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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 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
9 shall 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
14 that the Director deems pornographic.
15 (b) (Blank).
16 (c) All institutions and facilities of the Department
17 shall provide facilities for every committed person to leave
18 his cell for at least one hour each day unless the chief
19 administrative officer determines that it would be harmful or
20 dangerous to the security or safety of the institution or
21 facility.
22 (d) All institutions and facilities of the Department
23 shall provide every committed person with a wholesome and
24 nutritional diet at regularly scheduled hours, drinking
25 water, clothing adequate for the season, bedding, soap and
26 towels and medical and dental care.
27 (e) All institutions and facilities of the Department
28 shall permit every committed person to send and receive an
29 unlimited number of uncensored letters, provided, however,
30 that the Director may order that mail be inspected and read
31 for reasons of the security, safety or morale of the
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1 institution or facility.
2 (f) All of the institutions and facilities of the
3 Department shall permit every committed person to receive
4 visitors, except in case of abuse of the visiting privilege
5 or when the chief administrative officer determines that such
6 visiting would be harmful or dangerous to the security,
7 safety or morale of the institution or facility. The chief
8 administrative officer shall have the right to restrict
9 visitation to non-contact visits for reasons of safety,
10 security, and order, including, but not limited to,
11 restricting contact visits for committed persons engaged in
12 gang activity. No committed person in a super maximum
13 security facility or on disciplinary segregation is allowed
14 contact visits. Any committed person found in possession of
15 illegal drugs or who fails a drug test shall not be permitted
16 contact visits for a period of at least 6 months. Any
17 committed person involved in gang activities or found guilty
18 of assault committed against a Department employee shall not
19 be permitted contact visits for a period of at least 6
20 months.
21 (g) All institutions and facilities of the Department
22 shall permit religious ministrations and sacraments to be
23 available to every committed person, but attendance at
24 religious services shall not be required.
25 (h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the
26 Department shall prohibit the use of curtains,
27 cell-coverings, or any other matter or object that obstructs
28 or otherwise impairs the line of vision into a committed
29 person's cell.
30 (i) A pilot program shall be established within the
31 Department at a facility or institution built on or after
32 January 1, 2004 and designated by the Director in which
33 committed persons shall be prohibited from the possession of
34 cigarettes and other tobacco products. The Director may
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1 prohibit the possession of cigarettes and other tobacco
2 products by committed persons at institutions and facilities
3 of the Department built before January 1, 2004 as the
4 Director deems appropriate.
5 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-912, eff. 7-7-00.)
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.