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LRB093 18501 RLC 44218 b |
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| Department shall
permit every committed person to receive |
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| visitors, except in case of
abuse of the visiting privilege or |
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| when the chief administrative officer
determines that such |
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| visiting would be harmful or dangerous to the
security, safety |
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| or morale of the institution or facility.
The chief |
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| administrative officer shall have the right to restrict |
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| visitation
to non-contact visits for reasons of safety, |
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| security, and order, including,
but not limited to, restricting |
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| contact visits for committed persons engaged in
gang activity.
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| No committed person in a super maximum security facility or on |
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| disciplinary
segregation is allowed contact visits. Any |
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| committed person found in
possession of illegal drugs or who |
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| fails a drug test shall not be permitted
contact visits for a |
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| period of at least 6 months. Any committed person
involved in |
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| gang activities or found guilty of assault committed against a
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| Department employee shall not be permitted contact visits for a |
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| period of at
least 6 months.
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| (g) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall |
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| permit
religious ministrations and sacraments to be available |
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| to every
committed person, but attendance at religious services |
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| shall not be
required.
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| (h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the Department |
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| shall prohibit
the use of curtains, cell-coverings, or any |
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| other matter or object that
obstructs or otherwise impairs the |
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| line of vision into a committed person's
cell. |
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| (i) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall |
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| permit a committed person to purchase, possess, and use |
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| condoms. A committed person may not be denied any privileges or |
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| good conduct credit because of the committed person's purchase, |
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| possession, or use of condoms. Neither the Department nor an |
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| institution or facility of the Department may declare condoms |
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| as contraband.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-912, eff. 7-7-00.)
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