100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4888

 

Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-2-12 new

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall collect and report specified data regarding violence within Department institutions and facilities. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall collect and report specified data regarding public safety of released committed persons. Provides that the data shall be published not less than once each quarter and published with an aggregate chart at the agency level and individual reports by each correctional institution or facility of the Department of Corrections. Provides that the Director of Corrections shall ensure that the agency level data is reviewed by the Director's executive team on a quarterly basis. Provides that the correctional institution or facility's executive team and each chief administrative officer of the correctional institution or facility shall examine statewide and local data at least quarterly. Provides that during these reviews each chief administrative officer shall: (1) identify trends; (2) develop action items to mitigate the root causes of violence; and (3) establish committees at each correctional institution or facility which shall review the violence data on a quarterly basis and develop action plans to reduce violence. These plans shall include a wide range of strategies to incentivize good conduct.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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
5adding Section 3-2-12 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-2-12 new)
7    Sec. 3-2-12. Report of violence in Department of
8Corrections institutions and facilities; public safety
9reports.
10    (a) The Department of Corrections shall collect and report:
11        (1) data on a rate per 100 of committed persons
12    regarding violence within Department institutions and
13    facilities as follows:
14            (A) committed person on committed person assaults;
15            (B) committed person on correctional staff
16        assaults;
17            (C) dangerous contraband, including weapons,
18        explosives, dangerous chemicals, or other dangerous
19        weapons;
20            (D) committed person on committed person fights;
21            (E) multi-committed person on single committed
22        person fights;
23            (F) committed person use of a weapon on

 

 

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1        correctional staff;
2            (G) committed person use of a weapon on committed
3        person;
4            (H) sexual assault committed by a committed person
5        against another committed person, correctional staff,
6        or visitor;
7            (I) sexual assault committed by correctional staff
8        against another correctional staff, committed person,
9        or visitor;
10            (J) correctional staff use of physical force;
11            (K) forced cell extraction;
12            (L) use of oleoresin capsaicin (pepper spray),
13        2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (CS gas), or other control
14        agents or implements;
15            (M) committed person suicide and attempted
16        suicide;
17            (N) requests and placements in protective custody;
18        and
19            (O) committed persons in segregation, secured
20        housing, and restrictive housing; and
21        (2) data on average length of stay in segregation,
22    secured housing, and restrictive housing.
23    (b) The Department of Corrections shall collect and report:
24        (1) data on a rate per 100 of committed persons
25    regarding public safety as follows:
26            (A) committed persons released directly from

 

 

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1        segregation secured housing and restrictive housing to
2        the community;
3            (B) committed persons who are released from
4        Department correctional institutions and facilities
5        who are homeless by county;
6            (C) committed persons in custody who have
7        completed evidence-based programs, including:
8                (i) educational;
9                (ii) vocational;
10                (iii) chemical dependency;
11                (iv) sex offender treatment; or
12                (v) cognitive behavioral;
13            (D) committed persons who are being held in custody
14        past their mandatory statutory release date and the
15        reasons for their continued confinement;
16            (E) parole and mandatory supervised release
17        revocation rate by county and reasons for revocation;
18        and
19            (F) committed persons on parole or mandatory
20        supervised release who have completed evidence-based
21        programs, including:
22            (A) educational;
23            (B) vocational;
24            (C) chemical dependency;
25            (D) sex offender treatment; or
26            (E) cognitive behavioral; and

 

 

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1        (2) data on the average daily population and vacancy
2    rate of each Adult Transition Center and work camp.
3    (c) The data provided under subsections (a) and (b) shall
4be published not less than once each quarter and published with
5an aggregate chart at the agency level and individual reports
6by each correctional institution or facility of the Department
7of Corrections.
8    (d) The Director of Corrections shall ensure that the
9agency level data is reviewed by the Director's executive team
10on a quarterly basis. The correctional institution or
11facility's executive team and each chief administrative
12officer of the correctional institution or facility shall
13examine statewide and local data at least quarterly. During
14these reviews each chief administrative officer shall:
15        (1) identify trends;
16        (2) develop action items to mitigate the root causes of
17    violence; and
18        (3) establish committees at each correctional
19    institution or facility which shall review the violence
20    data on a quarterly basis and develop action plans to
21    reduce violence. These plans shall include a wide range of
22    strategies to incentivize good conduct.