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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009.
 
6     Section 5. Purpose and Definitions.
7     (a) Purpose. The General Assembly hereby declares that it
8 is the policy of Illinois to preserve public safety, reduce
9 crime, and make the most effective use of correctional
10 resources. Currently, the Illinois correctional system
11 overwhelmingly incarcerates people whose time in prison does
12 not result in improved behavior and who return to Illinois
13 communities in less than one year. It is therefore the purpose
14 of this Act to create an infrastructure to provide effective
15 resources and services to incarcerated individuals and
16 individuals supervised in the locality; to hold offenders
17 accountable; to successfully rehabilitate offenders to prevent
18 future involvement with the criminal justice system; to measure
19 the overall effectiveness of the criminal justice system in
20 achieving this policy; and to create the Adult Redeploy
21 Illinois program for those who do not fall under the definition
22 of violent offenders.
23     (b) Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context

 

 

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1 clearly requires otherwise:
2         (1) "Assets" are an offender's qualities or resources,
3     such as family and other positive support systems,
4     educational achievement, and employment history, that
5     research has demonstrated will decrease the likelihood
6     that the offender will re-offend and increase the
7     likelihood that the offender will successfully reintegrate
8     into the locality.
9         (2) "Case plan" means a consistently updated written
10     proposal that shall follow the offender through all phases
11     of the criminal justice system, that is based on the
12     offender's risks, assets, and needs as identified through
13     the assessment tool described in this Act, and that
14     outlines steps the offender shall take and the programs in
15     which the offender shall participate to maximize the
16     offender's ability to be rehabilitated.
17         (3) "Conditions of supervision" include conditions
18     described in Section 5-6-3.1 of the Unified Code of
19     Corrections.
20         (4) "Evidence-based practices" means policies,
21     procedures, programs, and practices that have been
22     demonstrated to reduce recidivism among incarcerated
23     individuals and individuals on local supervision.
24         (5) "Local supervision" includes supervision in
25     local-based, non-incarceration settings under such
26     conditions and reporting requirements as are imposed by the

 

 

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1     court or the Prisoner Review Board.
2         (6) "Needs" include an offender's criminogenic
3     qualities, skills, and experiences that can be altered in
4     ways that research has demonstrated will minimize the
5     offender's chances of re-offending and maximize the
6     offender's chances of successfully reintegrating into the
7     locality.
8         (7) "Risks" include the attributes of an offender that
9     are commonly considered to be those variables, such as age,
10     prior criminal history, history of joblessness, and lack of
11     education that research has demonstrated contribute to an
12     offender's likelihood of re-offending and impact an
13     offender's ability to successfully reintegrate into the
14     locality.
15         (8) "Violent offender" means a person convicted of a
16     violent crime as defined in subsection (c) of Section 3 of
17     the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act.
 
18     Section 10. Evidence-Based Programming.
19     (a) Purpose. Research and practice have identified new
20 strategies and policies that can result in a significant
21 reduction in recidivism rates and the successful local
22 reintegration of offenders. The purpose of this Section is to
23 ensure that State and local agencies direct their resources to
24 services and programming that have been demonstrated to be
25 effective in reducing recidivism and reintegrating offenders

 

 

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1 into the locality.
2     (b) Evidence-based programming in local supervision.
3         (1) The Parole Division of the Department of
4     Corrections and the Prisoner Review Board shall adopt
5     policies, rules, and regulations that, within the first
6     year of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the
7     statewide, standardized risk assessment tool described in
8     this Act, result in at least 25% of supervised individuals
9     being supervised in accordance with evidence-based
10     practices; within 3 years of the adoption, validation, and
11     utilization of the statewide, standardized risk assessment
12     tool result in at least 50% of supervised individuals being
13     supervised in accordance with evidence-based practices;
14     and within 5 years of the adoption, validation, and
15     utilization of the statewide, standardized risk assessment
16     tool result in at least 75% of supervised individuals being
17     supervised in accordance with evidence-based practices.
18     The policies, rules, and regulations shall:
19             (A) Provide for a standardized individual case
20         plan that follows the offender through the criminal
21         justice system (including in-prison if the supervised
22         individual is in prison) that is:
23                 (i) Based on the assets of the individual as
24             well as his or her risks and needs identified
25             through the assessment tool as described in this
26             Act.

