103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2064

 

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-6-3  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-3

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a prisoner serving a sentence for aggravated battery in which the victim was a peace officer committed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act or a sentence for bringing contraband into a penal institution committed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall receive no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment.


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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
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) or with respect to the offense of
22aggravated battery under paragraph (4) of subsection (d) of
23Section 12-3.05 of the Criminal Code of 2012 in which the
24victim was a peace officer committed on or after the effective
25date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly or
26with respect to the offense of bringing contraband into a

 

 

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1penal institution as described in subsection (a) of Section
231A-1.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012 committed on or after the
3effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
4Assembly, the following:
5        (i) that a prisoner who is serving a term of
6    imprisonment for first degree murder or for the offense of
7    terrorism shall receive no sentence credit and shall serve
8    the entire sentence imposed by the court;
9        (ii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for attempt to
10    commit terrorism, attempt to commit first degree murder,
11    solicitation of murder, solicitation of murder for hire,
12    intentional homicide of an unborn child, predatory
13    criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
14    sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, aggravated
15    kidnapping, aggravated battery with a firearm as described
16    in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3),
17    or (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05, heinous battery as described
18    in Section 12-4.1 or subdivision (a)(2) of Section
19    12-3.05, being an armed habitual criminal, aggravated
20    battery of a senior citizen as described in Section 12-4.6
21    or subdivision (a)(4) of Section 12-3.05, or aggravated
22    battery of a child as described in Section 12-4.3 or
23    subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 shall receive no
24    more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his
25    or her sentence of imprisonment;
26        (iii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for home

 

 

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

 

 

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1    participation in methamphetamine manufacturing,
2    aggravated participation in methamphetamine
3    manufacturing, delivery of methamphetamine, possession
4    with intent to deliver methamphetamine, aggravated
5    delivery of methamphetamine, aggravated possession with
6    intent to deliver methamphetamine, methamphetamine
7    conspiracy when the substance containing the controlled
8    substance or methamphetamine is 100 grams or more shall
9    receive no more than 7.5 days sentence credit for each
10    month of his or her sentence of imprisonment;
11        (vi) that a prisoner serving a sentence for a second
12    or subsequent offense of luring a minor shall receive no
13    more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his
14    or her sentence of imprisonment; and
15        (vii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for
16    aggravated domestic battery shall receive no more than 4.5
17    days of sentence credit for each month of his or her
18    sentence of imprisonment; .
19        (viii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for
20    aggravated battery under paragraph (4) of subsection (d)
21    of Section 12-3.05 of the Criminal Code of 2012 in which
22    the victim was a peace officer shall receive no more than
23    4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or her
24    sentence of imprisonment; and
25        (ix) that a prisoner serving a sentence for bringing
26    contraband into a penal institution as described in

 

 

