99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3141

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael W. Tryon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-61 new
730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-65
730 ILCS 5/3-5-3.1  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-3.1

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Director of Juvenile Justice shall make an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly concerning persons committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, its institutions, facilities, and programs, of all moneys expended and received, and on what accounts expended and received no later than January 1 of each year. The report shall include the ethnic and racial background data, not identifiable to an individual, of all persons committed to the Department, its institutions, facilities, programs, and outcome measures established with the Juvenile Advisory Board. Provides that the Department of Juvenile Justice shall, by January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, transmit to the Governor and General Assembly, a report which shall include the following information: (1) the number of youth in each of the Department's facilities and the number of youth on aftercare; (2) the demographics of sex, age, race and ethnicity, classification of offense, and geographic location from where the offense occurred; (3) the educational and vocational programs provided at each facility and the number of residents participating in each program; (4) the present capacity levels in each facility; and (5) the ratio of the security staff to residents in each facility by federal PREA definitions. Deletes provision that the annual results of the Department's work as defined by outcome measures established by the Juvenile Advisory Board, with the Director and in conjunction with the Office of the Governor, shall be approved by the Board. Provides that the annual report of the Department's work transmitted to the Governor and General Assembly shall be by the Director of Juvenile Justice and not jointly by Director and the Board.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Sections 3-2.5-65 and 3-5-3.1 and by adding Section
63-2.5-61 as follows:
 
7    (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-61 new)
8    Sec. 3-2.5-61. Annual and other reports.
9    (a) The Director shall make an annual report to the
10Governor and General Assembly concerning persons committed to
11the Department, its institutions, facilities, and programs, of
12all moneys expended and received, and on what accounts expended
13and received no later than January 1 of each year. The report
14shall include the ethnic and racial background data, not
15identifiable to an individual, of all persons committed to the
16Department, its institutions, facilities, programs, and
17outcome measures established with the Juvenile Advisory Board.
18    (b) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall, by January 1,
19April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, transmit to the
20Governor and General Assembly, a report which shall include the
21following information:
22        (1) the number of youth in each of the Department's
23    facilities and the number of youth on aftercare;

 

 

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1        (2) the demographics of sex, age, race and ethnicity,
2    classification of offense, and geographic location where
3    the offense occurred;
4        (3) the educational and vocational programs provided
5    at each facility and the number of residents participating
6    in each program;
7        (4) the present capacity levels in each facility; and
8        (5) the ratio of the security staff to residents in
9    each facility by federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
10    definitions.
 
11    (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-65)
12    Sec. 3-2.5-65. Juvenile Advisory Board.
13    (a) There is created a Juvenile Advisory Board composed of
1411 persons, appointed by the Governor to advise the Director on
15matters pertaining to juvenile offenders. The members of the
16Board shall be qualified for their positions by demonstrated
17interest in and knowledge of juvenile correctional work
18consistent with the definition of purpose and mission of the
19Department in Section 3-2.5-5 and shall not be officials of the
20State in any other capacity. The members under this amendatory
21Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be appointed as soon as
22possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2394th General Assembly and be appointed to staggered terms 3
24each expiring in 2007, 2008, and 2009 and 2 of the members'
25terms expiring in 2010. Thereafter all members will serve for a

 

 

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1term of 6 years, except that members shall continue to serve
2until their replacements are appointed. Any vacancy occurring
3shall be filled in the same manner for the remainder of the
4term. The Director of Juvenile Justice shall be an ex officio
5member of the Board. The Board shall elect a chair from among
6its appointed members. The Director shall serve as secretary of
7the Board. Members of the Board shall serve without
8compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily
9incurred in the performance of their duties. The Board shall
10meet quarterly and at other times at the call of the chair.
11    (b) The Board shall:
12        (1) Advise the Director concerning policy matters and
13    programs of the Department with regard to the custody,
14    care, study, discipline, training, and treatment of
15    juveniles in the State juvenile correctional institutions
16    and for the care and supervision of juveniles on aftercare
17    release.
18        (2) Establish, with the Director and in conjunction
19    with the Office of the Governor, outcome measures for the
20    Department in order to ascertain that it is successfully
21    fulfilling the mission mandated in Section 3-2.5-5 of this
22    Code. The annual results of the Department's work as
23    defined by those measures shall be approved by the Board
24    and shall be included in an annual report transmitted to
25    the Governor and General Assembly jointly by the Director
26    and the Board.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 98-558, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
2    (730 ILCS 5/3-5-3.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-3.1)
3    Sec. 3-5-3.1. As used in this Section, "facility" includes
4any facility of the Department of Corrections and any facility
5of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
6    The Department of Corrections and the Department of
7Juvenile Justice shall each, by January 1st, April 1st, July
81st, and October 1st of each year, transmit to the General
9Assembly, a report which shall include the following
10information reflecting the period ending fifteen days prior to
11the submission of the report: 1) the number of residents in all
12Department facilities indicating the number of residents in
13each listed facility; 2) a classification of each facility's
14residents by the nature of the offense for which each resident
15was committed to the Department; 3) the number of residents in
16maximum, medium, and minimum security facilities indicating
17the classification of each facility's residents by the nature
18of the offense for which each resident was committed to the
19Department; 4) the educational and vocational programs
20provided at each facility and the number of residents
21participating in each such program; 5) the present capacity
22levels in each facility; 6) the projected capacity of each
23facility six months and one year following each reporting date;
247) the ratio of the security guards to residents in each
25facility; 8) the ratio of total employees to residents in each

 

 

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1facility; 9) the number of residents in each facility that are
2single-celled and the number in each facility that are
3double-celled; 10) information indicating the distribution of
4residents in each facility by the allocated floor space per
5resident; 11) a status of all capital projects currently funded
6by the Department, location of each capital project, the
7projected on-line dates for each capital project, including
8phase-in dates and full occupancy dates; 12) the projected
9adult prison facility populations of in respect to the
10Department of Corrections and the projected juvenile facility
11population with respect to the Department of Juvenile Justice
12for each of the succeeding twelve months following each
13reporting date, indicating all assumptions built into such
14population estimates; 13) the projected exits and projected
15admissions in each facility for each of the succeeding twelve
16months following each reporting date, indicating all
17assumptions built into such population estimate; and 14) the
18locations of all Department-operated or contractually operated
19community correctional centers, including the present capacity
20and population levels at each facility.
21(Source: P.A. 97-1083, eff. 8-24-12.)