 

 

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1                 (ii) Comprised of treatment and supervision
2             services appropriate to achieve the purpose of
3             this Act.
4                 (iii) Consistently updated, based on program
5             participation by the supervised individual and
6             other behavior modification exhibited by the
7             supervised individual.
8             (B) Concentrate resources and services on
9         high-risk offenders.
10             (C) Provide for the use of evidence-based
11         programming related to education, job training,
12         cognitive behavioral therapy, and other programming
13         designed to reduce criminal behavior.
14             (D) Establish a system of graduated responses.
15                 (i) The system shall set forth a menu of
16             presumptive responses for the most common types of
17             supervision violations.
18                 (ii) The system shall be guided by the model
19             list of intermediate sanctions created by the
20             Probation Services Division of the State of
21             Illinois pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 15
22             of the Probation and Probation Officers Act and the
23             system of intermediate sanctions created by the
24             Chief Judge of each circuit court pursuant to
25             Section 5-6-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
26                 (iii) The system of responses shall take into

 

 

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1             account factors such as the severity of the current
2             violation; the supervised individual's risk level
3             as determined by a validated assessment tool
4             described in this Act; the supervised individual's
5             assets; his or her previous criminal record; and
6             the number and severity of any previous
7             supervision violations.
8                 (iv) The system shall also define positive
9             reinforcements that supervised individuals may
10             receive for compliance with conditions of
11             supervision.
12                 (v) Response to violations should be swift and
13             certain and should be imposed as soon as
14             practicable but no longer than 3 working days of
15             detection of the violation behavior.
16         (2) Conditions of local supervision (probation and
17     mandatory supervised release). Conditions of local
18     supervision whether imposed by a sentencing judge or the
19     Prisoner Review Board shall be imposed in accordance with
20     the offender's risks, assets, and needs as identified
21     through the assessment tool described in this Act.
22     (c) Evidence-based in-prison programming.
23         (1) The Department of Corrections shall adopt
24     policies, rules, and regulations that, within the first
25     year of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the
26     statewide, standardized risk assessment tool described in

 

 

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1     this Act, result in at least 25% of incarcerated
2     individuals receiving services and programming in
3     accordance with evidence-based practices; within 3 years
4     of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the
5     statewide, standardized risk assessment tool result in at
6     least 50% of incarcerated individuals receiving services
7     and programming in accordance with evidence-based
8     practices; and within 5 years of the adoption, validation,
9     and utilization of the statewide, standardized risk
10     assessment tool result in at least 75% of incarcerated
11     individuals receiving services and programming in
12     accordance with evidence-based practices. The policies,
13     rules, and regulations shall:
14             (A) Provide for the use and development of a case
15         plan based on the risks, assets, and needs identified
16         through the assessment tool as described in this Act.
17         The case plan should be used to determine in-prison
18         programming; should be continuously updated based on
19         program participation by the prisoner and other
20         behavior modification exhibited by the prisoner; and
21         should be used when creating the case plan described in
22         subsection (b).
23             (B) Provide for the use of evidence-based
24         programming related to education, job training,
25         cognitive behavioral therapy and other evidence-based
26         programming.

 

 

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1             (C) Establish education programs based on a
2         teacher to student ratio of no more than 1:30.
3             (D) Expand the use of drug prisons, modeled after
4         the Sheridan Correctional Center, to provide
5         sufficient drug treatment and other support services
6         to non-violent inmates with a history of substance
7         abuse.
8         (2) Participation and completion of programming by
9     prisoners can impact earned time credit as determined under
10     Section 3-6-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
11         (3) The Department of Corrections shall provide its
12     employees with intensive and ongoing training and
13     professional development services to support the
14     implementation of evidence-based practices. The training
15     and professional development services shall include
16     assessment techniques, case planning, cognitive behavioral
17     training, risk reduction and intervention strategies,
18     effective communication skills, substance abuse treatment
19     education and other topics identified by the Department or
20     its employees.
21     (d) The Parole Division of the Department of Corrections
22 and the Prisoner Review Board shall provide their employees
23 with intensive and ongoing training and professional
24 development services to support the implementation of
25 evidence-based practices. The training and professional
26 development services shall include assessment techniques, case

