    rehabilitation of the committed person.
12    (b) All files shall be confidential and access shall be
13limited to authorized personnel of the respective Department
14and to persons committed to the Department of Corrections upon
15request as provided in this subsection. Any person committed
16to the Department of Corrections may request a copy of the
17person's own master record file up to 4 times a year. The
18Department of Corrections shall provide the committed person
19with a copy of his or her master record file within 5 days
20after receipt of the committed person's request for a copy of
21his or her master record file. Personnel of other
22correctional, welfare or law enforcement agencies may have
23access to files under rules and regulations of the respective
24Department. The respective Department shall keep a record of
25all outside personnel who have access to files, the files
26reviewed, any file material copied, and the purpose of access.

 

 

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1If the respective Department or the Prisoner Review Board
2makes a determination under this Code which affects the length
3of the period of confinement or commitment, the committed
4person and his counsel shall be advised of factual information
5relied upon by the respective Department or Board to make the
6determination, provided that the Department or Board shall not
7be required to advise a person committed to the Department of
8Juvenile Justice any such information which in the opinion of
9the Department of Juvenile Justice or Board would be
10detrimental to his treatment or rehabilitation.
11    (c) The master file shall be maintained at a place
12convenient to its use by personnel of the respective
13Department in charge of the person. When custody of a person is
14transferred from the Department to another department or
15agency, a summary of the file shall be forwarded to the
16receiving agency with such other information required by law
17or requested by the agency under rules and regulations of the
18respective Department.
19    (d) The master file of a person no longer in the custody of
20the respective Department shall be placed on inactive status
21and its use shall be restricted subject to rules and
22regulations of the Department.
23    (e) All public agencies may make available to the
24respective Department on request any factual data not
25otherwise privileged as a matter of law in their possession in
26respect to individuals committed to the respective Department.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 97-696, eff. 6-22-12; 98-528, eff. 1-1-15;
298-558, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)