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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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Employment Security Law of the
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5 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 1005-165 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 1005/1005-165 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 1005-165. Illinois Community Justice Project. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Department shall exercise the duties prescribed to it in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Section 3-20-5 of the Unified Code of Corrections. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Section 10. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | adding Section 80 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | (110 ILCS 305/80 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Sec. 80. Illinois Community Justice Project. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | University of Illinois Extension shall exercise the duties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | prescribed to it in Section 3-20-5 of the Unified Code of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Corrections. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | adding Article 20 to Chapter III as follows: |
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1 | (730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new) | ||||||
2 | ARTICLE 20. ILLINOIS COMMUNITY JUSTICE PROJECT | ||||||
3 | (730 ILCS 5/3-20-5 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 3-20-5. Illinois Community Justice Project. | ||||||
5 | (a) The Illinois Community Justice Project is created. The | ||||||
6 | University of Illinois Extension shall deliver training on | ||||||
7 | behalf of the Department of Corrections to incarcerated | ||||||
8 | persons, families, support networks of incarcerated persons, | ||||||
9 | and Department of Corrections staff and their families to | ||||||
10 | facilitate better conditions and treatment
among inmates, | ||||||
11 | among inmates and their support networks and families, and | ||||||
12 | among inmates and facility staff. The University of Illinois | ||||||
13 | Extension shall also make available throughout the State,
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14 | programs for local government officials, local businesses, and | ||||||
15 | service
organizations to enhance communities relating to the | ||||||
16 | reentry of ex-offenders into those communities and improve | ||||||
17 | reduction of recidivism.
The University of Illinois Extension, | ||||||
18 | in partnership with county probation and district parole
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19 | offices, shall also provide local research-based cognitive | ||||||
20 | programming
to recently released parolees and persons on | ||||||
21 | probation to reduce
recidivism in local areas. Extension | ||||||
22 | professionals, county probation
and district parole officers | ||||||
23 | shall be trained in and shall co-deliver
the | ||||||
24 | nationally-accredited National Curriculum Training Institute's
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25 | Crossroads cognitive behavior change curricula, certified by |
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1 | the
American Probation & Parole Association (or comparable | ||||||
2 | cognitive-based
program) to local parolees and probationers | ||||||
3 | within 90 days of the
person being placed on parole or | ||||||
4 | probation. Parolees and probationers shall assume a portion of | ||||||
5 | the
costs of the Crossroads program through the assessment of a | ||||||
6 | fee, set by the Board of Trustees of the University of | ||||||
7 | Illinois,
not to exceed $20 per session.
The Illinois | ||||||
8 | Department of Employment Security and local employment offices
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9 | shall partner with the University of Illinois Extension to | ||||||
10 | periodically deliver programs to local
businesses on | ||||||
11 | employment of ex-offenders in their communities. Illinois | ||||||
12 | Department of Employment Security
staff shall attend events to | ||||||
13 | discuss federal incentives and employment
processes, concerns, | ||||||
14 | and benefits of hiring ex-offenders. | ||||||
15 | (b)
The provisions of this Section do not apply unless an | ||||||
16 | appropriation by the General Assembly is made for such | ||||||
17 | purposes. | ||||||
18 | (c) For the purposes of this Section, "parolees" include | ||||||
19 | persons serving a mandatory supervised release term; and | ||||||
20 | "persons on probation" include persons serving a term of | ||||||
21 | conditional discharge.
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