 

 

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1 planning, cognitive behavioral training, risk reduction and
2 intervention strategies, effective communication skills,
3 substance abuse treatment education, and other topics
4 identified by the agencies or their employees.
5     (e) The Department of Corrections, the Prisoner Review
6 Board, and other correctional entities referenced in the
7 policies, rules, and regulations of this Act shall design,
8 implement, and make public a system to evaluate the
9 effectiveness of evidence-based practices in increasing public
10 safety and in successful reintegration of those under
11 supervision into the locality. Annually, each agency shall
12 submit to the Sentencing Policy Advisory Council a
13 comprehensive report on the success of implementing
14 evidence-based practices. The data compiled and analyzed by the
15 Council shall be delivered annually to the Governor and the
16 General Assembly.
 
17     Section 15. Adoption, validation, and utilization of an
18 assessment tool.
19     (a) Purpose. In order to determine appropriate punishment
20 or services which will protect public safety, it is necessary
21 for the State and local jurisdictions to adopt a common
22 assessment tool. Supervision and correctional programs are
23 most effective at reducing future crime when they accurately
24 assess offender risks, assets, and needs, and use these
25 assessment results to assign supervision levels and target

 

 

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1 programs to criminogenic needs.
2     (b) After review of the plan issued by the Task Force
3 described in subsection (c), the Department of Corrections, the
4 Parole Division of the Department of Corrections, and the
5 Prisoner Review Board shall adopt policies, rules, and
6 regulations that within 3 years of the effective date of this
7 Act result in the adoption, validation, and utilization of a
8 statewide, standardized risk assessment tool across the
9 Illinois criminal justice system.
10     (c) The Governor's Office shall convene a Risks, Assets,
11 and Needs Assessment Task Force to develop plans for the
12 adoption, validation, and utilization of such an assessment
13 tool. The Task Force shall include, but not be limited to,
14 designees from the Department of Corrections who are
15 responsible for parole services, a designee from the Cook
16 County Adult Probation; a representative from a county
17 probation office, a designee from DuPage County Adult
18 Probation, a designee from Sangamon County Adult Probation; and
19 designees from the Attorney General's Office, the Prisoner
20 Review Board, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information
21 Authority, the Sentencing Policy Advisory Council, the Cook
22 County State's Attorney, a State's Attorney selected by the
23 President of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association, the
24 Cook County Public Defender, and the State Appellate Defender.
25     (c-5) The Department of Human Services shall provide
26 administrative support for the Task Force.

 

 

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1     (d) The Task Force's plans shall be released within one
2 year of the effective date of this Act and shall at a minimum
3 include:
4         (1) A computerized method and design to allow each of
5     the State and local agencies and branches of government
6     which are part of the criminal justice system to share the
7     results of the assessment. The recommendations for the
8     automated system shall include cost estimates, a
9     timetable, a plan to pay for the system and for sharing
10     data across agencies and branches of government.
11         (2) A selection of a common validated tool to be used
12     across the system.
13         (3) A description of the different points in the system
14     at which the tool shall be used.
15         (4) An implementation plan, including training and the
16     selection of pilot sites to test the tool.
17         (5) How often and in what intervals offenders will be
18     reassessed.
19         (6) How the results can be legally shared with
20     non-governmental organizations that provide treatment and
21     services to those under local supervision.
 
