Rep. William D. Burns

Filed: 5/22/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1289

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1289, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009.
 
7     Section 5. Purpose and Definitions.
8     (a) Purpose. The General Assembly hereby declares that it
9 is the policy of Illinois to preserve public safety, reduce
10 crime, and make the most effective use of correctional
11 resources. Currently, the Illinois correctional system
12 overwhelmingly incarcerates people whose time in prison does
13 not result in improved behavior and who return to Illinois
14 communities in less than one year. It is therefore the purpose
15 of this Act to create an infrastructure to provide effective
16 resources and services to incarcerated individuals and

 

 

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1 individuals supervised in the locality; to hold offenders
2 accountable; to successfully rehabilitate offenders to prevent
3 future involvement with the criminal justice system; to measure
4 the overall effectiveness of the criminal justice system in
5 achieving this policy; and to create the Adult Redeploy
6 Illinois program for those who do not fall under the definition
7 of violent offenders.
8     (b) Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context
9 clearly requires otherwise:
10         (1) "Assets" are an offender's qualities or resources,
11     such as family and other positive support systems,
12     educational achievement, and employment history, that
13     research has demonstrated will decrease the likelihood
14     that the offender will re-offend and increase the
15     likelihood that the offender will successfully reintegrate
16     into the locality.
17         (2) "Case plan" means a consistently updated written
18     proposal that shall follow the offender through all phases
19     of the criminal justice system, that is based on the
20     offender's risks, assets, and needs as identified through
21     the assessment tool described in this Act, and that
22     outlines steps the offender shall take and the programs in
23     which the offender shall participate to maximize the
24     offender's ability to be rehabilitated.
25         (3) "Conditions of supervision" include conditions
26     described in Section 5-6-3.1 of the Unified Code of

 

 

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1     Corrections.
2         (4) "Evidence-based practices" means policies,
3     procedures, programs, and practices that have been
4     demonstrated to reduce recidivism among incarcerated
5     individuals and individuals on local supervision.
6         (5) "Local supervision" includes supervision in
7     local-based, non-incarceration settings under such
8     conditions and reporting requirements as are imposed by the
9     court or the Prisoner Review Board.
10         (6) "Needs" include an offender's criminogenic
11     qualities, skills, and experiences that can be altered in
12     ways that research has demonstrated will minimize the
13     offender's chances of re-offending and maximize the
14     offender's chances of successfully reintegrating into the
15     locality.
16         (7) "Risks" include the attributes of an offender that
17     are commonly considered to be those variables, such as age,
18     prior criminal history, history of joblessness, and lack of
19     education that research has demonstrated contribute to an
20     offender's likelihood of re-offending and impact an
21     offender's ability to successfully reintegrate into the
22     locality.
23         (8) "Violent offender" means a person convicted of a
24     violent crime as defined in subsection (c) of Section 3 of
25     the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act.
 

 

 

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1     Section 10. Evidence-Based Programming.
2     (a) Purpose. Research and practice have identified new
3 strategies and policies that can result in a significant
4 reduction in recidivism rates and the successful local
5 reintegration of offenders. The purpose of this Section is to
6 ensure that State and local agencies direct their resources to
7 services and programming that have been demonstrated to be
8 effective in reducing recidivism and reintegrating offenders
9 into the locality.
10     (b) Evidence-based programming in local supervision.
11         (1) The Parole Division of the Department of
12     Corrections and the Prisoner Review Board shall adopt
13     policies, rules, and regulations that, within the first
14     year of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the
15     statewide, standardized risk assessment tool described in
16     this Act, result in at least 25% of supervised individuals
17     being supervised in accordance with evidence-based
18     practices; within 3 years of the adoption, validation, and
19     utilization of the statewide, standardized risk assessment
20     tool result in at least 50% of supervised individuals being
21     supervised in accordance with evidence-based practices;
22     and within 5 years of the adoption, validation, and
23     utilization of the statewide, standardized risk assessment
24     tool result in at least 75% of supervised individuals being
25     supervised in accordance with evidence-based practices.
26     The policies, rules, and regulations shall:

 

 

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1             (A) Provide for a standardized individual case
2         plan that follows the offender through the criminal
3         justice system (including in-prison if the supervised
4         individual is in prison) that is:
5                 (i) Based on the assets of the individual as
6             well as his or her risks and needs identified
7             through the assessment tool as described in this
8             Act.
9                 (ii) Comprised of treatment and supervision
10             services appropriate to achieve the purpose of
11             this Act.
12                 (iii) Consistently updated, based on program
13             participation by the supervised individual and
14             other behavior modification exhibited by the
15             supervised individual.
16             (B) Concentrate resources and services on
17         high-risk offenders.
18             (C) Provide for the use of evidence-based
19         programming related to education, job training,
20         cognitive behavioral therapy, and other programming
21         designed to reduce criminal behavior.
22             (D) Establish a system of graduated responses.
23                 (i) The system shall set forth a menu of
24             presumptive responses for the most common types of
25             supervision violations.
26                 (ii) The system shall be guided by the model

