Full Text of SB1341 97th General Assembly
SB1341ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie Filed: 5/29/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1341
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1341 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 3-6-3 as follows:
| 6 | | (730 ILCS 5/3-6-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-3)
| 7 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96-1551 )
| 8 | | Sec. 3-6-3. Rules and Regulations for Early Release.
| 9 | | (a) (1) The Department of Corrections shall prescribe | 10 | | rules
and regulations for the the early release on account | 11 | | of good
conduct of persons committed to the Department | 12 | | which shall
be subject to review by the Prisoner Review | 13 | | Board.
| 14 | | (2) The rules and regulations on early release shall | 15 | | provide, with
respect to offenses listed in clause (i), | 16 | | (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph (2) committed on or after |
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| 1 | | June 19, 1998 or with respect to the offense listed in | 2 | | clause (iv) of this paragraph (2) committed on or after | 3 | | June 23, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 94-71) or | 4 | | with
respect to offense listed in clause (vi)
committed on | 5 | | or after June 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act | 6 | | 95-625)
or with respect to the offense of being an armed | 7 | | habitual criminal committed on or after August 2, 2005 (the | 8 | | effective date of Public Act 94-398) or with respect to the | 9 | | offenses listed in clause (v) of this paragraph (2) | 10 | | committed on or after August 13, 2007 (the effective date | 11 | | of Public Act 95-134) or with respect to the offense of | 12 | | aggravated domestic battery committed on or after July 23, | 13 | | 2010 ( the effective date of Public Act 96-1224) this | 14 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly , the following:
| 15 | | (i) that a prisoner who is serving a term of | 16 | | imprisonment for first
degree murder or for the offense | 17 | | of terrorism shall receive no good conduct
credit and | 18 | | shall serve the entire
sentence imposed by the court;
| 19 | | (ii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for attempt | 20 | | to commit first
degree murder, solicitation of murder, | 21 | | solicitation of murder for hire,
intentional homicide | 22 | | of an unborn child, predatory criminal sexual assault | 23 | | of a
child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, | 24 | | criminal sexual assault, aggravated
kidnapping, | 25 | | aggravated battery with a firearm, heinous battery, | 26 | | being an armed habitual criminal, aggravated
battery |
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| 1 | | of a senior citizen, or aggravated battery of a child | 2 | | shall receive no
more than 4.5 days of good conduct | 3 | | credit for each month of his or her sentence
of | 4 | | imprisonment;
| 5 | | (iii) that a prisoner serving a sentence
for home | 6 | | invasion, armed robbery, aggravated vehicular | 7 | | hijacking,
aggravated discharge of a firearm, or armed | 8 | | violence with a category I weapon
or category II | 9 | | weapon, when the court
has made and entered a finding, | 10 | | pursuant to subsection (c-1) of Section 5-4-1
of this | 11 | | Code, that the conduct leading to conviction for the | 12 | | enumerated offense
resulted in great bodily harm to a | 13 | | victim, shall receive no more than 4.5 days
of good | 14 | | conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence of | 15 | | imprisonment;
| 16 | | (iv) that a prisoner serving a sentence for | 17 | | aggravated discharge of a firearm, whether or not the | 18 | | conduct leading to conviction for the offense resulted | 19 | | in great bodily harm to the victim, shall receive no | 20 | | more than 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each | 21 | | month of his or her sentence of imprisonment;
| 22 | | (v) that a person serving a sentence for | 23 | | gunrunning, narcotics racketeering, controlled | 24 | | substance trafficking, methamphetamine trafficking, | 25 | | drug-induced homicide, aggravated | 26 | | methamphetamine-related child endangerment, money |
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| 1 | | laundering pursuant to clause (c) (4) or (5) of Section | 2 | | 29B-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or a Class X felony | 3 | | conviction for delivery of a controlled substance, | 4 | | possession of a controlled substance with intent to | 5 | | manufacture or deliver, calculated criminal drug | 6 | | conspiracy, criminal drug conspiracy, street gang | 7 | | criminal drug conspiracy, participation in | 8 | | methamphetamine manufacturing, aggravated | 9 | | participation in methamphetamine manufacturing, | 10 | | delivery of methamphetamine, possession with intent to | 11 | | deliver methamphetamine, aggravated delivery of | 12 | | methamphetamine, aggravated possession with intent to | 13 | | deliver methamphetamine, methamphetamine conspiracy | 14 | | when the substance containing the controlled substance | 15 | | or methamphetamine is 100 grams or more shall receive | 16 | | no more than 7.5 days good conduct credit for each | 17 | | month of his or her sentence of imprisonment;
| 18 | | (vi)
that a prisoner serving a sentence for a | 19 | | second or subsequent offense of luring a minor shall | 20 | | receive no more than 4.5 days of good conduct credit | 21 | | for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment; | 22 | | and
| 23 | | (vii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for | 24 | | aggravated domestic battery shall receive no more than | 25 | | 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his | 26 | | or her sentence of imprisonment.
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| 1 | | (2.1) For all offenses, other than those enumerated in | 2 | | subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), or (iii)
committed on or after | 3 | | June 19, 1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) committed on or | 4 | | after June 23, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act | 5 | | 94-71) or subdivision (a)(2)(v) committed on or after | 6 | | August 13, 2007 (the effective date of Public Act 95-134)
| 7 | | or subdivision (a)(2)(vi) committed on or after June 1, | 8 | | 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-625) or | 9 | | subdivision (a)(2)(vii) committed on or after July 23, 2010 | 10 | | ( the effective date of Public Act 96-1224) this amendatory | 11 | | Act of the 96th General Assembly , and other than the | 12 | | offense of aggravated driving under the influence of | 13 | | alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound or | 14 | | compounds, or any combination thereof as defined in
| 15 | | subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of | 16 | | Section 11-501 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, and other than | 17 | | the offense of aggravated driving under the influence of | 18 | | alcohol,
other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or | 19 | | compounds, or any combination
thereof as defined in | 20 | | subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
| 21 | | Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or | 22 | | after January 1, 2011 ( the effective date of Public Act | 23 | | 96-1230) this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly ,
| 24 | | the rules and regulations shall
provide that a prisoner who | 25 | | is serving a term of
imprisonment shall receive one day of | 26 | | good conduct credit for each day of
his or her sentence of |
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| 1 | | imprisonment or recommitment under Section 3-3-9.
