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90_HB0723eng
730 ILCS 5/Chap. III, Art. 16 heading new
730 ILCS 5/3-16-5 new
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Establishes a
pilot program in Cook, DuPage, and Kane Counties for certain
juvenile offenders who have been released from facilities of
the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections.
Establishes programs designed to reintegrate the offenders
into the community. Provides that the participants in the
pilot program shall have access to needs assessment, case
management, secure care, therapeutic treatment, drug
rehabilitation programs, transitional programs to independent
living, substitute care, and housing alternatives.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by adding
2 Article 16 to Chapter III.
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 adding Article 16 to Chapter III as follows:
7 (730 ILCS 5/Chap. III, Art. 16 heading new)
8 ARTICLE 16. PILOT PROGRAM FOR SELECTED
9 PAROLED JUVENILE OFFENDERS
10 (730 ILCS 5/3-16-5 new)
11 Sec. 3-16-5. Multi-year pilot program for selected
12 paroled youth released from institutions of the Juvenile
13 Division.
14 (a) The Department of Corrections may establish in Cook
15 County, DuPage County, Lake County, Will County, and Kane
16 County a 6 year pilot program for selected youthful offenders
17 released to parole by the Juvenile Division of the Department
18 of Corrections.
19 (b) A person who is being released to parole from the
20 Juvenile Division under subsection (e) of Section 3-3-3 whom
21 the Juvenile Division deems a serious or at risk delinquent
22 youth who is likely to have difficulty re-adjusting to the
23 community, who has had either significant clinical problems
24 or a history of criminal activity related to sex offenses,
25 drugs, weapons, or gangs, and who is returning to Cook
26 County, Will County, Lake County, DuPage County, or Kane
27 County may be screened for eligibility to participate in the
28 pilot program.
29 (c) If the Department establishes a pilot program under
30 this Section, the Juvenile Division shall provide supervision
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1 and structured services to persons selected to participate in
2 the program to: (i) ensure that they receive high levels of
3 supervision and case managed, structured services; (ii)
4 prepare them for re-integration into the community; (iii)
5 effectively monitor their compliance with parole requirements
6 and programming; and (iv) minimize the likelihood that they
7 will commit additional offenses.
8 (d) Based upon the needs of a participant, the
9 Department may provide any or all of the following to a
10 participant:
11 (1) Risk and needs assessment;
12 (2) Comprehensive case management;
13 (3) Placement in licensed secured community
14 facilities as a transitional measure;
15 (4) Transition to residential programming;
16 (5) Targeted intensive outpatient treatment
17 services;
18 (6) Structured day and evening reporting programs
19 and behavioral day treatment;
20 (7) Family counseling;
21 (8) Transitional programs to independent living;
22 (9) Alternative placements;
23 (10) Substance abuse treatment.
24 (e) A needs assessment case plan and parole supervision
25 profile may be completed by the Department of Corrections
26 before the selected eligible person's release from
27 institutional custody to parole supervision. The needs
28 assessment case plan and parole supervision profile shall
29 include identification of placement requirements, intensity
30 of parole supervision, and assessments of educational,
31 psychological, vocational, medical, and substance abuse
32 treatment needs. Following the completion by the Department
33 of Corrections of the parole supervision profile and needs
34 assessment case plan, a comprehensive parole case management
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1 plan shall be developed for each committed youth eligible and
2 selected for admission to the pilot program. The
3 comprehensive parole case management plan shall be submitted
4 for approval by the Department and for presentation to the
5 Prisoner Review Board.
6 (f) The Department may identify in a comprehensive
7 parole case management plan any special conditions for parole
8 supervision and establish sanctions for a participant who
9 fails to comply with the program requirements or who violates
10 parole rules. These sanctions may include the return of a
11 participant to a secure community placement or
12 recommendations for parole revocation to the Prisoner Review
13 Board. Paroled youth may be held for investigation in secure
14 community facilities or on warrant pending revocation in
15 local detention or jail facilities based on age.
16 (g) The Department may select and contract with a
17 community-based network and work in partnership with private
18 providers to provide the services specified in subsection
19 (d).
20 (h) If the Department establishes a pilot program under
21 this Section, the Department shall, in the 3 years following
22 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, first
23 implement the pilot program in Cook County and then implement
24 the pilot program in DuPage County, Lake County, Will County,
25 and Kane County in accordance with a schedule to be developed
26 by the Department.
27 (i) If the Department establishes a pilot program under
28 this Section, the Department shall establish a 3 year
29 follow-up evaluation and outcome assessment for all
30 participants in the pilot program.
31 (j) If the Department establishes a pilot program under
32 this Section, the Department shall publish an outcome study
33 covering a 3 year follow-up period for participants in the
34 pilot program.