96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5104


 
Introduced 1/29/2010, by Rep. Jim Sacia
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







20 ILCS 1005/1005-165 new






110 ILCS 305/80 new






730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new






730 ILCS 5/3-20-5 new











     Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois,  the University of Illinois Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections.  Creates the Illinois Community Justice Project.  Provides that, subject to appropriation, the University of Illinois Extension shall deliver training on behalf of the Department of Corrections to incarcerated persons, families, support networks of incarcerated persons, and Department of Corrections staff and their families to facilitate better conditions and treatment

among inmates, among inmates and their support networks and families, and among inmates and facility staff.  Provides that, subject to appropriation, the University of Illinois Extension shall also make available throughout the State,
programs for local government officials, local businesses, and service
organizations to enhance communities relating to the reentry of ex-offenders into those communities and improve reduction of recidivism.
Provides that, subject to appropriation, the University of Illinois Extension, in partnership with county probation and district parole
offices, shall also provide local research-based cognitive programming
to recently released parolees and persons on probation to reduce
recidivism in local areas.
  















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    AN ACT concerning corrections.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 5. The Department of Employment Security Law of the

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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding 
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Section 1005-165 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 1005/1005-165 new)
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    Sec. 1005-165. Illinois Community Justice Project. The 
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Department shall exercise the duties prescribed to it  in 
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Section 3-20-5 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
 
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    Section 10. The University of Illinois Act is amended by 
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adding Section 80 as follows:
 
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    (110 ILCS 305/80 new)
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    Sec. 80. Illinois Community Justice Project. The 
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University of Illinois Extension shall exercise the duties 
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prescribed to it  in Section 3-20-5 of the Unified Code of 
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Corrections.
 
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    Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by 
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adding Article 20 to Chapter III as follows:
 
 


 






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    (730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new)
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ARTICLE 20.  ILLINOIS COMMUNITY JUSTICE PROJECT

 
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    (730 ILCS 5/3-20-5 new)
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    Sec. 3-20-5. Illinois Community Justice Project.
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    (a)  The Illinois Community Justice Project is created.  The 
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University of Illinois Extension shall deliver training on 
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behalf of the Department of Corrections to incarcerated 
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persons, families, support networks of incarcerated persons, 
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and Department of Corrections staff and their families to 
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facilitate better conditions and treatment

among inmates, 
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among inmates and their support networks and families, and 
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among inmates and facility staff.  The University of Illinois 
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Extension shall also make available throughout the State,

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programs for local government officials, local businesses, and 
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service
organizations to enhance communities relating to the 
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reentry of ex-offenders into those communities and improve 
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reduction of recidivism.
The University of Illinois Extension, 
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in partnership with county probation and district parole

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offices, shall also provide local research-based cognitive 
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programming
to recently released parolees and persons on 
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probation to reduce
recidivism in local areas.  Extension 
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professionals, county probation
and district parole officers 
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shall be trained in and shall co-deliver
the 
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nationally-accredited National Curriculum Training Institute's

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Crossroads cognitive behavior change curricula, certified by 
 


 






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the
American Probation & Parole Association (or comparable 
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cognitive-based
program) to local parolees and probationers 
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within 90 days of the
person being placed on parole or 
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probation.  Parolees and probationers shall assume a portion of 
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the
costs of the Crossroads program through the assessment of a 
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fee, set by the Board of Trustees of the University of 
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Illinois,
not to exceed $20 per session.
The Illinois 
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Department of Employment Security and local employment offices

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shall partner with the University of Illinois Extension to 
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periodically deliver programs to local
businesses on 
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employment of ex-offenders in their communities.  Illinois 
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Department of Employment Security
staff shall attend events to 
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discuss federal incentives and employment
processes, concerns, 
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and benefits of hiring ex-offenders.
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    (b)
The provisions of this Section do not apply unless an 
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appropriation by the General Assembly is made for such 
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purposes.
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    (c)  For the purposes of this Section, "parolees" include 
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persons serving a mandatory supervised release term; and 
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"persons on probation" include persons serving a term of 
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conditional discharge.