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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
5changing Section 3-6-3 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-3)
7    Sec. 3-6-3. Rules and regulations for sentence credit.
8    (a)(1) The Department of Corrections shall prescribe rules
9and regulations for awarding and revoking sentence credit for
10persons committed to the Department of Corrections and the
11Department of Juvenile Justice shall prescribe rules and
12regulations for awarding and revoking sentence credit for
13persons committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice under
14Section 5-8-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections, which shall
15be subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board.
16    (1.5) As otherwise provided by law, sentence credit may be
17awarded for the following:
18        (A) successful completion of programming while in
19    custody of the Department of Corrections or the Department
20    of Juvenile Justice or while in custody prior to
21    sentencing;
22        (B) compliance with the rules and regulations of the
23    Department; or

 

 

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1        (C) service to the institution, service to a
2    community, or service to the State.
3    (2) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
4subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
5shall provide, with respect to offenses listed in clause (i),
6(ii), or (iii) of this paragraph (2) committed on or after June
719, 1998 or with respect to the offense listed in clause (iv)
8of this paragraph (2) committed on or after June 23, 2005 (the
9effective date of Public Act 94-71) or with respect to offense
10listed in clause (vi) committed on or after June 1, 2008 (the
11effective date of Public Act 95-625) or with respect to the
12offense of being an armed habitual criminal committed on or
13after August 2, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 94-398)
14or with respect to the offenses listed in clause (v) of this
15paragraph (2) committed on or after August 13, 2007 (the
16effective date of Public Act 95-134) or with respect to the
17offense of aggravated domestic battery committed on or after
18July 23, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act 96-1224) or
19with respect to the offense of attempt to commit terrorism
20committed on or after January 1, 2013 (the effective date of
21Public Act 97-990), the following:
22        (i) that a prisoner who is serving a term of
23    imprisonment for first degree murder or for the offense of
24    terrorism shall receive no sentence credit and shall serve
25    the entire sentence imposed by the court;
26        (ii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for attempt to

 

 

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1    commit terrorism, attempt to commit first degree murder,
2    solicitation of murder, solicitation of murder for hire,
3    intentional homicide of an unborn child, predatory
4    criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
5    sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, aggravated
6    kidnapping, aggravated battery with a firearm as described
7    in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3),
8    or (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05, heinous battery as described
9    in Section 12-4.1 or subdivision (a)(2) of Section
10    12-3.05, being an armed habitual criminal, aggravated
11    battery of a senior citizen as described in Section 12-4.6
12    or subdivision (a)(4) of Section 12-3.05, or aggravated
13    battery of a child as described in Section 12-4.3 or
14    subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 shall receive no
15    more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his
16    or her sentence of imprisonment;
17        (iii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for home
18    invasion, armed robbery, aggravated vehicular hijacking,
19    aggravated discharge of a firearm, or armed violence with
20    a category I weapon or category II weapon, when the court
21    has made and entered a finding, pursuant to subsection
22    (c-1) of Section 5-4-1 of this Code, that the conduct
23    leading to conviction for the enumerated offense resulted
24    in great bodily harm to a victim, shall receive no more
25    than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or
26    her sentence of imprisonment;

 

 

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1        (iv) that a prisoner serving a sentence for aggravated
2    discharge of a firearm, whether or not the conduct leading
3    to conviction for the offense resulted in great bodily
4    harm to the victim, shall receive no more than 4.5 days of
5    sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of
6    imprisonment;
7        (v) that a person serving a sentence for gunrunning,
8    narcotics racketeering, controlled substance trafficking,
9    methamphetamine trafficking, drug-induced homicide,
10    aggravated methamphetamine-related child endangerment,
11    money laundering pursuant to clause (c) (4) or (5) of
12    Section 29B-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
13    Code of 2012, or a Class X felony conviction for delivery
14    of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled
15    substance with intent to manufacture or deliver,
16    calculated criminal drug conspiracy, criminal drug
17    conspiracy, street gang criminal drug conspiracy,
18    participation in methamphetamine manufacturing,
19    aggravated participation in methamphetamine
20    manufacturing, delivery of methamphetamine, possession
21    with intent to deliver methamphetamine, aggravated
22    delivery of methamphetamine, aggravated possession with
23    intent to deliver methamphetamine, methamphetamine
24    conspiracy when the substance containing the controlled
25    substance or methamphetamine is 100 grams or more shall
26    receive no more than 7.5 days sentence credit for each

