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90_HB0323
730 ILCS 5/3-14-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-3
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that
the Department of Corrections shall establish 2 Regional Life
Skills Resource Centers. Provides that the 2 sites for the
centers shall be Chicago and Southern Illinois. Provides
that the centers shall address the need to provide life
skills services to offenders to prevent them from becoming
recurring offenders. Provides that the centers shall provide
services regarding employment, marketing, and specialized
classes on substance abuse and DUI. Provides that an annual
appropriation shall be made by the General Assembly from the
General Revenue Fund to Southeastern Illinois Community
College to provide for the life skills services. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by
2 changing Section 3-14-3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
6 changing Section 3-14-3 as follows:
7 (730 ILCS 5/3-14-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-3)
8 Sec. 3-14-3. Parole Services.
9 (a) To assist parolees or releasees, the Department
10 shall provide employment counseling and job placement
11 services, and may in addition to other services provide the
12 following:
13 (1) assistance in residential placement;
14 (2) family and individual counseling and treatment
15 placement;
16 (3) financial counseling;
17 (4) vocational and educational counseling and
18 placement; and
19 (5) referral services to any other State or local
20 agencies. The Department may purchase necessary services
21 for a parolee or releasee if they are otherwise
22 unavailable and the parolee or releasee is unable to pay
23 for them. It may assess all or part of the costs of such
24 services to a parolee or releasee in accordance with his
25 ability to pay for them.
26 (b) The Department shall establish 2 Regional Life
27 Skills Resource Centers. Each shall address the need to
28 provide life skills services that are required to assist
29 offenders in making a complete transition back into society
30 and preventing them from being recurring offenders. One of
31 the centers shall be located in Chicago, the other in
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1 Southern Illinois. The region in Southern Illinois shall
2 include the portion of Illinois south of Highway 50 and also
3 the East St. Louis metropolitan area. Each center shall be
4 responsible for establishing offices in each of the counties
5 served by the center sites. The tasks of the centers shall
6 include:
7 (1) to provide transitional services into the
8 community and society;
9 (2) to provide transitional services into
10 employment;
11 (3) to provide employment education;
12 (4) to provide marketing services; and
13 (5) to provide specialized services including:
14 (A) substance abuse classes;
15 (B) sex offender classes; and
16 (C) DUI classes.
17 An annual appropriation shall be made by the General
18 Assembly payable from the General Revenue Fund to
19 Southeastern Illinois Community College to provide for the
20 life skills services provided by this Section. The Department
21 of Corrections shall gather data on the centers and present
22 the data to the Governor and General Assembly by July 1,
23 1998.
24 (Source: P.A. 84-669.)
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.