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1    subsection (a) of Section 31A-1.1 of the Criminal Code of
2    2012 committed on or after the effective date of this
3    amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall receive
4    no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of
5    his or her sentence of imprisonment.
6    (2.1) For all offenses, other than those enumerated in
7subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), or (iii) committed on or after
8June 19, 1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) committed on or after
9June 23, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 94-71) or
10subdivision (a)(2)(v) committed on or after August 13, 2007
11(the effective date of Public Act 95-134) or subdivision
12(a)(2)(vi) committed on or after June 1, 2008 (the effective
13date of Public Act 95-625) or subdivision (a)(2)(vii)
14committed on or after July 23, 2010 (the effective date of
15Public Act 96-1224) or subdivision (a)(2)(viii) committed on
16or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd
17General Assembly or subdivision (a)(2)(ix) committed on or
18after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd
19General Assembly, 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
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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; except nothing in this paragraph shall
11be construed to permit either Director to extend an inmate's
12sentence beyond that which was imposed by the court. Prior to
13awarding credit under this paragraph (3), each Director shall
14make a written determination that the inmate:
15        (A) is eligible for the earned sentence credit;
16        (B) has served a minimum of 60 days, or as close to 60
17    days as the sentence will allow;
18        (B-1) has received a risk/needs assessment or other
19    relevant evaluation or assessment administered by the
20    Department using a validated instrument; and
21        (C) has met the eligibility criteria established by
22    rule for earned sentence credit.
23    The Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile
24Justice shall determine the form and content of the written
25determination required in this subsection.
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1to the Governor and the General Assembly on the award of earned
2sentence credit no later than February 1 of each year. The
3Department must publish both reports on its website within 48
4hours of transmitting the reports to the Governor and the
5General Assembly. The reports must include:
6        (A) the number of inmates awarded earned sentence
7    credit;
8        (B) the average amount of earned sentence credit
9    awarded;
10        (C) the holding offenses of inmates awarded earned
11    sentence credit; and
12        (D) the number of earned sentence credit revocations.
13    (4)(A) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
14subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall also provide
15that any prisoner who is engaged full-time in substance abuse
16programs, correctional industry assignments, educational
17programs, work-release programs or activities in accordance
18with Article 13 of Chapter III of this Code, behavior
19modification programs, life skills courses, or re-entry
20planning provided by the Department under this paragraph (4)
21and satisfactorily completes the assigned program as
22determined by the standards of the Department, shall receive
23one day of sentence credit for each day in which that prisoner
24is engaged in the activities described in this paragraph. The
25rules and regulations shall also provide that sentence credit
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1detention prior to his or her current commitment to the
2Department of Corrections and successfully completed a
3full-time, 60-day or longer substance abuse program,
4educational program, behavior modification program, life
5skills course, or re-entry planning provided by the county
6department of corrections or county jail. Calculation of this
7county program credit shall be done at sentencing as provided
8in Section 5-4.5-100 of this Code and shall be included in the
9sentencing order. The rules and regulations shall also provide
10that sentence credit may be provided to an inmate who is in
11compliance with programming requirements in an adult
12transition center.
13    (B) The Department shall award sentence credit under this
14paragraph (4) accumulated prior to January 1, 2020 (the
15effective date of Public Act 101-440) in an amount specified
16in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph (4) to an inmate serving
17a sentence for an offense committed prior to June 19, 1998, if
18the Department determines that the inmate is entitled to this
19sentence credit, based upon:
20        (i) documentation provided by the Department that the
21    inmate engaged in any full-time substance abuse programs,
22    correctional industry assignments, educational programs,
23    behavior modification programs, life skills courses, or
24    re-entry planning provided by the Department under this
25    paragraph (4) and satisfactorily completed the assigned
26    program as determined by the standards of the Department

 

 

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

 

 

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1    (D) If the inmate has been convicted of a sex offense as
2defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act,
3sentencing credits under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph
4(4) shall be awarded by the Department only if the conditions
5set forth in paragraph (4.6) of subsection (a) are satisfied.
6No inmate serving a term of natural life imprisonment shall
7receive sentence credit under subparagraph (B) of this
8paragraph (4).
9    Educational, vocational, substance abuse, behavior
10modification programs, life skills courses, re-entry planning,
11and correctional industry programs under which sentence credit
12may be earned under this paragraph (4) and paragraph (4.1) of
13this subsection (a) shall be evaluated by the Department on
14the basis of documented standards. The Department shall report
15the results of these evaluations to the Governor and the
16General Assembly by September 30th of each year. The reports
17shall include data relating to the recidivism rate among
18program participants.
19    Availability of these programs shall be subject to the
20limits of fiscal resources appropriated by the General
21Assembly for these purposes. Eligible inmates who are denied
22immediate admission shall be placed on a waiting list under
23criteria established by the Department. The rules and
24regulations shall provide that a prisoner who has been placed
25on a waiting list but is transferred for non-disciplinary
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1placement on the waitlist for appropriate programs at the new
2facility. The inability of any inmate to become engaged in any
3such programs by reason of insufficient program resources or
4for any other reason established under the rules and
5regulations of the Department shall not be deemed a cause of
6action under which the Department or any employee or agent of
7the Department shall be liable for damages to the inmate. The
8rules and regulations shall provide that a prisoner who begins
9an educational, vocational, substance abuse, work-release
10programs or activities in accordance with Article 13 of
11Chapter III of this Code, behavior modification program, life
12skills course, re-entry planning, or correctional industry
13programs but is unable to complete the program due to illness,
14disability, transfer, lockdown, or another reason outside of
15the prisoner's control shall receive prorated sentence credits
16for the days in which the prisoner did participate.
17    (4.1) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
18subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall also provide
19that an additional 90 days of sentence credit shall be awarded
20to any prisoner who passes high school equivalency testing
21while the prisoner is committed to the Department of
22Corrections. The sentence credit awarded under this paragraph
23(4.1) shall be in addition to, and shall not affect, the award
24of sentence credit under any other paragraph of this Section,
25but shall also be pursuant to the guidelines and restrictions
26set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of this Section.