Each day | 2 | | of good conduct credit shall reduce by one day the | 3 | | prisoner's period
of imprisonment or recommitment under | 4 | | Section 3-3-9.
| 5 | | (2.2) A prisoner serving a term of natural life | 6 | | imprisonment or a
prisoner who has been sentenced to death | 7 | | shall receive no good conduct
credit.
| 8 | | (2.3) The rules and regulations on early release shall | 9 | | provide that
a prisoner who is serving a sentence for | 10 | | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol,
other | 11 | | drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or | 12 | | any combination
thereof as defined in subparagraph (F) of | 13 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
Section 11-501 of the | 14 | | Illinois Vehicle Code, shall receive no more than 4.5
days | 15 | | of good conduct credit for each month of his or her | 16 | | sentence of
imprisonment.
| 17 | | (2.4) The rules and regulations on early release shall | 18 | | provide with
respect to the offenses of aggravated battery | 19 | | with a machine gun or a firearm
equipped with any device or | 20 | | attachment designed or used for silencing the
report of a | 21 | | firearm or aggravated discharge of a machine gun or a | 22 | | firearm
equipped with any device or attachment designed or | 23 | | used for silencing the
report of a firearm, committed on or | 24 | | after
July 15, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act | 25 | | 91-121),
that a prisoner serving a sentence for any of | 26 | | these offenses shall receive no
more than 4.5 days of good |
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| 1 | | conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence
of | 2 | | imprisonment.
| 3 | | (2.5) The rules and regulations on early release shall | 4 | | provide that a
prisoner who is serving a sentence for | 5 | | aggravated arson committed on or after
July 27, 2001 (the | 6 | | effective date of Public Act 92-176) shall receive no more | 7 | | than
4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his | 8 | | or her sentence of
imprisonment.
| 9 | | (2.6) The rules and regulations on early release shall | 10 | | provide that a
prisoner who is serving a sentence for | 11 | | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol,
other | 12 | | drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds , or | 13 | | any combination
thereof as defined in subparagraph (C) of | 14 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
Section 11-501 of the | 15 | | Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or after January 1, 2011 | 16 | | ( the effective date of Public Act 96-1230) this amendatory | 17 | | Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall receive no more | 18 | | than 4.5
days of good conduct credit for each month of his | 19 | | or her sentence of
imprisonment.
| 20 | | (3) The rules and regulations shall also provide that
| 21 | | the Director may award up to 180 days additional good | 22 | | conduct
credit for meritorious service in specific | 23 | | instances as the
Director deems proper; except that no more | 24 | | than 90 days
of good conduct credit for meritorious service
| 25 | | shall be awarded to any prisoner who is serving a sentence | 26 | | for
conviction of first degree murder, reckless homicide |
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| 1 | | while under the
influence of alcohol or any other drug,
or | 2 | | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other | 3 | | drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound or compounds, or | 4 | | any combination thereof as defined in
subparagraph (F) of | 5 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
| 6 | | Illinois Vehicle Code, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping,
| 7 | | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child,
aggravated | 8 | | criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, deviate | 9 | | sexual
assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, | 10 | | aggravated indecent liberties
with a child, indecent | 11 | | liberties with a child, child pornography, heinous
| 12 | | battery, aggravated battery of a spouse, aggravated | 13 | | battery of a spouse
with a firearm, stalking, aggravated | 14 | | stalking, aggravated battery of a child,
endangering the | 15 | | life or health of a child, or cruelty to a child. | 16 | | Notwithstanding the foregoing, good conduct credit for
| 17 | | meritorious service shall not be awarded on a
sentence of | 18 | | imprisonment imposed for conviction of: (i) one of the | 19 | | offenses
enumerated in subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), or | 20 | | (iii) when the offense is committed on or after
June 19, | 21 | | 1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) when the offense is | 22 | | committed on or after June 23, 2005 (the effective date of | 23 | | Public Act 94-71) or subdivision (a)(2)(v) when the offense | 24 | | is committed on or after August 13, 2007 (the effective | 25 | | date of Public Act 95-134)
or subdivision (a)(2)(vi) when | 26 | | the offense is committed on or after June 1, 2008 (the |
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| 1 | | effective date of Public Act 95-625) or subdivision | 2 | | (a)(2)(vii) when the offense is committed on or after July | 3 | | 23, 2010 ( the effective date of Public Act 96-1224) this | 4 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly , (ii) | 5 | | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other | 6 | | drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound or compounds, or | 7 | | any combination thereof as defined in
subparagraph (F) of | 8 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
| 9 | | Illinois Vehicle Code, (iii) one of the offenses enumerated | 10 | | in subdivision
(a)(2.4) when the offense is committed on or | 11 | | after
July 15, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act | 12 | | 91-121),
(iv) aggravated arson when the offense is | 13 | | committed
on or after July 27, 2001 (the effective date of | 14 | | Public Act 92-176), or (v) offenses that may subject the | 15 | | offender to commitment under the Sexually Violent Persons | 16 | | Commitment Act, or (vi) (v) aggravated driving under the | 17 | | influence of alcohol,
other drug or drugs, or intoxicating | 18 | | compound or compounds , or any combination
thereof as | 19 | | defined in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection | 20 | | (d) of
Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code | 21 | | committed on or after January 1, 2011 ( the effective date | 22 | | of Public Act 96-1230) this amendatory Act of the 96th | 23 | | General Assembly .
| 24 | | The Director shall not award good conduct credit for | 25 | | meritorious service under this paragraph (3) to an inmate | 26 | | unless the inmate has served a minimum of 60 days of the |
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| 1 | | sentence; except nothing in this paragraph shall be | 2 | | construed to permit the Director to extend an inmate's | 3 | | sentence beyond that which was imposed by the court. Prior | 4 | | to awarding credit under this paragraph (3), the Director | 5 | | shall make a written determination that the inmate: | 6 | | (A) is eligible for good conduct credit for | 7 | | meritorious service; | 8 | | (B) has served a minimum of 60 days, or as close to | 9 | | 60 days as the sentence will allow; and | 10 | | (C) has met the eligibility criteria established | 11 | | by rule. | 12 | | The Director shall determine the form and content of | 13 | | the written determination required in this subsection.
| 14 | | (4) The rules and regulations shall also provide that | 15 | | the good conduct
credit accumulated and retained under | 16 | | paragraph (2.1) of subsection (a) of
this Section by any | 17 | | inmate during specific periods of time in which such
inmate | 18 | | is engaged full-time in substance abuse programs, | 19 | | correctional
industry assignments, or educational programs | 20 | | provided by the Department
under this paragraph (4) and | 21 | | satisfactorily completes the assigned program as
| 22 | | determined by the standards of the Department, shall be | 23 | | multiplied by a factor
of 1.25 for program participation | 24 | | before August 11, 1993
and 1.50 for program participation | 25 | | on or after that date.
