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1 | AN ACT concerning corrections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 3-7-2 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 3-7-2. Facilities. | ||||||
8 | (a) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | ||||||
9 | provide
every committed person with access to toilet | ||||||
10 | facilities, barber
facilities, bathing facilities at least | ||||||
11 | once each week, a library of
legal materials and published | ||||||
12 | materials including newspapers and magazines
approved by the | ||||||
13 | Director. A committed person may not receive any materials
that | ||||||
14 | the Director deems pornographic. | ||||||
15 | (b) (Blank). | ||||||
16 | (c) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | ||||||
17 | provide
facilities for every committed person to leave his cell | ||||||
18 | for at least one
hour each day unless the chief administrative | ||||||
19 | officer determines that it
would be harmful or dangerous to the | ||||||
20 | security or safety of the
institution or facility. | ||||||
21 | (d) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | ||||||
22 | provide
every committed person with a wholesome and nutritional | ||||||
23 | diet at
regularly scheduled hours, drinking water, clothing |
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1 | adequate for the
season, bedding, soap and towels and medical | ||||||
2 | and dental care. | ||||||
3 | (e) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | ||||||
4 | permit
every committed person to send and receive an unlimited | ||||||
5 | number of
uncensored letters, provided, however, that the | ||||||
6 | Director may order that
mail be inspected and read for reasons | ||||||
7 | of the security, safety or morale
of the institution or | ||||||
8 | facility. | ||||||
9 | (f) All of the institutions and facilities of the | ||||||
10 | Department shall
permit every committed person to receive | ||||||
11 | visitors, except in case of
abuse of the visiting privilege or | ||||||
12 | when the chief administrative officer
determines that such | ||||||
13 | visiting would be harmful or dangerous to the
security, safety | ||||||
14 | or morale of the institution or facility.
The chief | ||||||
15 | administrative officer shall have the right to restrict | ||||||
16 | visitation
to non-contact visits for reasons of safety, | ||||||
17 | security, and order, including,
but not limited to, restricting | ||||||
18 | contact visits for committed persons engaged in
gang activity.
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19 | No committed person in a super maximum security facility or on | ||||||
20 | disciplinary
segregation is allowed contact visits. Any | ||||||
21 | committed person found in
possession of illegal drugs or who | ||||||
22 | fails a drug test shall not be permitted
contact visits for a | ||||||
23 | period of at least 6 months. Any committed person
involved in | ||||||
24 | gang activities or found guilty of assault committed against a
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25 | Department employee shall not be permitted contact visits for a | ||||||
26 | period of at
least 6 months. The Department shall offer every |
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1 | visitor appropriate written information concerning HIV and | ||||||
2 | AIDS, including information concerning how to contact the | ||||||
3 | Illinois Department of Public Health for counseling | ||||||
4 | information. The Department shall develop the written | ||||||
5 | materials in consultation with the Department of Public Health. | ||||||
6 | The Department shall ensure that all such information and | ||||||
7 | materials are culturally sensitive and reflect cultural | ||||||
8 | diversity as appropriate. Implementation of the changes made to | ||||||
9 | this Section by this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||||||
10 | Assembly is subject to appropriation.
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11 | (f-5) The Department shall establish a pilot program in one | ||||||
12 | or more institutions or facilities of the Department to permit | ||||||
13 | committed persons to remotely visit family members through | ||||||
14 | interactive video conferences. The Department may enter into | ||||||
15 | agreements with third-party organizations to provide video | ||||||
16 | conference facilities for family members of committed persons. | ||||||
17 | The Department may determine who is a family member eligible to | ||||||
18 | participate in the program and the conditions in which and | ||||||
19 | times when the video conferences may be conducted. The | ||||||
20 | Department may conduct such conferences as an alternative to | ||||||
21 | transporting committed persons to facilities and institutions | ||||||
22 | of the Department near the residences of family members of the | ||||||
23 | committed persons. | ||||||
24 | Beginning on October 1, 2010 and through October 1, 2012, | ||||||
25 | the Department shall issue an annual report to the General | ||||||
26 | Assembly regarding the implementation and effectiveness of the |
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1 | pilot program created by this subsection (f-5). | ||||||
2 | (g) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | ||||||
3 | permit
religious ministrations and sacraments to be available | ||||||
4 | to every
committed person, but attendance at religious services | ||||||
5 | shall not be
required. | ||||||
6 | (h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the Department | ||||||
7 | shall prohibit
the use of curtains, cell-coverings, or any | ||||||
8 | other matter or object that
obstructs or otherwise impairs the | ||||||
9 | line of vision into a committed person's
cell. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 94-629, eff. 1-1-06.)
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11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
12 | 1, 2010.
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