 

 

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1    month of his or her sentence of imprisonment;
2        (vi) that a prisoner serving a sentence for a second
3    or subsequent offense of luring a minor shall receive no
4    more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his
5    or her sentence of imprisonment; and
6        (vii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for
7    aggravated domestic battery shall receive no more than 4.5
8    days of sentence credit for each month of his or her
9    sentence of imprisonment.
10    (2.1) For all offenses, other than those enumerated in
11subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), or (iii) committed on or after
12June 19, 1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) committed on or after
13June 23, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 94-71) or
14subdivision (a)(2)(v) committed on or after August 13, 2007
15(the effective date of Public Act 95-134) or subdivision
16(a)(2)(vi) committed on or after June 1, 2008 (the effective
17date of Public Act 95-625) or subdivision (a)(2)(vii)
18committed on or after July 23, 2010 (the effective date of
19Public Act 96-1224), and other than the offense of aggravated
20driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs,
21or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination
22thereof as defined in subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of
23subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
24and other than the offense of aggravated driving under the
25influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating
26compound or compounds, or any combination thereof as defined

 

 

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1in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
2Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or
3after January 1, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act
496-1230), the rules and regulations shall provide that a
5prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment shall receive
6one day of sentence credit for each day of his or her sentence
7of imprisonment or recommitment under Section 3-3-9. Each day
8of sentence credit shall reduce by one day the prisoner's
9period of imprisonment or recommitment under Section 3-3-9.
10    (2.2) A prisoner serving a term of natural life
11imprisonment or a prisoner who has been sentenced to death
12shall receive no sentence credit.
13    (2.3) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
14subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
15shall provide that a prisoner who is serving a sentence for
16aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug
17or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any
18combination thereof as defined in subparagraph (F) of
19paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
20Illinois Vehicle Code, shall receive no more than 4.5 days of
21sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of
22imprisonment.
23    (2.4) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
24subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
25shall provide with respect to the offenses of aggravated
26battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any

 

 

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1device or attachment designed or used for silencing the report
2of a firearm or aggravated discharge of a machine gun or a
3firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or
4used for silencing the report of a firearm, committed on or
5after July 15, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act 91-121),
6that a prisoner serving a sentence for any of these offenses
7shall receive no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each
8month of his or her sentence of imprisonment.
9    (2.5) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
10subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
11shall provide that a prisoner who is serving a sentence for
12aggravated arson committed on or after July 27, 2001 (the
13effective date of Public Act 92-176) shall receive no more
14than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or her
15sentence of imprisonment.
16    (2.6) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
17subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
18shall provide that a prisoner who is serving a sentence for
19aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug
20or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds or any
21combination thereof as defined in subparagraph (C) of
22paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
23Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or after January 1, 2011
24(the effective date of Public Act 96-1230) shall receive no
25more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or
26her sentence of imprisonment.

 

 

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1    (3) In addition to the sentence credits earned under
2paragraphs (2.1), (4), (4.1), (4.2), and (4.7) of this
3subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall also provide
4that the Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile
5Justice may award up to 180 days of earned sentence credit for
6prisoners serving a sentence of incarceration of less than 5
7years, and up to 365 days of earned sentence credit for
8prisoners serving a sentence of 5 years or longer. The
9Director may grant this credit for good conduct in specific
10instances as either Director deems proper for eligible persons
11in the custody of each Director's respective Department. The
12good conduct may include, but is not limited to, compliance
13with the rules and regulations of the Department, service to
14the Department, service to a community, or service to the
15State.
16    Eligible inmates for an award of earned sentence credit
17under this paragraph (3) may be selected to receive the credit
18at either Director's or his or her designee's sole discretion.
19Eligibility for the additional earned sentence credit under
20this paragraph (3) may be based on, but is not limited to,
21participation in programming offered by the Department as
22appropriate for the prisoner based on the results of any
23available risk/needs assessment or other relevant assessments
24or evaluations administered by the Department using a
25validated instrument, the circumstances of the crime,
26demonstrated commitment to rehabilitation by a prisoner with a

