Public Act 097-0800 Public Act 0800 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
Public Act 097-0800 | SB2819 Enrolled | LRB097 14650 RLC 59538 b |
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| AN ACT concerning corrections.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | changing Sections 3-2-2, 3-2-5, 3-5-3, 5-8-1.1, and 5-8-1.3 as | follows:
| (730 ILCS 5/3-2-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2)
| Sec. 3-2-2. Powers and Duties of the Department.
| (1) In addition to the powers, duties and responsibilities | which are
otherwise provided by law, the Department shall have | the following powers:
| (a) To accept persons committed to it by the courts of | this State for
care, custody, treatment and | rehabilitation, and to accept federal prisoners and aliens | over whom the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee is | authorized to exercise the federal detention function for | limited purposes and periods of time.
| (b) To develop and maintain reception and evaluation | units for purposes
of analyzing the custody and | rehabilitation needs of persons committed to
it and to | assign such persons to institutions and programs under its | control
or transfer them to other appropriate agencies. In | consultation with the
Department of Alcoholism and |
| Substance Abuse (now the Department of Human
Services), the | Department of Corrections
shall develop a master plan for | the screening and evaluation of persons
committed to its | custody who have alcohol or drug abuse problems, and for
| making appropriate treatment available to such persons; | the Department
shall report to the General Assembly on such | plan not later than April 1,
1987. The maintenance and | implementation of such plan shall be contingent
upon the | availability of funds.
| (b-1) To create and implement, on January 1, 2002, a | pilot
program to
establish the effectiveness of | pupillometer technology (the measurement of the
pupil's
| reaction to light) as an alternative to a urine test for | purposes of screening
and evaluating
persons committed to | its custody who have alcohol or drug problems. The
pilot | program shall require the pupillometer technology to be | used in at
least one Department of
Corrections facility. | The Director may expand the pilot program to include an
| additional facility or
facilities as he or she deems | appropriate.
A minimum of 4,000 tests shall be included in | the pilot program.
The
Department must report to the
| General Assembly on the
effectiveness of the program by | January 1, 2003.
| (b-5) To develop, in consultation with the Department | of State Police, a
program for tracking and evaluating each | inmate from commitment through release
for recording his or |
| her gang affiliations, activities, or ranks.
| (c) To maintain and administer all State correctional | institutions and
facilities under its control and to | establish new ones as needed. Pursuant
to its power to | establish new institutions and facilities, the Department
| may, with the written approval of the Governor, authorize | the Department of
Central Management Services to enter into | an agreement of the type
described in subsection (d) of | Section 405-300 of the
Department
of Central Management | Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-300). The Department shall
| designate those institutions which
shall constitute the | State Penitentiary System.
| Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions and | facilities, the
Department may authorize the Department of | Central Management Services to
accept bids from counties | and municipalities for the construction,
remodeling or | conversion of a structure to be leased to the Department of
| Corrections for the purposes of its serving as a | correctional institution
or facility. Such construction, | remodeling or conversion may be financed
with revenue bonds | issued pursuant to the Industrial Building Revenue Bond
Act | by the municipality or county. The lease specified in a bid | shall be
for a term of not less than the time needed to | retire any revenue bonds
used to finance the project, but | not to exceed 40 years. The lease may
grant to the State | the option to purchase the structure outright.
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| Upon receipt of the bids, the Department may certify | one or more of the
bids and shall submit any such bids to | the General Assembly for approval.