However, no inmate shall be eligible | 26 | | for the additional good conduct credit
under this paragraph |
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| 1 | | (4) or (4.1) of this subsection (a) while assigned to a | 2 | | boot camp
or electronic detention, or if convicted of an | 3 | | offense enumerated in
subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), or | 4 | | (iii) of this Section that is committed on or after June | 5 | | 19,
1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) of this Section that is | 6 | | committed on or after June 23, 2005 (the effective date of | 7 | | Public Act 94-71) or subdivision (a)(2)(v) of this Section | 8 | | that is committed on or after August 13, 2007 (the | 9 | | effective date of Public Act 95-134)
or subdivision | 10 | | (a)(2)(vi) when the offense is committed on or after June | 11 | | 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-625) or | 12 | | subdivision (a)(2)(vii) when the offense is committed on or | 13 | | after July 23, 2010 ( the effective date of Public Act | 14 | | 96-1224) this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly , | 15 | | or if convicted of aggravated driving under the influence | 16 | | of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound | 17 | | or compounds , or any combination thereof as defined in
| 18 | | subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of | 19 | | Section 11-501 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, or if | 20 | | convicted of aggravated driving under the influence of | 21 | | alcohol,
other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or | 22 | | compounds , or any combination
thereof as defined in | 23 | | subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
| 24 | | Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or | 25 | | after January 1, 2011 ( the effective date of Public Act | 26 | | 96-1230) this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly , |
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| 1 | | or if convicted of an offense enumerated in paragraph
| 2 | | (a)(2.4) of this Section that is committed on or after
July | 3 | | 15, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act 91-121),
or | 4 | | first degree murder, a Class X felony, criminal sexual
| 5 | | assault, felony criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal | 6 | | sexual abuse,
aggravated battery with a firearm, or any | 7 | | predecessor or successor offenses
with the same or | 8 | | substantially the same elements, or any inchoate offenses
| 9 | | relating to the foregoing offenses. No inmate shall be | 10 | | eligible for the
additional good conduct credit under this | 11 | | paragraph (4) who (i) has previously
received increased | 12 | | good conduct credit under this paragraph (4) and has
| 13 | | subsequently been convicted of a
felony, or (ii) has | 14 | | previously served more than one prior sentence of
| 15 | | imprisonment for a felony in an adult correctional | 16 | | facility.
| 17 | | Educational, vocational, substance abuse and | 18 | | correctional
industry programs under which good conduct | 19 | | credit may be increased under
this paragraph (4) and | 20 | | paragraph (4.1) of this subsection (a) shall be evaluated | 21 | | by the Department on the basis of
documented standards. The | 22 | | Department shall report the results of these
evaluations to | 23 | | the Governor and the General Assembly by September 30th of | 24 | | each
year. The reports shall include data relating to the | 25 | | recidivism rate among
program participants.
| 26 | | Availability of these programs shall be subject to the
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| 1 | | limits of fiscal resources appropriated by the General | 2 | | Assembly for these
purposes. Eligible inmates who are | 3 | | denied immediate admission shall be
placed on a waiting | 4 | | list under criteria established by the Department.
The | 5 | | inability of any inmate to become engaged in any such | 6 | | programs
by reason of insufficient program resources or for | 7 | | any other reason
established under the rules and | 8 | | regulations of the Department shall not be
deemed a cause | 9 | | of action under which the Department or any employee or
| 10 | | agent of the Department shall be liable for damages to the | 11 | | inmate.
| 12 | | (4.1) The rules and regulations shall also provide that | 13 | | an additional 60 days of good conduct credit shall be | 14 | | awarded to any prisoner who passes the high school level | 15 | | Test of General Educational Development (GED) while the | 16 | | prisoner is incarcerated. The good conduct credit awarded | 17 | | under this paragraph (4.1) shall be in addition to, and | 18 | | shall not affect, the award of good conduct under any other | 19 | | paragraph of this Section, but shall also be pursuant to | 20 | | the guidelines and restrictions set forth in paragraph (4) | 21 | | of subsection (a) of this Section.
The good conduct credit | 22 | | provided for in this paragraph shall be available only to | 23 | | those prisoners who have not previously earned a high | 24 | | school diploma or a GED. If, after an award of the GED good | 25 | | conduct credit has been made and the Department determines | 26 | | that the prisoner was not eligible, then the award shall be |
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| 1 | | revoked.
| 2 | | (4.5) The rules and regulations on early release shall | 3 | | also provide that
when the court's sentencing order | 4 | | recommends a prisoner for substance abuse treatment and the
| 5 | | crime was committed on or after September 1, 2003 (the | 6 | | effective date of
Public Act 93-354), the prisoner shall | 7 | | receive no good conduct credit awarded under clause (3) of | 8 | | this subsection (a) unless he or she participates in and
| 9 | | completes a substance abuse treatment program. The | 10 | | Director may waive the requirement to participate in or | 11 | | complete a substance abuse treatment program and award the | 12 | | good conduct credit in specific instances if the prisoner | 13 | | is not a good candidate for a substance abuse treatment | 14 | | program for medical, programming, or operational reasons. | 15 | | Availability of
substance abuse treatment shall be subject | 16 | | to the limits of fiscal resources
appropriated by the | 17 | | General Assembly for these purposes. If treatment is not
| 18 | | available and the requirement to participate and complete | 19 | | the treatment has not been waived by the Director, the | 20 | | prisoner shall be placed on a waiting list under criteria
| 21 | | established by the Department. The Director may allow a | 22 | | prisoner placed on
a waiting list to participate in and | 23 | | complete a substance abuse education class or attend | 24 | | substance
abuse self-help meetings in lieu of a substance | 25 | | abuse treatment program. A prisoner on a waiting list who | 26 | | is not placed in a substance abuse program prior to release |
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| 1 | | may be eligible for a waiver and receive good conduct | 2 | | credit under clause (3) of this subsection (a) at the | 3 | | discretion of the Director.