 

 

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1history of conviction for a forcible felony enumerated in
2Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the inmate's
3behavior and improvements in disciplinary history while
4incarcerated, and the inmate's commitment to rehabilitation,
5including participation in programming offered by the
6Department.
7    The Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile
8Justice shall not award sentence credit under this paragraph
9(3) to an inmate unless the inmate has served a minimum of 60
10days of the sentence, including time served in a county jail;
11except nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to permit
12either Director to extend an inmate's sentence beyond that
13which was imposed by the court. Prior to awarding credit under
14this paragraph (3), each Director shall make a written
15determination that the inmate:
16        (A) is eligible for the earned sentence credit;
17        (B) has served a minimum of 60 days, or as close to 60
18    days as the sentence will allow;
19        (B-1) has received a risk/needs assessment or other
20    relevant evaluation or assessment administered by the
21    Department using a validated instrument; and
22        (C) has met the eligibility criteria established by
23    rule for earned sentence credit.
24    The Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile
25Justice shall determine the form and content of the written
26determination required in this subsection.

 

 

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1    (3.5) The Department shall provide annual written reports
2to the Governor and the General Assembly on the award of earned
3sentence credit no later than February 1 of each year. The
4Department must publish both reports on its website within 48
5hours of transmitting the reports to the Governor and the
6General Assembly. The reports must include:
7        (A) the number of inmates awarded earned sentence
8    credit;
9        (B) the average amount of earned sentence credit
10    awarded;
11        (C) the holding offenses of inmates awarded earned
12    sentence credit; and
13        (D) the number of earned sentence credit revocations.
14    (4)(A) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
15subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall also provide
16that any prisoner who is engaged full-time in substance abuse
17programs, correctional industry assignments, educational
18programs, work-release programs or activities in accordance
19with Article 13 of Chapter III of this Code, behavior
20modification programs, life skills courses, or re-entry
21planning provided by the Department under this paragraph (4)
22and satisfactorily completes the assigned program as
23determined by the standards of the Department, shall receive
24one day of sentence credit for each day in which that prisoner
25is engaged in the activities described in this paragraph. The
26rules and regulations shall also provide that sentence credit

 

 

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1may be provided to an inmate who was held in pre-trial
2detention prior to his or her current commitment to the
3Department of Corrections and successfully completed a
4full-time, 60-day or longer substance abuse program,
5educational program, behavior modification program, life
6skills course, or re-entry planning provided by the county
7department of corrections or county jail. Calculation of this
8county program credit shall be done at sentencing as provided
9in Section 5-4.5-100 of this Code and shall be included in the
10sentencing order. The rules and regulations shall also provide
11that sentence credit may be provided to an inmate who is in
12compliance with programming requirements in an adult
13transition center.
14    (B) The Department shall award sentence credit under this
15paragraph (4) accumulated prior to January 1, 2020 (the
16effective date of Public Act 101-440) in an amount specified
17in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph (4) to an inmate serving
18a sentence for an offense committed prior to June 19, 1998, if
19the Department determines that the inmate is entitled to this
20sentence credit, based upon:
21        (i) documentation provided by the Department that the
22    inmate engaged in any full-time substance abuse programs,
23    correctional industry assignments, educational programs,
24    behavior modification programs, life skills courses, or
25    re-entry planning provided by the Department under this
26    paragraph (4) and satisfactorily completed the assigned

 

 