 

 

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1             list of intermediate sanctions created by the
2             Probation Services Division of the State of
3             Illinois pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 15
4             of the Probation and Probation Officers Act and the
5             system of intermediate sanctions created by the
6             Chief Judge of each circuit court pursuant to
7             Section 5-6-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
8                 (iii) The system of responses shall take into
9             account factors such as the severity of the current
10             violation; the supervised individual's risk level
11             as determined by a validated assessment tool
12             described in this Act; the supervised individual's
13             assets; his or her previous criminal record; and
14             the number and severity of any previous
15             supervision violations.
16                 (iv) The system shall also define positive
17             reinforcements that supervised individuals may
18             receive for compliance with conditions of
19             supervision.
20                 (v) Response to violations should be swift and
21             certain and should be imposed as soon as
22             practicable but no longer than 3 working days of
23             detection of the violation behavior.
24         (2) Conditions of local supervision (probation and
25     mandatory supervised release). Conditions of local
26     supervision whether imposed by a sentencing judge or the

 

 

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1     Prisoner Review Board shall be imposed in accordance with
2     the offender's risks, assets, and needs as identified
3     through the assessment tool described in this Act.
4     (c) Evidence-based in-prison programming.
5         (1) The Department of Corrections shall adopt
6     policies, rules, and regulations that, within the first
7     year of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the
8     statewide, standardized risk assessment tool described in
9     this Act, result in at least 25% of incarcerated
10     individuals receiving services and programming in
11     accordance with evidence-based practices; within 3 years
12     of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the
13     statewide, standardized risk assessment tool result in at
14     least 50% of incarcerated individuals receiving services
15     and programming in accordance with evidence-based
16     practices; and within 5 years of the adoption, validation,
17     and utilization of the statewide, standardized risk
18     assessment tool result in at least 75% of incarcerated
19     individuals receiving services and programming in
20     accordance with evidence-based practices. The policies,
21     rules, and regulations shall:
22             (A) Provide for the use and development of a case
23         plan based on the risks, assets, and needs identified
24         through the assessment tool as described in this Act.
25         The case plan should be used to determine in-prison
26         programming; should be continuously updated based on

 

 

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1         program participation by the prisoner and other
2         behavior modification exhibited by the prisoner; and
3         should be used when creating the case plan described in
4         subsection (b).
5             (B) Provide for the use of evidence-based
6         programming related to education, job training,
7         cognitive behavioral therapy and other evidence-based
8         programming.
9             (C) Establish education programs based on a
10         teacher to student ratio of no more than 1:30.
11             (D) Expand the use of drug prisons, modeled after
12         the Sheridan Correctional Center, to provide
13         sufficient drug treatment and other support services
14         to non-violent inmates with a history of substance
15         abuse.
16         (2) Participation and completion of programming by
17     prisoners can impact earned time credit as determined under
18     Section 3-6-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
19         (3) The Department of Corrections shall provide its
20     employees with intensive and on-going training and
21     professional development services to support the
22     implementation of evidence-based practices. The training
23     and professional development services shall include
24     assessment techniques, case planning, cognitive behavioral
25     training, risk reduction and intervention strategies,
26     effective communication skills, substance abuse treatment

 

 

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1     education and other topics identified by the Department or
2     its employees.
3     (d) The Parole Division of the Department of Corrections
4 and the Prisoner Review Board shall provide their employees
5 with intensive and on-going training and professional
6 development services to support the implementation of
7 evidence-based practices. The training and professional
8 development services shall include assessment techniques, case
9 planning, cognitive behavioral training, risk reduction and
10 intervention strategies, effective communication skills,
11 substance abuse treatment education, and other topics
12 identified by the agencies or their employees.
13     (e) The Department of Corrections, the Prisoner Review
14 Board, and other correctional entities referenced in the
15 policies, rules, and regulations of this Act shall design,
16 implement, and make public a system to evaluate the
17 effectiveness of evidence-based practices in increasing public
18 safety and in successful reintegration of those under
19 supervision into the locality. Annually, each agency shall
20 submit to the Sentencing Policy Advisory Council a
21 comprehensive report on the success of implementing
22 evidence-based practices. The data compiled and analyzed by the
23 Council shall be delivered annually to the Governor and the
24 General Assembly.
 