| 4 | | (4.6) The rules and regulations on early release shall | 5 | | also provide that a prisoner who has been convicted of a | 6 | | sex offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender | 7 | | Registration Act shall receive no good conduct credit | 8 | | unless he or she either has successfully completed or is | 9 | | participating in sex offender treatment as defined by the | 10 | | Sex Offender Management Board. However, prisoners who are | 11 | | waiting to receive such treatment, but who are unable to do | 12 | | so due solely to the lack of resources on the part of the | 13 | | Department, may, at the Director's sole discretion, be | 14 | | awarded good conduct credit at such rate as the Director | 15 | | shall determine.
| 16 | | (5) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate | 17 | | earlier than it
otherwise would because of a grant of good | 18 | | conduct credit for meritorious
service given at any time | 19 | | during the term, the Department shall give
reasonable | 20 | | notice of the impending release not less than 14 days prior | 21 | | to the date of the release to the State's
Attorney of the | 22 | | county where the prosecution of the inmate took place, and | 23 | | if applicable, the State's Attorney of the county into | 24 | | which the inmate will be released. The Department must also | 25 | | make identification information and a recent photo of the | 26 | | inmate being released accessible on the Internet by means |
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| 1 | | of a hyperlink labeled "Community Notification of Inmate | 2 | | Early Release" on the Department's World Wide Web homepage.
| 3 | | The identification information shall include the inmate's: | 4 | | name, any known alias, date of birth, physical | 5 | | characteristics, residence address, commitment offense and | 6 | | county where conviction was imposed. The identification | 7 | | information shall be placed on the website within 3 days of | 8 | | the inmate's release and the information may not be removed | 9 | | until either: completion of the first year of mandatory | 10 | | supervised release or return of the inmate to custody of | 11 | | the Department.
| 12 | | (b) Whenever a person is or has been committed under
| 13 | | several convictions, with separate sentences, the sentences
| 14 | | shall be construed under Section 5-8-4 in granting and
| 15 | | forfeiting of good time.
| 16 | | (c) The Department shall prescribe rules and regulations
| 17 | | for revoking good conduct credit, or suspending or reducing
the | 18 | | rate of accumulation of good conduct credit for specific
rule | 19 | | violations, during imprisonment. These rules and regulations
| 20 | | shall provide that no inmate may be penalized more than one
| 21 | | year of good conduct credit for any one infraction.
| 22 | | When the Department seeks to revoke, suspend or reduce
the | 23 | | rate of accumulation of any good conduct credits for
an alleged | 24 | | infraction of its rules, it shall bring charges
therefor | 25 | | against the prisoner sought to be so deprived of
good conduct | 26 | | credits before the Prisoner Review Board as
provided in |
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| 1 | | subparagraph (a)(4) of Section 3-3-2 of this
Code, if the | 2 | | amount of credit at issue exceeds 30 days or
when during any 12 | 3 | | month period, the cumulative amount of
credit revoked exceeds | 4 | | 30 days except where the infraction is committed
or discovered | 5 | | within 60 days of scheduled release. In those cases,
the | 6 | | Department of Corrections may revoke up to 30 days of good | 7 | | conduct credit.
The Board may subsequently approve the | 8 | | revocation of additional good
conduct credit, if the Department | 9 | | seeks to revoke good conduct credit in
excess of 30 days. | 10 | | However, the Board shall not be empowered to review the
| 11 | | Department's decision with respect to the loss of 30 days of | 12 | | good conduct
credit within any calendar year for any prisoner | 13 | | or to increase any penalty
beyond the length requested by the | 14 | | Department.
| 15 | | The Director of the Department of Corrections, in | 16 | | appropriate cases, may
restore up to 30 days good conduct | 17 | | credits which have been revoked, suspended
or reduced. Any | 18 | | restoration of good conduct credits in excess of 30 days shall
| 19 | | be subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board. However, the | 20 | | Board may not
restore good conduct credit in excess of the | 21 | | amount requested by the Director.
| 22 | | Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the | 23 | | Prisoner Review Board
from ordering, pursuant to Section | 24 | | 3-3-9(a)(3)(i)(B), that a prisoner serve up
to one year of the | 25 | | sentence imposed by the court that was not served due to the
| 26 | | accumulation of good conduct credit.
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| 1 | | (d) If a lawsuit is filed by a prisoner in an Illinois or | 2 | | federal court
against the State, the Department of Corrections, | 3 | | or the Prisoner Review Board,
or against any of
their officers | 4 | | or employees, and the court makes a specific finding that a
| 5 | | pleading, motion, or other paper filed by the prisoner is | 6 | | frivolous, the
Department of Corrections shall conduct a | 7 | | hearing to revoke up to
180 days of good conduct credit by | 8 | | bringing charges against the prisoner
sought to be deprived of | 9 | | the good conduct credits before the Prisoner Review
Board as | 10 | | provided in subparagraph (a)(8) of Section 3-3-2 of this Code.
| 11 | | If the prisoner has not accumulated 180 days of good conduct | 12 | | credit at the
time of the finding, then the Prisoner Review | 13 | | Board may revoke all
good conduct credit accumulated by the | 14 | | prisoner.
| 15 | | For purposes of this subsection (d):
| 16 | | (1) "Frivolous" means that a pleading, motion, or other | 17 | | filing which
purports to be a legal document filed by a | 18 | | prisoner in his or her lawsuit meets
any or all of the | 19 | | following criteria:
| 20 | | (A) it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in | 21 | | fact;
| 22 | | (B) it is being presented for any improper purpose, | 23 | | such as to harass or
to cause unnecessary delay or | 24 | | needless increase in the cost of litigation;
| 25 | | (C) the claims, defenses, and other legal | 26 | | contentions therein are not
warranted by existing law |
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| 1 | | or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
| 2 | | modification, or reversal of existing law or the | 3 | | establishment of new law;
| 4 | | (D) the allegations and other factual contentions | 5 | | do not have
evidentiary
support or, if specifically so | 6 | | identified, are not likely to have evidentiary
support | 7 | | after a reasonable opportunity for further | 8 | | investigation or discovery;
or
| 9 | | (E) the denials of factual contentions are not | 10 | | warranted on the
evidence, or if specifically so | 11 | | identified, are not reasonably based on a lack
of | 12 | | information or belief.
| 13 | | (2) "Lawsuit" means a motion pursuant to Section
116-3 | 14 | | of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus | 15 | | action under
Article X of the Code of Civil Procedure or | 16 | | under federal law (28 U.S.C. 2254),
a petition for claim | 17 | | under the Court of Claims Act, an action under the
federal | 18 | | Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983), or a second or | 19 | | subsequent petition for post-conviction relief under | 20 | | Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 | 21 | | whether filed with or without leave of court or a second or | 22 | | subsequent petition for relief from judgment under Section | 23 | | 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
| 24 | | (e) Nothing in Public Act 90-592 or 90-593 affects the | 25 | | validity of Public Act 89-404.
