103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2927

 

Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 405/5-410

    Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that if a person 18 years of age or older is confined in a county jail for any matter or proceeding under the Act, the provision that the minor's confinement shall be implemented in such a manner that there will be no contact by sight, sound, or otherwise between the minor and adult prisoners does not apply.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5changing Section 5-410 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 405/5-410)
7    Sec. 5-410. Non-secure custody or detention.
8    (1) Any minor arrested or taken into custody pursuant to
9this Act who requires care away from his or her home but who
10does not require physical restriction shall be given temporary
11care in a foster family home or other shelter facility
12designated by the court.
13    (2) (a) Any minor 10 years of age or older arrested
14pursuant to this Act where there is probable cause to believe
15that the minor is a delinquent minor and that (i) secure
16custody is a matter of immediate and urgent necessity for the
17protection of the minor or of the person or property of
18another, (ii) the minor is likely to flee the jurisdiction of
19the court, or (iii) the minor was taken into custody under a
20warrant, may be kept or detained in an authorized detention
21facility. A minor under 13 years of age shall not be admitted,
22kept, or detained in a detention facility unless a local youth
23service provider, including a provider through the

 

 

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1Comprehensive Community Based Youth Services network, has been
2contacted and has not been able to accept the minor. No minor
3under 12 years of age shall be detained in a county jail or a
4municipal lockup for more than 6 hours.
5    (a-5) For a minor arrested or taken into custody for
6vehicular hijacking or aggravated vehicular hijacking, a
7previous finding of delinquency for vehicular hijacking or
8aggravated vehicular hijacking shall be given greater weight
9in determining whether secured custody of a minor is a matter
10of immediate and urgent necessity for the protection of the
11minor or of the person or property of another.
12    (b) The written authorization of the probation officer or
13detention officer (or other public officer designated by the
14court in a county having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants)
15constitutes authority for the superintendent of any juvenile
16detention home to detain and keep a minor for up to 40 hours,
17excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and court-designated holidays.
18These records shall be available to the same persons and
19pursuant to the same conditions as are law enforcement records
20as provided in Section 5-905.
21    (b-4) The consultation required by paragraph (b-5) shall
22not be applicable if the probation officer or detention
23officer (or other public officer designated by the court in a
24county having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants) utilizes a
25scorable detention screening instrument, which has been
26developed with input by the State's Attorney, to determine

 

 

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1whether a minor should be detained, however, paragraph (b-5)
2shall still be applicable where no such screening instrument
3is used or where the probation officer, detention officer (or
4other public officer designated by the court in a county
5having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants) deviates from the
6screening instrument.
7    (b-5) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b-4), if a
8probation officer or detention officer (or other public
9officer designated by the court in a county having 3,000,000
10or more inhabitants) does not intend to detain a minor for an
11offense which constitutes one of the following offenses he or
12she shall consult with the State's Attorney's Office prior to
13the release of the minor: first degree murder, second degree
14murder, involuntary manslaughter, criminal sexual assault,
15aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated battery with a
16firearm as described in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1),
17(e)(2), (e)(3), or (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05, aggravated or
18heinous battery involving permanent disability or
19disfigurement or great bodily harm, robbery, aggravated
20robbery, armed robbery, vehicular hijacking, aggravated
21vehicular hijacking, vehicular invasion, arson, aggravated
22arson, kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, home invasion,
23burglary, or residential burglary.
24    (c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a), (d), or
25(e), no minor shall be detained in a county jail or municipal
26lockup for more than 12 hours, unless the offense is a crime of

 

 

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1violence in which case the minor may be detained up to 24
2hours. For the purpose of this paragraph, "crime of violence"
3has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-10 of the
4Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act.
5        (i) The period of detention is deemed to have begun
6    once the minor has been placed in a locked room or cell or
7    handcuffed to a stationary object in a building housing a
8    county jail or municipal lockup. Time spent transporting a
9    minor is not considered to be time in detention or secure
10    custody.
11        (ii) Any minor so confined shall be under periodic
12    supervision and shall not be permitted to come into or
13    remain in contact with adults in custody in the building.
14        (iii) Upon placement in secure custody in a jail or
15    lockup, the minor shall be informed of the purpose of the
16    detention, the time it is expected to last and the fact
17    that it cannot exceed the time specified under this Act.
18        (iv) A log shall be kept which shows the offense which
19    is the basis for the detention, the reasons and
20    circumstances for the decision to detain, and the length
21    of time the minor was in detention.
22        (v) Violation of the time limit on detention in a
23    county jail or municipal lockup shall not, in and of
24    itself, render inadmissible evidence obtained as a result
25    of the violation of this time limit. Minors under 18 years
26    of age shall be kept separate from confined adults and may