22     Section 20. Adult Redeploy Illinois.
23     (a) Purpose. When offenders are accurately assessed for
24 risk, assets, and needs, it is possible to identify which
25 people should be sent to prison and which people can be

 

 

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1 effectively supervised in the locality. By providing financial
2 incentives to counties or judicial circuits to create effective
3 local-level evidence-based services, it is possible to reduce
4 crime and recidivism at a lower cost to taxpayers. Based on
5 this model, this Act hereby creates the Adult Redeploy Illinois
6 program for offenders who do not fall under the definition of
7 violent offenders in order to increase public safety and
8 encourage the successful local supervision of eligible
9 offenders and their reintegration into the locality.
10     (b) The Adult Redeploy Illinois program shall reallocate
11 State funds to local jurisdictions that successfully establish
12 a process to assess offenders and provide a continuum of
13 locally based sanctions and treatment alternatives for
14 offenders who would be incarcerated in a State facility if
15 those local services and sanctions did not exist. The allotment
16 of funds shall be based on a formula that rewards local
17 jurisdictions for the establishment or expansion of local
18 supervision programs and requires them to pay the amount
19 determined in subsection (e) if incarceration targets as
20 defined in subsection (e) are not met.
21     (c) Each county or circuit participating in the Adult
22 Redeploy Illinois program shall create a local plan describing
23 how it will protect public safety and reduce the county or
24 circuit's utilization of incarceration in State facilities or
25 local county jails by the creation or expansion of
26 individualized services or programs.

 

 

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1     (d) Based on the local plan, a county or circuit shall
2 enter into an agreement with the Adult Redeploy Oversight Board
3 described in subsection (e) to reduce the number of commitments
4 to State correctional facilities from that county or circuit,
5 excluding violent offenders. The agreement shall include a
6 pledge from the county or circuit to reduce their commitments
7 by 25% of the level of commitments from the average number of
8 commitments for the past 3 years of eligible non-violent
9 offenders. In return, the county or circuit shall receive,
10 based upon a formula described in subsection (e), funds to
11 redeploy for local programming for offenders who would
12 otherwise be incarcerated such as management and supervision,
13 electronic monitoring, and drug testing. The county or circuit
14 shall also be penalized, as described in subsection (e), for
15 failure to reach the goal of reduced commitments stipulated in
16 the agreement.
17     (e) Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board; members;
18 responsibilities.
19         (1) The Secretary of Human Services and the Director of
20     Corrections shall within 3 months after the effective date
21     of this Act convene and act as co-chairs of an oversight
22     board to oversee the Adult Redeploy Program. The Board
23     shall include, but not be limited to, designees from the
24     Prisoner Review Board, Office of the Attorney General,
25     Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, and
26     Sentencing Policy Advisory Council; the Cook County

 

 

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1     State's Attorney; a State's Attorney selected by the
2     President of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association;
3     the State Appellate Defender; the Cook County Public
4     Defender; a representative of Cook County Adult Probation,
5     a representative of DuPage County Adult Probation; a
6     representative of Sangamon County Adult Probation; and 4
7     representatives from non-governmental organizations,
8     including service providers.
9         (2) The Oversight Board shall within one year after the
10     effective date of this Act:
11             (A) Develop a process to solicit applications from
12         and identify jurisdictions to be included in the Adult
13         Redeploy Illinois program.
14             (B) Define categories of membership for local
15         entities to participate in the creation and oversight
16         of the local Adult Redeploy Illinois program.
17             (C) Develop a formula for the allotment of funds to
18         local jurisdictions for local and community-based
19         services in lieu of commitment to the Department of
20         Corrections and a penalty amount for failure to reach
21         the goal of reduced commitments stipulated in the
22         plans.
23             (D) Develop a standard format for the local plan to
24         be submitted by the local entity created in each county
25         or circuit.
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1         support the administration and evaluation of Adult
2         Redeploy Illinois.
3             (F) Develop a process to support ongoing
4         monitoring and evaluation of Adult Redeploy Illinois.
5             (G) Review local plans and proposed agreements and
6         approve the distribution of resources.
7             (H) Develop a performance measurement system that
8         includes but is not limited to the following key
9         performance indicators: recidivism, rate of
10         revocations, employment rates, education achievement,
11         successful completion of substance abuse treatment
12         programs, and payment of victim restitution. Each
13         county or circuit shall include the performance
14         measurement system in its local plan and provide data
15         annually to evaluate its success.
16             (I) Report annually the results of the performance
17         measurements on a timely basis to the Governor and
18         General Assembly.