Upon approval of a bid | by a constitutional majority of both houses of the
General | Assembly, pursuant to joint resolution, the Department of | Central
Management Services may enter into an agreement | with the county or
municipality pursuant to such bid.
| (c-5) To build and maintain regional juvenile | detention centers and to
charge a per diem to the counties | as established by the Department to defray
the costs of | housing each minor in a center. In this subsection (c-5),
| "juvenile
detention center" means a facility to house | minors during pendency of trial who
have been transferred | from proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to
| prosecutions under the criminal laws of this State in | accordance with Section
5-805 of the Juvenile Court Act of | 1987, whether the transfer was by operation
of
law or | permissive under that Section. The Department shall | designate the
counties to be served by each regional | juvenile detention center.
| (d) To develop and maintain programs of control, | rehabilitation and
employment of committed persons within | its institutions.
| (d-5) To provide a pre-release job preparation program | for inmates at Illinois adult correctional centers.
| (e) To establish a system of supervision and guidance |
| of committed persons
in the community.
| (f) To establish in cooperation with the Department of | Transportation
to supply a sufficient number of prisoners | for use by the Department of
Transportation to clean up the | trash and garbage along State, county,
township, or | municipal highways as designated by the Department of
| Transportation. The Department of Corrections, at the | request of the
Department of Transportation, shall furnish | such prisoners at least
annually for a period to be agreed | upon between the Director of
Corrections and the Director | of Transportation. The prisoners used on this
program shall | be selected by the Director of Corrections on whatever | basis
he deems proper in consideration of their term, | behavior and earned eligibility
to participate in such | program - where they will be outside of the prison
facility | but still in the custody of the Department of Corrections. | Prisoners
convicted of first degree murder, or a Class X | felony, or armed violence, or
aggravated kidnapping, or | criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual
abuse | or a subsequent conviction for criminal sexual abuse, or | forcible
detention, or arson, or a prisoner adjudged a | Habitual Criminal shall not be
eligible for selection to | participate in such program. The prisoners shall
remain as | prisoners in the custody of the Department of Corrections | and such
Department shall furnish whatever security is | necessary. The Department of
Transportation shall furnish |
| trucks and equipment for the highway cleanup
program and | personnel to supervise and direct the program. Neither the
| Department of Corrections nor the Department of | Transportation shall replace
any regular employee with a | prisoner.
| (g) To maintain records of persons committed to it and | to establish
programs of research, statistics and | planning.
| (h) To investigate the grievances of any person | committed to the
Department, to inquire into any alleged | misconduct by employees
or committed persons, and to | investigate the assets
of committed persons to implement | Section 3-7-6 of this Code; and for
these purposes it may | issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses
and | the production of writings and papers, and may examine | under oath any
witnesses who may appear before it; to also | investigate alleged violations
of a parolee's or | releasee's conditions of parole or release; and for this
| purpose it may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of | witnesses and
the production of documents only if there is | reason to believe that such
procedures would provide | evidence that such violations have occurred.
| If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued under | this subsection,
the Director may apply to any circuit | court to secure compliance with the
subpoena. The failure | to comply with the order of the court issued in
response |
| thereto shall be punishable as contempt of court.
| (i) To appoint and remove the chief administrative | officers, and
administer
programs of training and | development of personnel of the Department. Personnel
| assigned by the Department to be responsible for the
| custody and control of committed persons or to investigate | the alleged
misconduct of committed persons or employees or | alleged violations of a
parolee's or releasee's conditions | of parole shall be conservators of the peace
for those | purposes, and shall have the full power of peace officers | outside
of the facilities of the Department in the | protection, arrest, retaking
and reconfining of committed | persons or where the exercise of such power
is necessary to | the investigation of such misconduct or violations.
| (j) To cooperate with other departments and agencies | and with local
communities for the development of standards | and programs for better
correctional services in this | State.
| (k) To administer all moneys and properties of the | Department.
| (l) To report annually to the Governor on the committed
| persons, institutions and programs of the Department.
| (l-5) (Blank). In a confidential annual report to the | Governor, the Department
shall
identify all inmate gangs by | specifying each current gang's name, population
and allied | gangs. The Department shall further specify the number of |
| top
leaders identified by the Department for each gang | during the past year, and
the measures taken by the | Department to segregate each leader from his or her
gang | and allied gangs. The Department shall further report the | current status
of leaders identified and segregated in | previous years. All leaders described
in the report shall | be identified by inmate number or other designation to
| enable tracking, auditing, and verification without | revealing the names of the
leaders. Because this report | contains law enforcement intelligence information
| collected by the Department, the report is confidential and | not subject to
public disclosure.