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| 1 | | has been convicted of a violation of an order of protection | 2 | | under Section 12-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961, earlier than | 3 | | it
otherwise would because of a grant of good conduct credit, | 4 | | the Department, as a condition of such early release, shall | 5 | | require that the person, upon release, be placed under | 6 | | electronic surveillance as provided in Section 5-8A-7 of this | 7 | | Code. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 95-134, eff. 8-13-07; 95-585, eff. 6-1-08; | 9 | | 95-625, eff. 6-1-08; 95-640, eff. 6-1-08; 95-773, eff. 1-1-09; | 10 | | 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-860, eff. 1-15-10; 96-1110, eff. | 11 | | 7-19-10; 96-1128, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1200, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1224, | 12 | | eff. 7-23-10; 96-1230, eff. 1-1-11; revised 9-16-10.) | 13 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-1551 )
| 14 | | Sec. 3-6-3. Rules and Regulations for Early Release.
| 15 | | (a) (1) The Department of Corrections shall prescribe | 16 | | rules
and regulations for the early release on account of | 17 | | good
conduct of persons committed to the Department which | 18 | | shall
be subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board.
| 19 | | (2) The rules and regulations on early release shall | 20 | | provide, with
respect to offenses listed in clause (i), | 21 | | (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph (2) committed on or after | 22 | | June 19, 1998 or with respect to the offense listed in | 23 | | clause (iv) of this paragraph (2) committed on or after | 24 | | June 23, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 94-71) or | 25 | | with
respect to offense listed in clause (vi)
committed on |
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| 1 | | or after June 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act | 2 | | 95-625)
or with respect to the offense of being an armed | 3 | | habitual criminal committed on or after August 2, 2005 (the | 4 | | effective date of Public Act 94-398) or with respect to the | 5 | | offenses listed in clause (v) of this paragraph (2) | 6 | | committed on or after August 13, 2007 (the effective date | 7 | | of Public Act 95-134) or with respect to the offense of | 8 | | aggravated domestic battery committed on or after July 23, | 9 | | 2010 (the effective date of Public Act 96-1224), the | 10 | | following:
| 11 | | (i) that a prisoner who is serving a term of | 12 | | imprisonment for first
degree murder or for the offense | 13 | | of terrorism shall receive no good conduct
credit and | 14 | | shall serve the entire
sentence imposed by the court;
| 15 | | (ii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for attempt | 16 | | to commit first
degree murder, solicitation of murder, | 17 | | solicitation of murder for hire,
intentional homicide | 18 | | of an unborn child, predatory criminal sexual assault | 19 | | of a
child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, | 20 | | criminal sexual assault, aggravated
kidnapping, | 21 | | aggravated battery with a firearm as described in | 22 | | Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), | 23 | | or (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05, heinous battery as | 24 | | described in Section 12-4.1 or subdivision (a)(2) of | 25 | | Section 12-3.05, being an armed habitual criminal, | 26 | | aggravated
battery of a senior citizen as described in |
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| 1 | | Section 12-4.6 or subdivision (a)(4) of Section | 2 | | 12-3.05, or aggravated battery of a child as described | 3 | | in Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section | 4 | | 12-3.05 shall receive no
more than 4.5 days of good | 5 | | conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence
of | 6 | | imprisonment;
| 7 | | (iii) that a prisoner serving a sentence
for home | 8 | | invasion, armed robbery, aggravated vehicular | 9 | | hijacking,
aggravated discharge of a firearm, or armed | 10 | | violence with a category I weapon
or category II | 11 | | weapon, when the court
has made and entered a finding, | 12 | | pursuant to subsection (c-1) of Section 5-4-1
of this | 13 | | Code, that the conduct leading to conviction for the | 14 | | enumerated offense
resulted in great bodily harm to a | 15 | | victim, shall receive no more than 4.5 days
of good | 16 | | conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence of | 17 | | imprisonment;
| 18 | | (iv) that a prisoner serving a sentence for | 19 | | aggravated discharge of a firearm, whether or not the | 20 | | conduct leading to conviction for the offense resulted | 21 | | in great bodily harm to the victim, shall receive no | 22 | | more than 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each | 23 | | month of his or her sentence of imprisonment;
| 24 | | (v) that a person serving a sentence for | 25 | | gunrunning, narcotics racketeering, controlled | 26 | | substance trafficking, methamphetamine trafficking, |
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| 1 | | drug-induced homicide, aggravated | 2 | | methamphetamine-related child endangerment, money | 3 | | laundering pursuant to clause (c) (4) or (5) of Section | 4 | | 29B-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or a Class X felony | 5 | | conviction for delivery of a controlled substance, | 6 | | possession of a controlled substance with intent to | 7 | | manufacture or deliver, calculated criminal drug | 8 | | conspiracy, criminal drug conspiracy, street gang | 9 | | criminal drug conspiracy, participation in | 10 | | methamphetamine manufacturing, aggravated | 11 | | participation in methamphetamine manufacturing, | 12 | | delivery of methamphetamine, possession with intent to | 13 | | deliver methamphetamine, aggravated delivery of | 14 | | methamphetamine, aggravated possession with intent to | 15 | | deliver methamphetamine, methamphetamine conspiracy | 16 | | when the substance containing the controlled substance | 17 | | or methamphetamine is 100 grams or more shall receive | 18 | | no more than 7.5 days good conduct credit for each | 19 | | month of his or her sentence of imprisonment;
| 20 | | (vi)
that a prisoner serving a sentence for a | 21 | | second or subsequent offense of luring a minor shall | 22 | | receive no more than 4.5 days of good conduct credit | 23 | | for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment; | 24 | | and
| 25 | | (vii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for | 26 | | aggravated domestic battery shall receive no more than |
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| 1 | | 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his | 2 | | or her sentence of imprisonment.
