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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,
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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 of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile |
11 | | Justice shall
permit every committed person to receive |
12 | | visitors, except in case of
abuse of the visiting privilege or |
13 | | when the chief administrative officer
determines that such |
14 | | visiting would be harmful or dangerous to the
security, safety |
15 | | or morale of the institution or facility.
The chief |
16 | | administrative officer shall have the right to restrict |
17 | | visitation
to non-contact visits for reasons of safety, |
18 | | security, and order, including,
but not limited to, restricting |
19 | | contact visits for committed persons engaged in
gang activity.
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20 | | No committed person in a Department of Corrections super |
21 | | maximum security facility or on disciplinary
segregation is |
22 | | allowed contact visits. Any committed person in the Department |
23 | | of Corrections found in
possession of illegal drugs or who |
24 | | fails a drug test shall not be permitted
contact visits for a |
25 | | period of at least 6 months. Any committed person
in the |
26 | | Department of Corrections involved in gang activities or found |
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1 | | guilty of assault committed against a
Department employee shall |
2 | | not be permitted contact visits for a period of at
least 6 |
3 | | months. The Department shall offer every visitor appropriate |
4 | | written information concerning HIV and AIDS, including |
5 | | information concerning how to contact the Illinois Department |
6 | | of Public Health for counseling information. The Department |
7 | | shall develop the written materials in consultation with the |
8 | | Department of Public Health. The Department shall ensure that |
9 | | all such information and materials are culturally sensitive and |
10 | | reflect cultural diversity as appropriate. Implementation of |
11 | | the changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the |
12 | | 94th General Assembly is subject to appropriation.
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13 | | (f-5) The Department shall establish a pilot program in one |
14 | | or more institutions or facilities of the Department to permit |
15 | | committed persons to remotely visit family members through |
16 | | interactive video conferences. The Department may enter into |
17 | | agreements with third-party organizations to provide video |
18 | | conference facilities for family members of committed persons. |
19 | | The Department may determine who is a family member eligible to |
20 | | participate in the program and the conditions in which and |
21 | | times when the video conferences may be conducted. The |
22 | | Department may conduct such conferences as an alternative to |
23 | | transporting committed persons to facilities and institutions |
24 | | of the Department near the residences of family members of the |
25 | | committed persons. |
26 | | Beginning on October 1, 2010 and through October 1, 2012, |
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1 | | the Department shall issue an annual report to the General |
2 | | Assembly regarding the implementation and effectiveness of the |
3 | | pilot program created by this subsection (f-5). |
4 | | (g) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall |
5 | | permit
religious ministrations and sacraments to be available |
6 | | to every
committed person, but attendance at religious services |
7 | | shall not be
required. |
8 | | (h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the Department |
9 | | shall prohibit
the use of curtains, cell-coverings, or any |
10 | | other matter or object that
obstructs or otherwise impairs the |
11 | | line of vision into a committed person's
cell. |
12 | | (Source: P.A. 96-869, eff. 1-21-10.)
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