| (m) To make all rules and regulations and exercise all | powers and duties
vested by law in the Department.
| (n) To establish rules and regulations for | administering a system of
good conduct credits, | established in accordance with Section 3-6-3, subject
to | review by the Prisoner Review Board.
| (o) To administer the distribution of funds
from the | State Treasury to reimburse counties where State penal
| institutions are located for the payment of assistant | state's attorneys'
salaries under Section 4-2001 of the | Counties Code.
| (p) To exchange information with the Department of | Human Services and the
Department of Healthcare and Family | Services
for the purpose of verifying living arrangements |
| and for other purposes
directly connected with the | administration of this Code and the Illinois
Public Aid | Code.
| (q) To establish a diversion program.
| The program shall provide a structured environment for | selected
technical parole or mandatory supervised release | violators and committed
persons who have violated the rules | governing their conduct while in work
release. This program | shall not apply to those persons who have committed
a new | offense while serving on parole or mandatory supervised | release or
while committed to work release.
| Elements of the program shall include, but shall not be | limited to, the
following:
| (1) The staff of a diversion facility shall provide | supervision in
accordance with required objectives set | by the facility.
| (2) Participants shall be required to maintain | employment.
| (3) Each participant shall pay for room and board | at the facility on a
sliding-scale basis according to | the participant's income.
| (4) Each participant shall:
| (A) provide restitution to victims in | accordance with any court order;
| (B) provide financial support to his | dependents; and
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| (C) make appropriate payments toward any other | court-ordered
obligations.
| (5) Each participant shall complete community | service in addition to
employment.
| (6) Participants shall take part in such | counseling, educational and
other programs as the | Department may deem appropriate.
| (7) Participants shall submit to drug and alcohol | screening.
| (8) The Department shall promulgate rules | governing the administration
of the program.
| (r) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation | agreements under which
persons in the custody of the | Department may participate in a county impact
| incarceration program established under Section 3-6038 or | 3-15003.5 of the
Counties Code.
| (r-5) (Blank).
| (r-10) To systematically and routinely identify with | respect to each
streetgang active within the correctional | system: (1) each active gang; (2)
every existing inter-gang | affiliation or alliance; and (3) the current leaders
in | each gang. The Department shall promptly segregate leaders | from inmates who
belong to their gangs and allied gangs. | "Segregate" means no physical contact
and, to the extent | possible under the conditions and space available at the
| correctional facility, prohibition of visual and sound |
| communication. For the
purposes of this paragraph (r-10), | "leaders" means persons who:
| (i) are members of a criminal streetgang;
| (ii) with respect to other individuals within the | streetgang, occupy a
position of organizer, | supervisor, or other position of management or
| leadership; and
| (iii) are actively and personally engaged in | directing, ordering,
authorizing, or requesting | commission of criminal acts by others, which are
| punishable as a felony, in furtherance of streetgang | related activity both
within and outside of the | Department of Corrections.
| "Streetgang", "gang", and "streetgang related" have the | meanings ascribed to
them in Section 10 of the Illinois | Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention
Act.
| (s) To operate a super-maximum security institution, | in order to
manage and
supervise inmates who are disruptive | or dangerous and provide for the safety
and security of the | staff and the other inmates.
| (t) To monitor any unprivileged conversation or any | unprivileged
communication, whether in person or by mail, | telephone, or other means,
between an inmate who, before | commitment to the Department, was a member of an
organized | gang and any other person without the need to show cause or | satisfy
any other requirement of law before beginning the |
| monitoring, except as
constitutionally required. The | monitoring may be by video, voice, or other
method of | recording or by any other means. As used in this | subdivision (1)(t),
"organized gang" has the meaning | ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois
Streetgang | Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
| As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "unprivileged | conversation" or
"unprivileged communication" means a | conversation or communication that is not
protected by any | privilege recognized by law or by decision, rule, or order | of
the Illinois Supreme Court.