 

 

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1The sentence credit provided for in this paragraph shall be
2available only to those prisoners who have not previously
3earned a high school diploma or a State of Illinois High School
4Diploma. If, after an award of the high school equivalency
5testing sentence credit has been made, the Department
6determines that the prisoner was not eligible, then the award
7shall be revoked. The Department may also award 90 days of
8sentence credit to any committed person who passed high school
9equivalency testing while he or she was held in pre-trial
10detention prior to the current commitment to the Department of
11Corrections. Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
12subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall provide that
13an additional 120 days of sentence credit shall be awarded to
14any prisoner who obtains an associate degree while the
15prisoner is committed to the Department of Corrections,
16regardless of the date that the associate degree was obtained,
17including if prior to July 1, 2021 (the effective date of
18Public Act 101-652). The sentence credit awarded under this
19paragraph (4.1) shall be in addition to, and shall not affect,
20the award of sentence credit under any other paragraph of this
21Section, but shall also be under the guidelines and
22restrictions set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of
23this Section. The sentence credit provided for in this
24paragraph (4.1) shall be available only to those prisoners who
25have not previously earned an associate degree prior to the
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1an award of the associate degree sentence credit has been made
2and the Department determines that the prisoner was not
3eligible, then the award shall be revoked. The Department may
4also award 120 days of sentence credit to any committed person
5who earned an associate degree while he or she was held in
6pre-trial detention prior to the current commitment to the
7Department of Corrections.
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 bachelor's degree while the prisoner is
12committed to the Department of Corrections. The sentence
13credit awarded under this paragraph (4.1) shall be in addition
14to, and shall not affect, the award of sentence credit under
15any other paragraph of this Section, but shall also be under
16the guidelines and restrictions set forth in paragraph (4) of
17this subsection (a). The sentence credit provided for in this
18paragraph shall be available only to those prisoners who have
19not earned a bachelor's degree prior to the current commitment
20to the Department of Corrections. If, after an award of the
21bachelor's degree sentence credit has been made, the
22Department determines that the prisoner was not eligible, then
23the award shall be revoked. The Department may also award 180
24days of sentence credit to any committed person who earned a
25bachelor's degree while he or she was held in pre-trial
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1Corrections.
2    Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this subsection
3(a), the rules and regulations shall provide that an
4additional 180 days of sentence credit shall be awarded to any
5prisoner who obtains a master's or professional degree while
6the prisoner is committed to the Department of Corrections.
7The sentence credit awarded under this paragraph (4.1) shall
8be in addition to, and shall not affect, the award of sentence
9credit under any other paragraph of this Section, but shall
10also be under the guidelines and restrictions set forth in
11paragraph (4) of this subsection (a). The sentence credit
12provided for in this paragraph shall be available only to
13those prisoners who have not previously earned a master's or
14professional degree prior to the current commitment to the
15Department of Corrections. If, after an award of the master's
16or professional degree sentence credit has been made, the
17Department determines that the prisoner was not eligible, then
18the award shall be revoked. The Department may also award 180
19days of sentence credit to any committed person who earned a
20master's or professional degree while he or she was held in
21pre-trial detention prior to the current commitment to the
22Department of Corrections.
23    (4.2) The rules and regulations shall also provide that
24any prisoner engaged in self-improvement programs, volunteer
25work, or work assignments that are not otherwise eligible
26activities under paragraph (4), shall receive up to 0.5 days

 

 