25     Section 15. Adoption, validation, and utilization of an

 

 

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1 assessment tool.
2     (a) Purpose. In order to determine appropriate punishment
3 or services which will protect public safety, it is necessary
4 for the State and local jurisdictions to adopt a common
5 assessment tool. Supervision and correctional programs are
6 most effective at reducing future crime when they accurately
7 assess offender risks, assets, and needs, and use these
8 assessment results to assign supervision levels and target
9 programs to criminogenic needs.
10     (b) After review of the plan issued by the Task Force
11 described in subsection (c), the Department of Corrections, the
12 Parole Division of the Department of Corrections, and the
13 Prisoner Review Board shall adopt policies, rules, and
14 regulations that within 3 years of the effective date of this
15 Act result in the adoption, validation, and utilization of a
16 statewide, standardized risk assessment tool across the
17 Illinois criminal justice system.
18     (c) The Governor's Office shall convene a Risks, Assets,
19 and Needs Assessment Task Force to develop plans for the
20 adoption, validation, and utilization of such an assessment
21 tool. The Task Force shall include, but not be limited to,
22 designees from the Department of Corrections who are
23 responsible for parole services, a designee from the Cook
24 County Adult Probation; a representative from a county
25 probation office, a designee from DuPage County Adult
26 Probation, a designee from Sangamon County Adult Probation; and

 

 

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1 designees from the Attorney General's Office, the Prisoner
2 Review Board, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information
3 Authority, the Sentencing Policy Advisory Council, the Cook
4 County State's Attorney, a State's Attorney selected by the
5 President of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association, the
6 Cook County Public Defender, and he State Appellate Defender.
7     (c-5) The Department of Human Services shall provide
8 administrative support for the Task Force.
9     (d) The Task Force's plans shall be released within one
10 year of the effective date of this Act and shall at a minimum
11 include:
12         (1) A computerized method and design to allow each of
13     the State and local agencies and branches of government
14     which are part of the criminal justice system to share the
15     results of the assessment. The recommendations for the
16     automated system shall include cost estimates, a
17     timetable, a plan to pay for the system and for sharing
18     data across agencies and branches of government.
19         (2) A selection of a common validated tool to be used
20     across the system.
21         (3) A description of the different points in the system
22     at which the tool shall be used.
23         (4) An implementation plan, including training and the
24     selection of pilot sites to test the tool.
25         (5) How often and in what intervals offenders will be
26     reassessed.

 

 

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1         (6) How the results can be legally shared with
2     non-governmental organizations that provide treatment and
3     services to those under local supervision.
 
4     Section 20. Adult Redeploy Illinois.
5     (a) Purpose. When offenders are accurately assessed for
6 risk, assets, and needs, it is possible to identify which
7 people should be sent to prison and which people can be
8 effectively supervised in the locality. By providing financial
9 incentives to counties or judicial circuits to create effective
10 local-level evidence-based services, it is possible to reduce
11 crime and recidivism at a lower cost to taxpayers. Based on
12 this model, this Act hereby creates the Adult Redeploy Illinois
13 program for offenders who do not fall under the definition of
14 violent offenders in order to increase public safety and
15 encourage the successful local supervision of eligible
16 offenders and their reintegration into the locality.
17     (b) The Adult Redeploy Illinois program shall reallocate
18 State funds to local jurisdictions that successfully establish
19 a process to assess offenders and provide a continuum of
20 locally-based sanctions and treatment alternatives for
21 offenders who would be incarcerated in a State facility if
22 those local services and sanctions did not exist. The allotment
23 of funds shall be based on a formula that rewards local
24 jurisdictions for the establishment or expansion of local
25 supervision programs and requires them to pay the amount

 

 

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1 determined in subsection (e) if incarceration targets as
2 defined in subsection (e) are not met.
3     (c) Each county or circuit participating in the Adult
4 Redeploy Illinois program shall create a local plan describing
5 how it will protect public safety and reduce the county or
6 circuit's utilization of incarceration in State facilities or
7 local county jails by the creation or expansion of
8 individualized services or programs.
9     (d) Based on the local plan, a county or circuit shall
10 enter into an agreement with the Adult Redeploy Oversight Board
11 described in subsection (e) to reduce the number of commitments
12 to State correctional facilities from that county or circuit,
13 excluding violent offenders. The agreement shall include a
14 pledge from the county or circuit to reduce their commitments
15 by 25% of the level of commitments from the average number of
16 commitments for the past 3 years of eligible non-violent
17 offenders. In return, the county or circuit shall receive,
18 based upon a formula described in subsection (e), funds to
19 redeploy for local programming for offenders who would
20 otherwise be incarcerated such as management and supervision,
21 electronic monitoring, and drug testing. The county or circuit
22 shall also be penalized, as described in subsection (e), for
23 failure to reach the goal of reduced commitments stipulated in
24 the agreement.
25     (e) Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board; members;
26 responsibilities.

 

 

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