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Full Text of HB0703  94th General Assembly

HB0703 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0703

 

Introduced 02/01/05, by Rep. Thomas Holbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-7-2   from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides for the establishment of a pilot program at a Department of Corrections facility built on or after January 1, 2006 in which the inmates shall be prohibited from possessing cigarettes and other tobacco products. Also provides that the Director of Corrections may prohibit the inmates of Department facilities built before January 1, 2006 from possessing cigarettes and other tobacco products as the Director deems appropriate.


LRB094 08078 RLC 38262 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0703 LRB094 08078 RLC 38262 b

1     AN ACT concerning corrections.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 changing Section 3-7-2 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2)
7     Sec. 3-7-2. Facilities.
8     (a) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
9 provide every committed person with access to toilet
10 facilities, barber facilities, bathing facilities at least
11 once each week, a library of legal materials and published
12 materials including newspapers and magazines approved by the
13 Director. A committed person may not receive any materials that
14 the Director deems pornographic.
15     (b) (Blank).
16     (c) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
17 provide facilities for every committed person to leave his cell
18 for at least one hour each day unless the chief administrative
19 officer determines that it would be harmful or dangerous to the
20 security or safety of the institution or facility.
21     (d) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
22 provide every committed person with a wholesome and nutritional
23 diet at regularly scheduled hours, drinking water, clothing
24 adequate for the season, bedding, soap and towels and medical
25 and dental care.
26     (e) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
27 permit every committed person to send and receive an unlimited
28 number of uncensored letters, provided, however, that the
29 Director may order that mail be inspected and read for reasons
30 of the security, safety or morale of the institution or
31 facility.
32     (f) All of the institutions and facilities of the

 

 

HB0703 - 2 - LRB094 08078 RLC 38262 b

1 Department shall permit every committed person to receive
2 visitors, except in case of abuse of the visiting privilege or
3 when the chief administrative officer determines that such
4 visiting would be harmful or dangerous to the security, safety
5 or morale of the institution or facility. The chief
6 administrative officer shall have the right to restrict
7 visitation to non-contact visits for reasons of safety,
8 security, and order, including, but not limited to, restricting
9 contact visits for committed persons engaged in gang activity.
10 No committed person in a super maximum security facility or on
11 disciplinary segregation is allowed contact visits. Any
12 committed person found in possession of illegal drugs or who
13 fails a drug test shall not be permitted contact visits for a
14 period of at least 6 months. Any committed person involved in
15 gang activities or found guilty of assault committed against a
16 Department employee shall not be permitted contact visits for a
17 period of at least 6 months.
18     (g) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
19 permit religious ministrations and sacraments to be available
20 to every committed person, but attendance at religious services
21 shall not be required.
22     (h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the Department
23 shall prohibit the use of curtains, cell-coverings, or any
24 other matter or object that obstructs or otherwise impairs the
25 line of vision into a committed person's cell.
26     (i) A pilot program shall be established within the
27 Department at a facility or institution built on or after
28 January 1, 2006 and designated by the Director in which
29 committed persons shall be prohibited from the possession of
30 cigarettes and other tobacco products. The Director may
31 prohibit the possession of cigarettes and other tobacco
32 products by committed persons at institutions and facilities of
33 the Department built before January 1, 2006 as the Director
34 deems appropriate.
35 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-912, eff. 7-7-00.)