| (u) To establish a Women's and Children's Pre-release | Community
Supervision
Program for the purpose of providing | housing and services to eligible female
inmates, as | determined by the Department, and their newborn and young
| children.
| (u-5) To issue an order, whenever a person committed to | the Department absconds or absents himself or herself, | without authority to do so, from any facility or program to | which he or she is assigned. The order shall be certified | by the Director, the Supervisor of the Apprehension Unit, | or any person duly designated by the Director, with the | seal of the Department affixed. The order shall be directed | to all sheriffs, coroners, and police officers, or to any | particular person named in the order. Any order issued | pursuant to this subdivision (1) (u-5) shall be sufficient |
| warrant for the officer or person named in the order to | arrest and deliver the committed person to the proper | correctional officials and shall be executed the same as | criminal process.
| (v) To do all other acts necessary to carry out the | provisions
of this Chapter.
| (2) The Department of Corrections shall by January 1, 1998, | consider
building and operating a correctional facility within | 100 miles of a county of
over 2,000,000 inhabitants, especially | a facility designed to house juvenile
participants in the | impact incarceration program.
| (3) When the Department lets bids for contracts for medical
| services to be provided to persons committed to Department | facilities by
a health maintenance organization, medical | service corporation, or other
health care provider, the bid may | only be let to a health care provider
that has obtained an | irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond
issued by a | company whose bonds are rated AAA by a bond rating
| organization.
| (4) When the Department lets bids for
contracts for food or | commissary services to be provided to
Department facilities, | the bid may only be let to a food or commissary
services | provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of
credit or | performance bond issued by a company whose bonds are rated
AAA | by a bond rating organization.
| (Source: P.A. 96-1265, eff. 7-26-10.)
|
| (730 ILCS 5/3-2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5)
| Sec. 3-2-5. Organization of the Department of Corrections | and the Department of Juvenile Justice.
| (a) There shall be an Adult Division within the Department | which shall
be administered by an Assistant Director appointed | by the Governor under
The Civil Administrative Code of | Illinois. The Assistant Director shall be
under the direction | of the Director. The Adult Division shall be
responsible for | all persons committed or transferred to the Department
under | Sections 3-10-7 or 5-8-6 of this Code.
| (b)
There shall be a Department of Juvenile Justice which | shall be administered by a Director appointed by the Governor | under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The Department | of Juvenile Justice shall be responsible for all persons under | 17 years of age when sentenced to imprisonment and committed to | the Department under subsection (c) of Section 5-8-6 of this | Code, Section 5-10 of the Juvenile Court Act, or Section 5-750 | of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Persons under 17 years of | age committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice pursuant to | this Code shall be sight and sound separate from adult | offenders committed to the Department of Corrections.
| (c) The Department shall create a gang intelligence unit | under the
supervision of the Director. The unit shall be | specifically designed to gather
information regarding the | inmate gang population, monitor the activities of
gangs, and |
| prevent the furtherance of gang activities through the | development
and implementation of policies aimed at deterring | gang activity. The Director
shall appoint a Corrections | Intelligence Coordinator.
| All information collected and maintained by the unit shall | be highly
confidential, and access to that information shall be | restricted by the
Department. The information
shall be used to | control and limit the activities of gangs within correctional
| institutions under the jurisdiction of the Illinois
Department | of Corrections and may be shared with other law enforcement | agencies
in order to curb gang activities outside of | correctional institutions under the
jurisdiction of the | Department and to assist in
the investigations and prosecutions | of gang activity. The Department shall
establish and promulgate | rules governing the release of information to outside
law | enforcement agencies. Due to the highly sensitive nature of the
| information, the information is exempt from requests for | disclosure under the
Freedom
of Information Act as the | information contained is highly confidential and may
be harmful | if disclosed.
| The Department shall file an annual report with the General | Assembly on the
profile of the inmate
population associated | with gangs, gang-related activity within correctional
| institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department,
and an | overall status of the unit as it relates to its function and
| performance.
