HB4888 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB100 18191 MRW 33391 b

100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4888

Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-2-12 new

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall collect and report specified data regarding violence within Department institutions and facilities. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall collect and report specified data regarding public safety of released committed persons. Provides that the data shall be published not less than once each quarter and published with an aggregate chart at the agency level and individual reports by each correctional institution or facility of the Department of Corrections. Provides that the Director of Corrections shall ensure that the agency level data is reviewed by the Director's executive team on a quarterly basis. Provides that the correctional institution or facility's executive team and each chief administrative officer of the correctional institution or facility shall examine statewide and local data at least quarterly. Provides that during these reviews each chief administrative officer shall: (1) identify trends; (2) develop action items to mitigate the root causes of violence; and (3) establish committees at each correctional institution or facility which shall review the violence data on a quarterly basis and develop action plans to reduce violence. These plans shall include a wide range of strategies to incentivize good conduct.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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 adding Section 3-2-12 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-12 new)

Sec. 3-2-12. Report of violence in Department of Corrections institutions and facilities; public safety reports.

(a) The Department of Corrections shall collect and report:

(1) data on a rate per 100 of committed persons regarding violence within Department institutions and facilities as follows:

(A) committed person on committed person assaults;

(B) committed person on correctional staff assaults;

(C) dangerous contraband, including weapons, explosives, dangerous chemicals, or other dangerous weapons;

(D) committed person on committed person fights;

(E) multi-committed person on single committed person fights;

(F) committed person use of a weapon on correctional staff;

(G) committed person use of a weapon on committed person;

(H) sexual assault committed by a committed person against another committed person, correctional staff, or visitor;

(I) sexual assault committed by correctional staff against another correctional staff, committed person, or visitor;

(J) correctional staff use of physical force;

(K) forced cell extraction;

(L) use of oleoresin capsaicin (pepper spray), 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (CS gas), or other control agents or implements;

(M) committed person suicide and attempted suicide;

(N) requests and placements in protective custody; and

(O) committed persons in segregation, secured housing, and restrictive housing; and

(2) data on average length of stay in segregation, secured housing, and restrictive housing.

(b) The Department of Corrections shall collect and report:

(1) data on a rate per 100 of committed persons regarding public safety as follows:

(A) committed persons released directly from segregation secured housing and restrictive housing to the community;

(B) committed persons who are released from Department correctional institutions and facilities who are homeless by county;

(C) committed persons in custody who have completed evidence-based programs, including:

(i) educational;

(ii) vocational;

(iii) chemical dependency;

(iv) sex offender treatment; or

(v) cognitive behavioral;

(D) committed persons who are being held in custody past their mandatory statutory release date and the reasons for their continued confinement;

(E) parole and mandatory supervised release revocation rate by county and reasons for revocation; and

(F) committed persons on parole or mandatory supervised release who have completed evidence-based programs, including:

(A) educational;

(B) vocational;

(C) chemical dependency;

(D) sex offender treatment; or

(E) cognitive behavioral; and

(2) data on the average daily population and vacancy rate of each Adult Transition Center and work camp.

(c) The data provided under subsections (a) and (b) shall be published not less than once each quarter and published with an aggregate chart at the agency level and individual reports by each correctional institution or facility of the Department of Corrections.

(d) The Director of Corrections shall ensure that the agency level data is reviewed by the Director's executive team on a quarterly basis. The correctional institution or facility's executive team and each chief administrative officer of the correctional institution or facility shall examine statewide and local data at least quarterly. During these reviews each chief administrative officer shall:

(1) identify trends;

(2) develop action items to mitigate the root causes of violence; and

(3) establish committees at each correctional institution or facility which shall review the violence data on a quarterly basis and develop action plans to reduce violence. These plans shall include a wide range of strategies to incentivize good conduct.