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90_HB2848
730 ILCS 5/3-7-2 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Requires
prisoners in Department of Corrections facilities to wear
standardized uniforms and prohibits them access to cable
television service. Also prohibits prisoners from using cell
phones.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by
2 changing Section 3-7-2.
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
6 by changing Section 3-7-2 as follows:
7 (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2)
8 Sec. 3-7-2. Facilities.
9 (a) All institutions and facilities of the Department
10 shall provide every committed person with access to toilet
11 facilities, barber facilities, bathing facilities at least
12 once each week, a library of legal materials and published
13 materials including newspapers and magazines approved by the
14 Director. A committed person may not receive any materials
15 that the Director deems pornographic.
16 (b) (Blank).
17 (c) All institutions and facilities of the Department
18 shall provide facilities for every committed person to leave
19 his cell for at least one hour each day unless the chief
20 administrative officer determines that it would be harmful or
21 dangerous to the security or safety of the institution or
22 facility.
23 (d) All institutions and facilities of the Department
24 shall provide every committed person with a wholesome and
25 nutritional diet at regularly scheduled hours, drinking
26 water, clothing adequate for the season, bedding, soap and
27 towels and medical and dental care. All institutions and
28 facilities of the Department shall require every committed
29 person to wear a standardized uniform prescribed by the chief
30 administrative officer of the institution or facility.
31 (e) All institutions and facilities of the Department
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1 shall permit every committed person to send and receive an
2 unlimited number of uncensored letters, provided, however,
3 that the Director may order that mail be inspected and read
4 for reasons of the security, safety or morale of the
5 institution or facility.
6 (f) All of the institutions and facilities of the
7 Department shall permit every committed person to receive
8 visitors, except in case of abuse of the visiting privilege
9 or when the chief administrative officer determines that such
10 visiting would be harmful or dangerous to the security,
11 safety or morale of the institution or facility. The chief
12 administrative officer shall have the right to restrict
13 visitation to non-contact visits for reasons of safety,
14 security, and order, including, but not limited to,
15 restricting contact visits for committed persons engaged in
16 gang activity.
17 (g) All institutions and facilities of the Department
18 shall permit religious ministrations and sacraments to be
19 available to every committed person, but attendance at
20 religious services shall not be required.
21 (h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the
22 Department shall prohibit the use of curtains,
23 cell-coverings, or any other matter or object that obstructs
24 or otherwise impairs the line of vision into a committed
25 person's cell.
26 (i) All institutions and facilities of the Department
27 shall prohibit committed persons access to cable television
28 services as defined in Section 16-10 of the Criminal Code of
29 1961 and shall prohibit committed persons from using cellular
30 telephones in the institution or facility.
31 (Source: P.A. 89-609, eff. 1-1-97; 89-659, eff. 1-1-97;
32 89-688, eff. 6-1-97; 89-689, eff. 12-31-96; 90-14, eff.
33 7-1-97.)