| 3 | | (2.1) For all offenses, other than those enumerated in | 4 | | subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), or (iii)
committed on or after | 5 | | June 19, 1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) committed on or | 6 | | after June 23, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act | 7 | | 94-71) or subdivision (a)(2)(v) committed on or after | 8 | | August 13, 2007 (the effective date of Public Act 95-134)
| 9 | | or subdivision (a)(2)(vi) committed on or after June 1, | 10 | | 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-625) or | 11 | | subdivision (a)(2)(vii) committed on or after July 23, 2010 | 12 | | (the effective date of Public Act 96-1224), and other than | 13 | | the offense of aggravated driving under the influence of | 14 | | alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound or | 15 | | compounds, or any combination thereof as defined in
| 16 | | subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of | 17 | | Section 11-501 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, and other than | 18 | | the offense of aggravated driving under the influence of | 19 | | alcohol,
other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or | 20 | | compounds, or any combination
thereof as defined in | 21 | | subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
| 22 | | Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or | 23 | | after January 1, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act | 24 | | 96-1230),
the rules and regulations shall
provide that a | 25 | | prisoner who is serving a term of
imprisonment shall | 26 | | receive one day of good conduct credit for each day of
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| 1 | | or her sentence of imprisonment or recommitment under | 2 | | Section 3-3-9.
Each day of good conduct credit shall reduce | 3 | | by one day the prisoner's period
of imprisonment or | 4 | | recommitment under Section 3-3-9.
| 5 | | (2.2) A prisoner serving a term of natural life | 6 | | imprisonment or a
prisoner who has been sentenced to death | 7 | | shall receive no good conduct
credit.
| 8 | | (2.3) The rules and regulations on early release shall | 9 | | provide that
a prisoner who is serving a sentence for | 10 | | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol,
other | 11 | | drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or | 12 | | any combination
thereof as defined in subparagraph (F) of | 13 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
Section 11-501 of the | 14 | | Illinois Vehicle Code, shall receive no more than 4.5
days | 15 | | of good conduct credit for each month of his or her | 16 | | sentence of
imprisonment.
| 17 | | (2.4) The rules and regulations on early release shall | 18 | | provide with
respect to the offenses of aggravated battery | 19 | | with a machine gun or a firearm
equipped with any device or | 20 | | attachment designed or used for silencing the
report of a | 21 | | firearm or aggravated discharge of a machine gun or a | 22 | | firearm
equipped with any device or attachment designed or | 23 | | used for silencing the
report of a firearm, committed on or | 24 | | after
July 15, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act | 25 | | 91-121),
that a prisoner serving a sentence for any of | 26 | | these offenses shall receive no
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| 1 | | conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence
of | 2 | | imprisonment.
| 3 | | (2.5) The rules and regulations on early release shall | 4 | | provide that a
prisoner who is serving a sentence for | 5 | | aggravated arson committed on or after
July 27, 2001 (the | 6 | | effective date of Public Act 92-176) shall receive no more | 7 | | than
4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his | 8 | | or her sentence of
imprisonment.
| 9 | | (2.6) The rules and regulations on early release shall | 10 | | provide that a
prisoner who is serving a sentence for | 11 | | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol,
other | 12 | | drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds or any | 13 | | combination
thereof as defined in subparagraph (C) of | 14 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
Section 11-501 of the | 15 | | Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or after January 1, 2011 | 16 | | (the effective date of Public Act 96-1230) shall receive no | 17 | | more than 4.5
days of good conduct credit for each month of | 18 | | his or her sentence of
imprisonment.
| 19 | | (3) The rules and regulations shall also provide that
| 20 | | the Director may award up to 180 days additional good | 21 | | conduct
credit for meritorious service in specific | 22 | | instances as the
Director deems proper; except that no more | 23 | | than 90 days
of good conduct credit for meritorious service
| 24 | | shall be awarded to any prisoner who is serving a sentence | 25 | | for
conviction of first degree murder, reckless homicide | 26 | | while under the
influence of alcohol or any other drug,
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| 1 | | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other | 2 | | drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound or compounds, or | 3 | | any combination thereof as defined in
subparagraph (F) of | 4 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
| 5 | | Illinois Vehicle Code, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping,
| 6 | | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child,
aggravated | 7 | | criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, deviate | 8 | | sexual
assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, | 9 | | aggravated indecent liberties
with a child, indecent | 10 | | liberties with a child, child pornography, heinous
battery | 11 | | as described in Section 12-4.1 or subdivision (a)(2) of | 12 | | Section 12-3.05, aggravated battery of a spouse, | 13 | | aggravated battery of a spouse
with a firearm, stalking, | 14 | | aggravated stalking, aggravated battery of a child as | 15 | | described in Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of | 16 | | Section 12-3.05,
endangering the life or health of a child, | 17 | | or cruelty to a child. Notwithstanding the foregoing, good | 18 | | conduct credit for
meritorious service shall not be awarded | 19 | | on a
sentence of imprisonment imposed for conviction of: | 20 | | (i) one of the offenses
enumerated in subdivision | 21 | | (a)(2)(i), (ii), or (iii) when the offense is committed on | 22 | | or after
June 19, 1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) when the | 23 | | offense is committed on or after June 23, 2005 (the | 24 | | effective date of Public Act 94-71) or subdivision | 25 | | (a)(2)(v) when the offense is committed on or after August | 26 | | 13, 2007 (the effective date of Public Act 95-134)
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| 1 | | subdivision (a)(2)(vi) when the offense is committed on or | 2 | | after June 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act | 3 | | 95-625) or subdivision (a)(2)(vii) when the offense is | 4 | | committed on or after July 23, 2010 (the effective date of | 5 | | Public Act 96-1224), (ii) aggravated driving under the | 6 | | influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
intoxicating | 7 | | compound or compounds, or any combination thereof as | 8 | | defined in
subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection | 9 | | (d) of Section 11-501 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, (iii) | 10 | | one of the offenses enumerated in subdivision
(a)(2.4) when | 11 | | the offense is committed on or after
July 15, 1999 (the | 12 | | effective date of Public Act 91-121),
(iv) aggravated arson | 13 | | when the offense is committed
on or after July 27, 2001 | 14 | | (the effective date of Public Act 92-176), (v) offenses | 15 | | that may subject the offender to commitment under the | 16 | | Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act, or (vi) | 17 | | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol,
other | 18 | | drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds or any | 19 | | combination
thereof as defined in subparagraph (C) of | 20 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
Section 11-501 of the | 21 | | Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or after January 1, 2011 | 22 | | (the effective date of Public Act 96-1230).