 

 

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1    not at any time be kept in the same cell, room, or yard
2    with adults confined pursuant to criminal law. Persons 18
3    years of age and older who have a petition of delinquency
4    filed against them may be confined in an adult detention
5    facility. In making a determination whether to confine a
6    person 18 years of age or older who has a petition of
7    delinquency filed against the person, these factors, among
8    other matters, shall be considered:
9            (A) the age of the person;
10            (B) any previous delinquent or criminal history of
11        the person;
12            (C) any previous abuse or neglect history of the
13        person; and
14            (D) any mental health or educational history of
15        the person, or both.
16    (d) (i) If a minor 12 years of age or older is confined in
17a county jail in a county with a population below 3,000,000
18inhabitants, then the minor's confinement shall be implemented
19in such a manner that there will be no contact by sight, sound,
20or otherwise between the minor and adult prisoners. If a
21person 18 years of age or older is confined in a county jail
22for any matter or proceeding under this Act, the provision of
23this paragraph (d) that the minor's confinement shall be
24implemented in such a manner that there will be no contact by
25sight, sound, or otherwise between the minor and adult
26prisoners does not apply. Minors 12 years of age or older must

 

 

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1be kept separate from confined adults and may not at any time
2be kept in the same cell, room, or yard with confined adults.
3This paragraph (d)(i) shall only apply to confinement pending
4an adjudicatory hearing and shall not exceed 40 hours,
5excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and court-designated holidays.
6To accept or hold minors during this time period, county jails
7shall comply with all monitoring standards adopted by the
8Department of Corrections and training standards approved by
9the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
10    (ii) To accept or hold minors, 12 years of age or older,
11after the time period prescribed in paragraph (d)(i) of this
12subsection (2) of this Section but not exceeding 7 days
13including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays pending an
14adjudicatory hearing, county jails shall comply with all
15temporary detention standards adopted by the Department of
16Corrections and training standards approved by the Illinois
17Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
18    (iii) To accept or hold minors 12 years of age or older,
19after the time period prescribed in paragraphs (d)(i) and
20(d)(ii) of this subsection (2) of this Section, county jails
21shall comply with all county juvenile detention standards
22adopted by the Department of Juvenile Justice.
23    (e) When a minor who is at least 15 years of age is
24prosecuted under the criminal laws of this State, the court
25may enter an order directing that the juvenile be confined in
26the county jail. However, any juvenile confined in the county

 

 

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1jail under this provision shall be separated from adults who
2are confined in the county jail in such a manner that there
3will be no contact by sight, sound or otherwise between the
4juvenile and adult prisoners.
5    (f) For purposes of appearing in a physical lineup, the
6minor may be taken to a county jail or municipal lockup under
7the direct and constant supervision of a juvenile police
8officer. During such time as is necessary to conduct a lineup,
9and while supervised by a juvenile police officer, the sight
10and sound separation provisions shall not apply.
11    (g) For purposes of processing a minor, the minor may be
12taken to a county jail or municipal lockup under the direct and
13constant supervision of a law enforcement officer or
14correctional officer. During such time as is necessary to
15process the minor, and while supervised by a law enforcement
16officer or correctional officer, the sight and sound
17separation provisions shall not apply.
18    (3) If the probation officer or State's Attorney (or such
19other public officer designated by the court in a county
20having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants) determines that the
21minor may be a delinquent minor as described in subsection (3)
22of Section 5-105, and should be retained in custody but does
23not require physical restriction, the minor may be placed in
24non-secure custody for up to 40 hours pending a detention
25hearing.
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1secure detention, may, however, be detained in the home of his
2or her parent or guardian subject to such conditions as the
3court may impose.
4    (5) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
5apply to a minor who has been arrested or taken into custody on
6or after January 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act
798-61).
8(Source: P.A. 100-745, eff. 8-10-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)