|
| (Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06 .)
| (730 ILCS 5/3-5-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-3)
| Sec. 3-5-3. Annual and other Reports.
| (a) The Director shall make an annual report to the | Governor and General Assembly under
Section 5-650 of the | Departments of State Government Law (20 ILCS
5/5-650), | concerning the
state and condition of all persons committed to | the Department, its
institutions, facilities and programs, of | all moneys expended and received,
and on what accounts expended | and received. The report may also include an
abstract of all | reports made to the Department by individual institutions,
| facilities or programs during the preceding year.
| (b) (Blank). The Director shall make an annual report to | the Governor and to the
State Legislature on any inadequacies | in the institutions, facilities or
programs of the Department | and also such amendments to the laws of the
State which in his | judgment are necessary in order to best advance the
purposes of | this Code.
| (c) The Director may require such reports from division | administrators,
chief administrative officers and other | personnel as he deems necessary for
the administration of the | Department.
| (d) (Blank). The Department of Corrections shall, by | January 1, 1990,
January 1, 1991, and every 2
years thereafter, | transmit to the Governor and the General Assembly a 5 year
long |
| range planning document for adult female offenders under the
| Department's supervision. The document shall detail how the | Department
plans to meet the housing, educational/training, | Correctional Industries
and programming needs of the | escalating adult female offender population.
| (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
| (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1.1)
| Sec. 5-8-1.1. Impact incarceration.
| (a) The Department may establish
and operate an impact | incarceration
program for eligible offenders. If the court | finds under
Section 5-4-1 that
an offender sentenced to a term | of imprisonment for a felony may meet the
eligibility | requirements of the Department, the court may in its
sentencing | order
approve the offender for placement in the impact | incarceration program
conditioned upon his acceptance in the | program by the Department.
Notwithstanding the sentencing | provisions of this Code, the sentencing
order also shall | provide that if the Department accepts the offender in the
| program and determines that the offender has successfully | completed the
impact incarceration program, the sentence shall | be reduced to time
considered served upon certification to the | court by the Department that
the offender has successfully | completed the program. In the event the
offender is not | accepted for placement in the impact incarceration program
or | the offender does not successfully complete the program,
his |
| term of imprisonment shall be as set forth by the court in its | sentencing
order.
| (b) In order to be eligible to participate in the impact | incarceration
program, the committed person shall meet all of | the following requirements:
| (1) The person must be not less than 17 years of age | nor more than 35 years of age.
| (2) The person has not previously participated in the | impact
incarceration program and has not previously served | more than one
prior sentence of imprisonment for a felony | in an adult correctional
facility.
| (3) The person has not been convicted of a Class X | felony,
first or
second degree murder, armed violence, | aggravated kidnapping, criminal
sexual assault, aggravated | criminal sexual abuse or a subsequent conviction for
| criminal sexual abuse, forcible detention, residential | arson, place of
worship arson, or arson and has not
been | convicted previously of any of those offenses.
| (4) The person has been sentenced to a term of | imprisonment of 8
years or less.
| (5) The person must be physically able to participate | in strenuous
physical activities or labor.
| (6) The person must not have any mental disorder or | disability that
would prevent participation in the impact | incarceration program.
| (7) The person has consented in writing to |
| participation in the impact
incarceration program and to | the terms and conditions thereof.
| (8) The person was recommended and approved for | placement in the
impact incarceration
program in the | court's sentencing order.
| The Department may also consider, among other matters, | whether the
committed person has any outstanding detainers or | warrants, whether the
committed person has a history of | escaping or absconding, whether
participation in the impact | incarceration program may pose a risk to the
safety or security | of any person and whether space is available.
| (c) The impact incarceration program shall include, among | other matters,
mandatory physical training and labor, military | formation and drills,
regimented activities, uniformity of | dress and appearance, education and
counseling, including drug | counseling where appropriate.
| (d) Privileges including visitation, commissary, receipt | and retention
of property and publications and access to | television, radio and a library
may be suspended or restricted, | notwithstanding provisions to the contrary in this Code.
| (e) Committed persons participating in the impact | incarceration program
shall adhere to all Department rules and | all requirements of the program.