| 23 | | The Director shall not award good conduct credit for | 24 | | meritorious service under this paragraph (3) to an inmate | 25 | | unless the inmate has served a minimum of 60 days of the | 26 | | sentence; except nothing in this paragraph shall be |
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| 1 | | construed to permit the Director to extend an inmate's | 2 | | sentence beyond that which was imposed by the court. Prior | 3 | | to awarding credit under this paragraph (3), the Director | 4 | | shall make a written determination that the inmate: | 5 | | (A) is eligible for good conduct credit for | 6 | | meritorious service; | 7 | | (B) has served a minimum of 60 days, or as close to | 8 | | 60 days as the sentence will allow; and | 9 | | (C) has met the eligibility criteria established | 10 | | by rule. | 11 | | The Director shall determine the form and content of | 12 | | the written determination required in this subsection.
| 13 | | (4) The rules and regulations shall also provide that | 14 | | the good conduct
credit accumulated and retained under | 15 | | paragraph (2.1) of subsection (a) of
this Section by any | 16 | | inmate during specific periods of time in which such
inmate | 17 | | is engaged full-time in substance abuse programs, | 18 | | correctional
industry assignments, or educational programs | 19 | | provided by the Department
under this paragraph (4) and | 20 | | satisfactorily completes the assigned program as
| 21 | | determined by the standards of the Department, shall be | 22 | | multiplied by a factor
of 1.25 for program participation | 23 | | before August 11, 1993
and 1.50 for program participation | 24 | | on or after that date.
However, no inmate shall be eligible | 25 | | for the additional good conduct credit
under this paragraph | 26 | | (4) or (4.1) of this subsection (a) while assigned to a |
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| 1 | | boot camp
or electronic detention, or if convicted of an | 2 | | offense enumerated in
subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), or | 3 | | (iii) of this Section that is committed on or after June | 4 | | 19,
1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) of this Section that is | 5 | | committed on or after June 23, 2005 (the effective date of | 6 | | Public Act 94-71) or subdivision (a)(2)(v) of this Section | 7 | | that is committed on or after August 13, 2007 (the | 8 | | effective date of Public Act 95-134)
or subdivision | 9 | | (a)(2)(vi) when the offense is committed on or after June | 10 | | 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-625) or | 11 | | subdivision (a)(2)(vii) when the offense is committed on or | 12 | | after July 23, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act | 13 | | 96-1224), or if convicted of aggravated driving under the | 14 | | influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
intoxicating | 15 | | compound or compounds or any combination thereof as defined | 16 | | in
subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of | 17 | | Section 11-501 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, or if | 18 | | convicted of aggravated driving under the influence of | 19 | | alcohol,
other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or | 20 | | compounds or any combination
thereof as defined in | 21 | | subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
| 22 | | Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or | 23 | | after January 1, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act | 24 | | 96-1230), or if convicted of an offense enumerated in | 25 | | paragraph
(a)(2.4) of this Section that is committed on or | 26 | | after
July 15, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act |
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| 1 | | 91-121),
or first degree murder, a Class X felony, criminal | 2 | | sexual
assault, felony criminal sexual abuse, aggravated | 3 | | criminal sexual abuse,
aggravated battery with a firearm as | 4 | | described in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2), | 5 | | (e)(3), or (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05, or any predecessor or | 6 | | successor offenses
with the same or substantially the same | 7 | | elements, or any inchoate offenses
relating to the | 8 | | foregoing offenses. No inmate shall be eligible for the
| 9 | | additional good conduct credit under this paragraph (4) who | 10 | | (i) has previously
received increased good conduct credit | 11 | | under this paragraph (4) and has
subsequently been | 12 | | convicted of a
felony, or (ii) has previously served more | 13 | | than one prior sentence of
imprisonment for a felony in an | 14 | | adult correctional facility.
| 15 | | Educational, vocational, substance abuse and | 16 | | correctional
industry programs under which good conduct | 17 | | credit may be increased under
this paragraph (4) and | 18 | | paragraph (4.1) of this subsection (a) shall be evaluated | 19 | | by the Department on the basis of
documented standards. The | 20 | | Department shall report the results of these
evaluations to | 21 | | the Governor and the General Assembly by September 30th of | 22 | | each
year. The reports shall include data relating to the | 23 | | recidivism rate among
program participants.
| 24 | | Availability of these programs shall be subject to the
| 25 | | limits of fiscal resources appropriated by the General | 26 | | Assembly for these
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| 1 | | denied immediate admission shall be
placed on a waiting | 2 | | list under criteria established by the Department.
The | 3 | | inability of any inmate to become engaged in any such | 4 | | programs
by reason of insufficient program resources or for | 5 | | any other reason
established under the rules and | 6 | | regulations of the Department shall not be
deemed a cause | 7 | | of action under which the Department or any employee or
| 8 | | agent of the Department shall be liable for damages to the | 9 | | inmate.
| 10 | | (4.1) The rules and regulations shall also provide that | 11 | | an additional 60 days of good conduct credit shall be | 12 | | awarded to any prisoner who passes the high school level | 13 | | Test of General Educational Development (GED) while the | 14 | | prisoner is incarcerated. The good conduct credit awarded | 15 | | under this paragraph (4.1) shall be in addition to, and | 16 | | shall not affect, the award of good conduct under any other | 17 | | paragraph of this Section, but shall also be pursuant to | 18 | | the guidelines and restrictions set forth in paragraph (4) | 19 | | of subsection (a) of this Section.
The good conduct credit | 20 | | provided for in this paragraph shall be available only to | 21 | | those prisoners who have not previously earned a high | 22 | | school diploma or a GED. If, after an award of the GED good | 23 | | conduct credit has been made and the Department determines | 24 | | that the prisoner was not eligible, then the award shall be | 25 | | revoked.