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1    program as determined by the standards of the Department
2    during the inmate's current term of incarceration; or
3        (ii) the inmate's own testimony in the form of an
4    affidavit or documentation, or a third party's
5    documentation or testimony in the form of an affidavit
6    that the inmate likely engaged in any full-time substance
7    abuse programs, correctional industry assignments,
8    educational programs, behavior modification programs, life
9    skills courses, or re-entry planning provided by the
10    Department under paragraph (4) and satisfactorily
11    completed the assigned program as determined by the
12    standards of the Department during the inmate's current
13    term of incarceration.
14    (C) If the inmate can provide documentation that he or she
15is entitled to sentence credit under subparagraph (B) in
16excess of 45 days of participation in those programs, the
17inmate shall receive 90 days of sentence credit. If the inmate
18cannot provide documentation of more than 45 days of
19participation in those programs, the inmate shall receive 45
20days of sentence credit. In the event of a disagreement
21between the Department and the inmate as to the amount of
22credit accumulated under subparagraph (B), if the Department
23provides documented proof of a lesser amount of days of
24participation in those programs, that proof shall control. If
25the Department provides no documentary proof, the inmate's
26proof as set forth in clause (ii) of subparagraph (B) shall

 

 

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1control as to the amount of sentence credit provided.
2    (D) If the inmate has been convicted of a sex offense as
3defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act,
4sentencing credits under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph
5(4) shall be awarded by the Department only if the conditions
6set forth in paragraph (4.6) of subsection (a) are satisfied.
7No inmate serving a term of natural life imprisonment shall
8receive sentence credit under subparagraph (B) of this
9paragraph (4).
10    (E) The rules and regulations shall provide for the
11recalculation of program credits awarded pursuant to this
12paragraph (4) prior to July 1, 2021 (the effective date of
13Public Act 101-652) at the rate set for such credits on and
14after July 1, 2021.
15    Educational, vocational, substance abuse, behavior
16modification programs, life skills courses, re-entry planning,
17and correctional industry programs under which sentence credit
18may be earned under this paragraph (4) and paragraph (4.1) of
19this subsection (a) shall be evaluated by the Department on
20the basis of documented standards. The Department shall report
21the results of these evaluations to the Governor and the
22General Assembly by September 30th of each year. The reports
23shall include data relating to the recidivism rate among
24program participants.
25    Availability of these programs shall be subject to the
26limits of fiscal resources appropriated by the General

 

 

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1Assembly for these purposes. Eligible inmates who are denied
2immediate admission shall be placed on a waiting list under
3criteria established by the Department. The rules and
4regulations shall provide that a prisoner who has been placed
5on a waiting list but is transferred for non-disciplinary
6reasons before beginning a program shall receive priority
7placement on the waitlist for appropriate programs at the new
8facility. The inability of any inmate to become engaged in any
9such programs by reason of insufficient program resources or
10for any other reason established under the rules and
11regulations of the Department shall not be deemed a cause of
12action under which the Department or any employee or agent of
13the Department shall be liable for damages to the inmate. The
14rules and regulations shall provide that a prisoner who begins
15an educational, vocational, substance abuse, work-release
16programs or activities in accordance with Article 13 of
17Chapter III of this Code, behavior modification program, life
18skills course, re-entry planning, or correctional industry
19programs but is unable to complete the program due to illness,
20disability, transfer, lockdown, or another reason outside of
21the prisoner's control shall receive prorated sentence credits
22for the days in which the prisoner did participate.
23    (4.1) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
24subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall also provide
25that an additional 90 days of sentence credit shall be awarded
26to any prisoner who passes high school equivalency testing

 

 