Committed persons shall be | informed of rules of behavior and conduct.
Disciplinary | procedures required by this Code or by Department rule are not
| applicable except in those instances in which the Department |
| seeks to revoke good time.
| (f) Participation in the impact incarceration program | shall be for a
period of 120 to 180 days. The period of time a | committed person shall
serve in the impact incarceration | program shall not be reduced by the
accumulation of good time.
| (g) The committed person shall serve a term of mandatory | supervised
release as set forth in subsection (d) of Section | 5-8-1.
| (h) A committed person may be removed from the program for | a violation
of the terms or conditions of the program or in the | event he is for any
reason unable to participate. The | Department shall promulgate rules and
regulations governing | conduct which could result in removal from the
program or in a | determination that the committed person has not
successfully | completed the program. Committed persons shall have access to
| such rules, which shall provide that a committed person shall | receive
notice and have the opportunity to appear before and | address one or more
hearing officers. A committed person may be | transferred to any of the
Department's facilities prior to the | hearing.
| (i) The Department may terminate the impact incarceration | program at any
time.
| (j) The Department shall report to the Governor and the | General Assembly
on or before September 30th of each year on | the impact incarceration
program, including the composition of | the program by the offenders, by
county of commitment, |
| sentence, age, offense and race.
| (k) The Department of Corrections shall consider the | affirmative
action plan approved by the Department of Human | Rights in hiring staff at
the impact incarceration facilities. | The Department shall report to the
Director of Human Rights on | or before April 1 of the year on the sex, race
and national | origin of persons employed at each impact incarceration | facility.
| (Source: P.A. 93-169, eff. 7-10-03.)
| (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1.3)
| Sec. 5-8-1.3. Pilot residential and transition treatment | program for women.
| (a) The General Assembly recognizes:
| (1) that drug-offending women with children who have | been in and out of
the criminal justice system for years | are a serious problem;
| (2) that the intergenerational cycle of women | continuously
being part of the criminal justice system | needs to be broken;
| (3) that the effects of drug offending women with | children
disrupts family harmony and creates an atmosphere | that is
not conducive to healthy childhood development;
| (4) that there is a need for an effective residential
| community supervision model to provide help to women to
| become drug free, recover from trauma, focus on healthy
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| mother-child relationships, and establish economic
| independence and long-term support;
| (5) that certain non-violent women offenders with | children
eligible for sentences of incarceration, may | benefit from
the rehabilitative aspects of gender | responsive
treatment programs and services. This Section | shall
not be construed to allow violent offenders to
| participate in a treatment program.
| (b) Under the direction of the sheriff and with the | approval of
the county board of commissioners, the sheriff, in | any county with more
than 3,000,000 inhabitants, may operate a | residential and
transition treatment program for women | established by the Illinois Department
of Corrections if | funding has been provided by federal, local or private
| entities. If the court finds during the
sentencing hearing | conducted under Section 5-4-1 that a woman convicted
of a | felony meets the eligibility requirements of the sheriff's
| residential and transition treatment program for women, the | court may
refer the offender to the sheriff's residential and | transition
treatment program for women for consideration as a | participant as an
alternative to incarceration in the | penitentiary. The sheriff shall be
responsible for supervising | all women who are placed in the residential
and transition | treatment program for women for the 12-month period. In
the | event that the woman is not accepted for placement in the | sheriff's
residential and transition treatment program for |
| women, the court shall
proceed to sentence the woman to any | other disposition authorized by
this Code. If the woman does | not successfully complete the residential
and transition | treatment program for women, the woman's failure to do
so shall | constitute a violation of the sentence to the residential and
| transition treatment program for women.