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1of sentence credit for each day in which the prisoner is
2engaged in activities described in this paragraph.
3    (4.5) The rules and regulations on sentence credit shall
4also provide that when the court's sentencing order recommends
5a prisoner for substance abuse treatment and the crime was
6committed on or after September 1, 2003 (the effective date of
7Public Act 93-354), the prisoner shall receive no sentence
8credit awarded under clause (3) of this subsection (a) unless
9he or she participates in and completes a substance abuse
10treatment program. The Director of Corrections may waive the
11requirement to participate in or complete a substance abuse
12treatment program in specific instances if the prisoner is not
13a good candidate for a substance abuse treatment program for
14medical, programming, or operational reasons. Availability of
15substance abuse treatment shall be subject to the limits of
16fiscal resources appropriated by the General Assembly for
17these purposes. If treatment is not available and the
18requirement to participate and complete the treatment has not
19been waived by the Director, the prisoner shall be placed on a
20waiting list under criteria established by the Department. The
21Director may allow a prisoner placed on a waiting list to
22participate in and complete a substance abuse education class
23or attend substance abuse self-help meetings in lieu of a
24substance abuse treatment program. A prisoner on a waiting
25list who is not placed in a substance abuse program prior to
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1credit under clause (3) of this subsection (a) at the
2discretion of the Director.
3    (4.6) The rules and regulations on sentence credit shall
4also provide that a prisoner who has been convicted of a sex
5offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender
6Registration Act shall receive no sentence credit unless he or
7she either has successfully completed or is participating in
8sex offender treatment as defined by the Sex Offender
9Management Board. However, prisoners who are waiting to
10receive treatment, but who are unable to do so due solely to
11the lack of resources on the part of the Department, may, at
12either Director's sole discretion, be awarded sentence credit
13at a rate as the Director shall determine.
14    (4.7) On or after January 1, 2018 (the effective date of
15Public Act 100-3), sentence credit under paragraph (3), (4),
16or (4.1) of this subsection (a) may be awarded to a prisoner
17who is serving a sentence for an offense described in
18paragraph (2), (2.3), (2.4), (2.5), or (2.6) for credit earned
19on or after January 1, 2018 (the effective date of Public Act
20100-3); provided, the award of the credits under this
21paragraph (4.7) shall not reduce the sentence of the prisoner
22to less than the following amounts:
23        (i) 85% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
24    required to serve 85% of his or her sentence; or
25        (ii) 60% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
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1    prisoner is serving a sentence for gunrunning his or her
2    sentence shall not be reduced to less than 75%.
3        (iii) 100% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
4    required to serve 100% of his or her sentence.
5    (5) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate
6earlier than it otherwise would because of a grant of earned
7sentence credit under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this
8Section given at any time during the term, the Department
9shall give reasonable notice of the impending release not less
10than 14 days prior to the date of the release to the State's
11Attorney of the county where the prosecution of the inmate
12took place, and if applicable, the State's Attorney of the
13county into which the inmate will be released. The Department
14must also make identification information and a recent photo
15of the inmate being released accessible on the Internet by
16means of a hyperlink labeled "Community Notification of Inmate
17Early Release" on the Department's World Wide Web homepage.
18The identification information shall include the inmate's:
19name, any known alias, date of birth, physical
20characteristics, commitment offense, and county where
21conviction was imposed. The identification information shall
22be placed on the website within 3 days of the inmate's release
23and the information may not be removed until either:
24completion of the first year of mandatory supervised release
25or return of the inmate to custody of the Department.
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1several convictions, with separate sentences, the sentences
2shall be construed under Section 5-8-4 in granting and
3forfeiting of sentence credit.
4    (c) (1) The Department shall prescribe rules and
5regulations for revoking sentence credit, including revoking
6sentence credit awarded under paragraph (3) of subsection (a)
7of this Section. The Department shall prescribe rules and
8regulations establishing and requiring the use of a sanctions
9matrix for revoking sentence credit. The Department shall
10prescribe rules and regulations for suspending or reducing the
11rate of accumulation of sentence credit for specific rule
12violations, during imprisonment. These rules and regulations
13shall provide that no inmate may be penalized more than one
14year of sentence credit for any one infraction.