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1while the prisoner is committed to the Department of
2Corrections. The sentence credit awarded under this paragraph
3(4.1) shall be in addition to, and shall not affect, the award
4of sentence credit under any other paragraph of this Section,
5but shall also be pursuant to the guidelines and restrictions
6set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of this Section.
7The sentence credit provided for in this paragraph shall be
8available only to those prisoners who have not previously
9earned a high school diploma or a State of Illinois High School
10Diploma. If, after an award of the high school equivalency
11testing sentence credit has been made, the Department
12determines that the prisoner was not eligible, then the award
13shall be revoked. The Department may also award 90 days of
14sentence credit to any committed person who passed high school
15equivalency testing while he or she was held in pre-trial
16detention prior to the current commitment to the Department of
17Corrections. Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
18subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall provide that
19an additional 120 days of sentence credit shall be awarded to
20any prisoner who obtains an associate degree while the
21prisoner is committed to the Department of Corrections,
22regardless of the date that the associate degree was obtained,
23including if prior to July 1, 2021 (the effective date of
24Public Act 101-652). The sentence credit awarded under this
25paragraph (4.1) shall be in addition to, and shall not affect,
26the award of sentence credit under any other paragraph of this

 

 

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1Section, but shall also be under the guidelines and
2restrictions set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of
3this Section. The sentence credit provided for in this
4paragraph (4.1) shall be available only to those prisoners who
5have not previously earned an associate degree prior to the
6current commitment to the Department of Corrections. If, after
7an award of the associate degree sentence credit has been made
8and the Department determines that the prisoner was not
9eligible, then the award shall be revoked. The Department may
10also award 120 days of sentence credit to any committed person
11who earned an associate degree while he or she was held in
12pre-trial detention prior to the current commitment to the
13Department of Corrections.
14    Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this subsection
15(a), the rules and regulations shall provide that an
16additional 180 days of sentence credit shall be awarded to any
17prisoner who obtains a bachelor's degree while the prisoner is
18committed to the Department of Corrections. The sentence
19credit awarded under this paragraph (4.1) shall be in addition
20to, and shall not affect, the award of sentence credit under
21any other paragraph of this Section, but shall also be under
22the guidelines and restrictions set forth in paragraph (4) of
23this subsection (a). The sentence credit provided for in this
24paragraph shall be available only to those prisoners who have
25not earned a bachelor's degree prior to the current commitment
26to the Department of Corrections. If, after an award of the

 

 

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1bachelor's degree sentence credit has been made, the
2Department determines that the prisoner was not eligible, then
3the award shall be revoked. The Department may also award 180
4days of sentence credit to any committed person who earned a
5bachelor's degree while he or she was held in pre-trial
6detention prior to the current commitment to the Department of
7Corrections.
8    Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this subsection
9(a), the rules and regulations shall provide that an
10additional 180 days of sentence credit shall be awarded to any
11prisoner who obtains a master's or professional degree while
12the prisoner is committed to the Department of Corrections.
13The sentence credit awarded under this paragraph (4.1) shall
14be in addition to, and shall not affect, the award of sentence
15credit under any other paragraph of this Section, but shall
16also be under the guidelines and restrictions set forth in
17paragraph (4) of this subsection (a). The sentence credit
18provided for in this paragraph shall be available only to
19those prisoners who have not previously earned a master's or
20professional degree prior to the current commitment to the
21Department of Corrections. If, after an award of the master's
22or professional degree sentence credit has been made, the
23Department determines that the prisoner was not eligible, then
24the award shall be revoked. The Department may also award 180
25days of sentence credit to any committed person who earned a
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1pre-trial detention prior to the current commitment to the
2Department of Corrections.
3    (4.2)(A) The rules and regulations shall also provide that
4any prisoner engaged in self-improvement programs, volunteer
5work, or work assignments that are not otherwise eligible
6activities under paragraph (4), shall receive up to 0.5 days
7of sentence credit for each day in which the prisoner is
8engaged in activities described in this paragraph.
9    (B) The rules and regulations shall provide for the award
10of sentence credit under this paragraph (4.2) for qualifying
11days of engagement in eligible activities occurring prior to
12July 1, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 101-652).
13    (4.5) The rules and regulations on sentence credit shall
14also provide that when the court's sentencing order recommends
15a prisoner for substance abuse treatment and the crime was
16committed on or after September 1, 2003 (the effective date of
17Public Act 93-354), the prisoner shall receive no sentence
18credit awarded under clause (3) of this subsection (a) unless
19he or she participates in and completes a substance abuse
20treatment program. The Director of Corrections may waive the
21requirement to participate in or complete a substance abuse
22treatment program in specific instances if the prisoner is not
23a good candidate for a substance abuse treatment program for
24medical, programming, or operational reasons. Availability of
25substance abuse treatment shall be subject to the limits of
26fiscal resources appropriated by the General Assembly for