| (c) In order to be eligible to be a participant in the | pilot
residential and transition treatment program for women, | the participant
shall meet all of the following conditions:
| (1) The woman has not been convicted of a violent crime | as
defined in subsection (c) of Section 3 of the Rights of | Crime
Victims and Witnesses Act, a Class X felony, first or | second
degree murder, armed violence, aggravated | kidnapping,
criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal | sexual
abuse or a subsequent conviction for criminal sexual | abuse,
forcible detention, or arson and has not been | previously
convicted of any of those offenses.
| (2) The woman must undergo an initial assessment | evaluation
to determine the treatment and program plan.
| (3) The woman was recommended and accepted for | placement in
the pilot residential and transition | treatment program for
women by the Department of | Corrections and has consented in writing to
participation | in the program under the terms and conditions
of the | program. The Department of Corrections may consider | whether space is
available.
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| (d) The program may include a substance abuse treatment | program
designed for women offenders, mental health, trauma, | and medical
treatment; parenting skills and family | relationship counseling, preparation for
a GED or vocational | certificate; life skills program; job readiness and job
skill | training, and a community transition development plan.
| (e) With the approval of the Department of Corrections, the | sheriff shall
issue requirements for the program and
inform the | participants who shall sign an agreement to adhere to all
rules | and all requirements for the pilot residential and transition
| treatment program.
| (f) Participation in the pilot residential and transition
| treatment program for women shall be for a period not to exceed | 12
months. The period may not be reduced by accumulation of | good time.
| (g) If the woman successfully completes the pilot | residential
and transition treatment program for women, the | sheriff shall notify
the Department of Corrections, the court, | and
the State's
Attorney of the county of the woman's | successful completion.
| (h) A woman may be removed from the pilot residential and
| transition treatment program for women for violation of the | terms and
conditions of the program or in the event she is | unable to participate.
The failure to complete the program | shall be deemed a violation of the
conditions of the program. | The sheriff shall give notice to the Department of
Corrections, |
| the court, and the
State's Attorney of the woman's failure to | complete the program.
The
Department of Corrections or its | designee shall file a petition alleging that
the woman has | violated the
conditions of the program with the court. The | State's Attorney may
proceed on the petition under Section | 5-4-1 of this Code.
| (i) The conditions of the pilot residential and transition | treatment
program for women shall include that the woman while | in the program:
| (1) not violate any criminal statute of any | jurisdiction;
| (2) report or appear in person before any person or
| agency as directed by the court, the sheriff, or Department | of Corrections;
| (3) refrain from possessing a firearm or other | dangerous
weapon;
| (4) consent to drug testing;
| (5) not leave the State without the consent of the | court or,
in circumstances in which reason for the absence | is of such an
emergency nature that prior consent by the | court is not possible,
without prior notification and | approval of the Department of Corrections;
| (6) upon placement in the program, must agree to follow | all
requirements of the program.
| (j) The Department of Corrections or the sheriff may | terminate the program
at any time by mutual agreement or with |
| 30 days prior written notice by either
the Department of | Corrections or the sheriff.
| (k) The Department of Corrections may enter into a joint | contract with a
county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants to | establish and operate a pilot
residential and treatment program | for women.
| (l) The Director
of the Department of Corrections shall | have the authority to develop rules to
establish and operate a | pilot residential and treatment program for women that
shall | include criteria for selection of the participants of the | program in
conjunction and approval by the sentencing court. | Violent crime offenders are
not eligible to participate in the | program.
| (m) The Department shall report to the Governor and the | General Assembly
before September 30th of each year on the | pilot residential and treatment
program for women, including | the composition of the program by offenders,
sentence, age, | offense, and race. Reporting is only required if the pilot | residential and treatment program for women is operational.
| (n) The Department of Corrections or the sheriff may | terminate the program
with 30 days prior written notice.
| (o) A county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants is | authorized to apply
for funding from federal, local or private | entities to create a Residential
and Treatment Program for | Women. This sentencing option may not go into
effect until the | funding is secured for the program and the program has been
|
| established.
| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| (730 ILCS 5/5-5-4.3 rep.)
| Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | repealing Section 5-5-4.3.
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
|
Effective Date: 7/13/2012
|