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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0939 Introduced 01/31/11, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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730 ILCS 5/3-8-8 | from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-8 |
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning a committed person's grievances.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB0939 | | LRB097 03759 RLC 43796 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning corrections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 3-8-8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (730 ILCS 5/3-8-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-8)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-8-8. Grievances.
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| 8 | | (a) The
The Director shall establish procedures to review |
| 9 | | the grievances of
committed persons. The Director may establish |
| 10 | | one or more administrative
review boards within the Department |
| 11 | | to review grievances. A committed
person's right to file |
| 12 | | grievances shall not be restricted. Such procedure
shall |
| 13 | | provide for the review of grievances by a person or persons |
| 14 | | other
than the person or persons directly responsible for the |
| 15 | | conditions or
actions against which the grievance is made. |
| 16 | | (b) Such procedures shall provide that a record of such |
| 17 | | grievance and
any decision made with respect to it shall be |
| 18 | | preserved for a period of one
year.
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| 19 | | (c) Such procedures shall allow committed persons to |
| 20 | | communicate
grievances directly to the Director or some person |
| 21 | | designated by the
Director outside of the institution or |
| 22 | | facility where the person is
confined.
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| 23 | | (d) All committed persons shall be informed of the |