15    (2) When the Department seeks to revoke, suspend, or
16reduce the rate of accumulation of any sentence credits for an
17alleged infraction of its rules, it shall bring charges
18therefor against the prisoner sought to be so deprived of
19sentence credits before the Prisoner Review Board as provided
20in subparagraph (a)(4) of Section 3-3-2 of this Code, if the
21amount of credit at issue exceeds 30 days, whether from one
22infraction or cumulatively from multiple infractions arising
23out of a single event, or when, during any 12-month period, the
24cumulative amount of credit revoked exceeds 30 days except
25where the infraction is committed or discovered within 60 days
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1Corrections may revoke up to 30 days of sentence credit. The
2Board may subsequently approve the revocation of additional
3sentence credit, if the Department seeks to revoke sentence
4credit in excess of 30 days. However, the Board shall not be
5empowered to review the Department's decision with respect to
6the loss of 30 days of sentence credit within any calendar year
7for any prisoner or to increase any penalty beyond the length
8requested by the Department.
9    (3) The Director of Corrections or the Director of
10Juvenile Justice, in appropriate cases, may restore sentence
11credits which have been revoked, suspended, or reduced. The
12Department shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the
13restoration of sentence credits. These rules and regulations
14shall provide for the automatic restoration of sentence
15credits following a period in which the prisoner maintains a
16record without a disciplinary violation.
17    Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
18Prisoner Review Board from ordering, pursuant to Section
193-3-9(a)(3)(i)(B), that a prisoner serve up to one year of the
20sentence imposed by the court that was not served due to the
21accumulation of sentence credit.
22    (d) If a lawsuit is filed by a prisoner in an Illinois or
23federal court against the State, the Department of
24Corrections, or the Prisoner Review Board, or against any of
25their officers or employees, and the court makes a specific
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1prisoner is frivolous, the Department of Corrections shall
2conduct a hearing to revoke up to 180 days of sentence credit
3by bringing charges against the prisoner sought to be deprived
4of the sentence credits before the Prisoner Review Board as
5provided in subparagraph (a)(8) of Section 3-3-2 of this Code.
6If the prisoner has not accumulated 180 days of sentence
7credit at the time of the finding, then the Prisoner Review
8Board may revoke all sentence credit accumulated by the
9prisoner.
10    For purposes of this subsection (d):
11        (1) "Frivolous" means that a pleading, motion, or
12    other filing which purports to be a legal document filed
13    by a prisoner in his or her lawsuit meets any or all of the
14    following criteria:
15            (A) it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in
16        fact;
17            (B) it is being presented for any improper
18        purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary
19        delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation;
20            (C) the claims, defenses, and other legal
21        contentions therein are not warranted by existing law
22        or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
23        modification, or reversal of existing law or the
24        establishment of new law;
25            (D) the allegations and other factual contentions
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1        identified, are not likely to have evidentiary support
2        after a reasonable opportunity for further
3        investigation or discovery; or
4            (E) the denials of factual contentions are not
5        warranted on the evidence, or if specifically so
6        identified, are not reasonably based on a lack of
7        information or belief.
8        (2) "Lawsuit" means a motion pursuant to Section 116-3
9    of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus
10    action under Article X of the Code of Civil Procedure or
11    under federal law (28 U.S.C. 2254), a petition for claim
12    under the Court of Claims Act, an action under the federal
13    Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983), or a second or
14    subsequent petition for post-conviction relief under
15    Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
16    whether filed with or without leave of court or a second or
17    subsequent petition for relief from judgment under Section
18    2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
19    (e) Nothing in Public Act 90-592 or 90-593 affects the
20validity of Public Act 89-404.
21    (f) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate who
22has been convicted of a violation of an order of protection
23under Section 12-3.4 or 12-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
24the Criminal Code of 2012, earlier than it otherwise would
25because of a grant of sentence credit, the Department, as a
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1release, be placed under electronic surveillance as provided
2in Section 5-8A-7 of this Code.
3(Source: P.A. 101-440, eff. 1-1-20; 101-652, eff. 7-1-21;
4102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-784, eff.
55-13-22; 102-1100, eff. 1-1-23; revised 12-14-22.)