 

 

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1these purposes. If treatment is not available and the
2requirement to participate and complete the treatment has not
3been waived by the Director, the prisoner shall be placed on a
4waiting list under criteria established by the Department. The
5Director may allow a prisoner placed on a waiting list to
6participate in and complete a substance abuse education class
7or attend substance abuse self-help meetings in lieu of a
8substance abuse treatment program. A prisoner on a waiting
9list who is not placed in a substance abuse program prior to
10release may be eligible for a waiver and receive sentence
11credit under clause (3) of this subsection (a) at the
12discretion of the Director.
13    (4.6) The rules and regulations on sentence credit shall
14also provide that a prisoner who has been convicted of a sex
15offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender
16Registration Act shall receive no sentence credit unless he or
17she either has successfully completed or is participating in
18sex offender treatment as defined by the Sex Offender
19Management Board. However, prisoners who are waiting to
20receive treatment, but who are unable to do so due solely to
21the lack of resources on the part of the Department, may, at
22either Director's sole discretion, be awarded sentence credit
23at a rate as the Director shall determine.
24    (4.7) On or after January 1, 2018 (the effective date of
25Public Act 100-3), sentence credit under paragraph (3), (4),
26or (4.1) of this subsection (a) may be awarded to a prisoner

 

 

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1who is serving a sentence for an offense described in
2paragraph (2), (2.3), (2.4), (2.5), or (2.6) for credit earned
3on or after January 1, 2018 (the effective date of Public Act
4100-3); provided, the award of the credits under this
5paragraph (4.7) shall not reduce the sentence of the prisoner
6to less than the following amounts:
7        (i) 85% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
8    required to serve 85% of his or her sentence; or
9        (ii) 60% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
10    required to serve 75% of his or her sentence, except if the
11    prisoner is serving a sentence for gunrunning his or her
12    sentence shall not be reduced to less than 75%.
13        (iii) 100% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
14    required to serve 100% of his or her sentence.
15    (5) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate
16earlier than it otherwise would because of a grant of earned
17sentence credit under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this
18Section given at any time during the term, the Department
19shall give reasonable notice of the impending release not less
20than 14 days prior to the date of the release to the State's
21Attorney of the county where the prosecution of the inmate
22took place, and if applicable, the State's Attorney of the
23county into which the inmate will be released. The Department
24must also make identification information and a recent photo
25of the inmate being released accessible on the Internet by
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1Early Release" on the Department's World Wide Web homepage.
2The identification information shall include the inmate's:
3name, any known alias, date of birth, physical
4characteristics, commitment offense, and county where
5conviction was imposed. The identification information shall
6be placed on the website within 3 days of the inmate's release
7and the information may not be removed until either:
8completion of the first year of mandatory supervised release
9or return of the inmate to custody of the Department.
10    (b) Whenever a person is or has been committed under
11several convictions, with separate sentences, the sentences
12shall be construed under Section 5-8-4 in granting and
13forfeiting of sentence credit.
14    (c) (1) The Department shall prescribe rules and
15regulations for revoking sentence credit, including revoking
16sentence credit awarded under paragraph (3) of subsection (a)
17of this Section. The Department shall prescribe rules and
18regulations establishing and requiring the use of a sanctions
19matrix for revoking sentence credit. The Department shall
20prescribe rules and regulations for suspending or reducing the
21rate of accumulation of sentence credit for specific rule
22violations, during imprisonment. These rules and regulations
23shall provide that no inmate may be penalized more than one
24year of sentence credit for any one infraction.
25    (2) When the Department seeks to revoke, suspend, or
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1alleged infraction of its rules, it shall bring charges
2therefor against the prisoner sought to be so deprived of
3sentence credits before the Prisoner Review Board as provided
4in subparagraph (a)(4) of Section 3-3-2 of this Code, if the
5amount of credit at issue exceeds 30 days, whether from one
6infraction or cumulatively from multiple infractions arising
7out of a single event, or when, during any 12-month period, the
8cumulative amount of credit revoked exceeds 30 days except
9where the infraction is committed or discovered within 60 days
10of scheduled release. In those cases, the Department of
11Corrections may revoke up to 30 days of sentence credit. The
12Board may subsequently approve the revocation of additional
13sentence credit, if the Department seeks to revoke sentence
14credit in excess of 30 days. However, the Board shall not be
15empowered to review the Department's decision with respect to
16the loss of 30 days of sentence credit within any calendar year
17for any prisoner or to increase any penalty beyond the length
18requested by the Department.
19    (3) The Director of Corrections or the Director of
20Juvenile Justice, in appropriate cases, may restore sentence
21credits which have been revoked, suspended, or reduced. The
22Department shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the
23restoration of sentence credits. These rules and regulations
24shall provide for the automatic restoration of sentence
25credits following a period in which the prisoner maintains a
26record without a disciplinary violation.

 

 

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1    Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
2Prisoner Review Board from ordering, pursuant to Section
33-3-9(a)(3)(i)(B), that a prisoner serve up to one year of the
4sentence imposed by the court that was not served due to the
5accumulation of sentence credit.
6    (d) If a lawsuit is filed by a prisoner in an Illinois or
7federal court against the State, the Department of
8Corrections, or the Prisoner Review Board, or against any of
9their officers or employees, and the court makes a specific
10finding that a pleading, motion, or other paper filed by the
11prisoner is frivolous, the Department of Corrections shall
12conduct a hearing to revoke up to 180 days of sentence credit
13by bringing charges against the prisoner sought to be deprived
14of the sentence credits before the Prisoner Review Board as
15provided in subparagraph (a)(8) of Section 3-3-2 of this Code.
16If the prisoner has not accumulated 180 days of sentence
17credit at the time of the finding, then the Prisoner Review
18Board may revoke all sentence credit accumulated by the
19prisoner.
20    For purposes of this subsection (d):
21        (1) "Frivolous" means that a pleading, motion, or
22    other filing which purports to be a legal document filed
23    by a prisoner in his or her lawsuit meets any or all of the
24    following criteria:
25            (A) it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in
26        fact;

 

 

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1            (B) it is being presented for any improper
2        purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary
3        delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation;
4            (C) the claims, defenses, and other legal
5        contentions therein are not warranted by existing law
6        or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
7        modification, or reversal of existing law or the
8        establishment of new law;
9            (D) the allegations and other factual contentions
10        do not have evidentiary support or, if specifically so
11        identified, are not likely to have evidentiary support
12        after a reasonable opportunity for further
13        investigation or discovery; or
14            (E) the denials of factual contentions are not
15        warranted on the evidence, or if specifically so
16        identified, are not reasonably based on a lack of
17        information or belief.
18        (2) "Lawsuit" means a motion pursuant to Section 116-3
19    of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus
20    action under Article X of the Code of Civil Procedure or
21    under federal law (28 U.S.C. 2254), a petition for claim
22    under the Court of Claims Act, an action under the federal
23    Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983), or a second or
24    subsequent petition for post-conviction relief under
25    Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
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1    subsequent petition for relief from judgment under Section
2    2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
3    (e) Nothing in Public Act 90-592 or 90-593 affects the
4validity of Public Act 89-404.
5    (f) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate who
6has been convicted of a violation of an order of protection
7under Section 12-3.4 or 12-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
8the Criminal Code of 2012, earlier than it otherwise would
9because of a grant of sentence credit, the Department, as a
10condition of release, shall require that the person, upon
11release, be placed under electronic surveillance as provided
12in Section 5-8A-7 of this Code.
13(Source: P.A. 101-440, eff. 1-1-20; 101-652, eff. 7-1-21;
14102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-784, eff.
155-13-22; 102-1100, eff. 1-1-23; revised 12-14-22.)