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| 1 | | also provide that
when the court's sentencing order | 2 | | recommends a prisoner for substance abuse treatment and the
| 3 | | crime was committed on or after September 1, 2003 (the | 4 | | effective date of
Public Act 93-354), the prisoner shall | 5 | | receive no good conduct credit awarded under clause (3) of | 6 | | this subsection (a) unless he or she participates in and
| 7 | | completes a substance abuse treatment program. The | 8 | | Director may waive the requirement to participate in or | 9 | | complete a substance abuse treatment program and award the | 10 | | good conduct credit in specific instances if the prisoner | 11 | | is not a good candidate for a substance abuse treatment | 12 | | program for medical, programming, or operational reasons. | 13 | | Availability of
substance abuse treatment shall be subject | 14 | | to the limits of fiscal resources
appropriated by the | 15 | | General Assembly for these purposes. If treatment is not
| 16 | | available and the requirement to participate and complete | 17 | | the treatment has not been waived by the Director, the | 18 | | prisoner shall be placed on a waiting list under criteria
| 19 | | established by the Department. The Director may allow a | 20 | | prisoner placed on
a waiting list to participate in and | 21 | | complete a substance abuse education class or attend | 22 | | substance
abuse self-help meetings in lieu of a substance | 23 | | abuse treatment program. A prisoner on a waiting list who | 24 | | is not placed in a substance abuse program prior to release | 25 | | may be eligible for a waiver and receive good conduct | 26 | | credit under clause (3) of this subsection (a) at the |
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| 1 | | discretion of the Director.
| 2 | | (4.6) The rules and regulations on early release shall | 3 | | also provide that a prisoner who has been convicted of a | 4 | | sex offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender | 5 | | Registration Act shall receive no good conduct credit | 6 | | unless he or she either has successfully completed or is | 7 | | participating in sex offender treatment as defined by the | 8 | | Sex Offender Management Board. However, prisoners who are | 9 | | waiting to receive such treatment, but who are unable to do | 10 | | so due solely to the lack of resources on the part of the | 11 | | Department, may, at the Director's sole discretion, be | 12 | | awarded good conduct credit at such rate as the Director | 13 | | shall determine.
| 14 | | (5) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate | 15 | | earlier than it
otherwise would because of a grant of good | 16 | | conduct credit for meritorious
service given at any time | 17 | | during the term, the Department shall give
reasonable | 18 | | notice of the impending release not less than 14 days prior | 19 | | to the date of the release to the State's
Attorney of the | 20 | | county where the prosecution of the inmate took place, and | 21 | | if applicable, the State's Attorney of the county into | 22 | | which the inmate will be released. The Department must also | 23 | | make identification information and a recent photo of the | 24 | | inmate being released accessible on the Internet by means | 25 | | of a hyperlink labeled "Community Notification of Inmate | 26 | | Early Release" on the Department's World Wide Web homepage.
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| 1 | | The identification information shall include the inmate's: | 2 | | name, any known alias, date of birth, physical | 3 | | characteristics, residence address, commitment offense and | 4 | | county where conviction was imposed. The identification | 5 | | information shall be placed on the website within 3 days of | 6 | | the inmate's release and the information may not be removed | 7 | | until either: completion of the first year of mandatory | 8 | | supervised release or return of the inmate to custody of | 9 | | the Department.
| 10 | | (b) Whenever a person is or has been committed under
| 11 | | several convictions, with separate sentences, the sentences
| 12 | | shall be construed under Section 5-8-4 in granting and
| 13 | | forfeiting of good time.
| 14 | | (c) The Department shall prescribe rules and regulations
| 15 | | for revoking good conduct credit, or suspending or reducing
the | 16 | | rate of accumulation of good conduct credit for specific
rule | 17 | | violations, during imprisonment. These rules and regulations
| 18 | | shall provide that no inmate may be penalized more than one
| 19 | | year of good conduct credit for any one infraction.
| 20 | | When the Department seeks to revoke, suspend or reduce
the | 21 | | rate of accumulation of any good conduct credits for
an alleged | 22 | | infraction of its rules, it shall bring charges
therefor | 23 | | against the prisoner sought to be so deprived of
good conduct | 24 | | credits before the Prisoner Review Board as
provided in | 25 | | subparagraph (a)(4) of Section 3-3-2 of this
Code, if the | 26 | | amount of credit at issue exceeds 30 days or
when during any 12 |
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| 1 | | month period, the cumulative amount of
credit revoked exceeds | 2 | | 30 days except where the infraction is committed
or discovered | 3 | | within 60 days of scheduled release. In those cases,
the | 4 | | Department of Corrections may revoke up to 30 days of good | 5 | | conduct credit.
The Board may subsequently approve the | 6 | | revocation of additional good
conduct credit, if the Department | 7 | | seeks to revoke good conduct credit in
excess of 30 days. | 8 | | However, the Board shall not be empowered to review the
| 9 | | Department's decision with respect to the loss of 30 days of | 10 | | good conduct
credit within any calendar year for any prisoner | 11 | | or to increase any penalty
beyond the length requested by the | 12 | | Department.
| 13 | | The Director of the Department of Corrections, in | 14 | | appropriate cases, may
restore up to 30 days good conduct | 15 | | credits which have been revoked, suspended
or reduced. Any | 16 | | restoration of good conduct credits in excess of 30 days shall
| 17 | | be subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board. However, the | 18 | | Board may not
restore good conduct credit in excess of the | 19 | | amount requested by the Director.
| 20 | | Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the | 21 | | Prisoner Review Board
from ordering, pursuant to Section | 22 | | 3-3-9(a)(3)(i)(B), that a prisoner serve up
to one year of the | 23 | | sentence imposed by the court that was not served due to the
| 24 | | accumulation of good conduct credit.
| 25 | | (d) If a lawsuit is filed by a prisoner in an Illinois or | 26 | | federal court
against the State, the Department of Corrections, |
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| 1 | | or the Prisoner Review Board,
or against any of
their officers | 2 | | or employees, and the court makes a specific finding that a
| 3 | | pleading, motion, or other paper filed by the prisoner is | 4 | | frivolous, the
Department of Corrections shall conduct a | 5 | | hearing to revoke up to
180 days of good conduct credit by | 6 | | bringing charges against the prisoner
sought to be deprived of | 7 | | the good conduct credits before the Prisoner Review
Board as | 8 | | provided in subparagraph (a)(8) of Section 3-3-2 of this Code.
| 9 | | If the prisoner has not accumulated 180 days of good conduct | 10 | | credit at the
time of the finding, then the Prisoner Review | 11 | | Board may revoke all
good conduct credit accumulated by the | 12 | | prisoner.
| 13 | | For purposes of this subsection (d):
| 14 | | (1) "Frivolous" means that a pleading, motion, or other | 15 | | filing which
purports to be a legal document filed by a | 16 | | prisoner in his or her lawsuit meets
any or all of the | 17 | | following criteria:
| 18 | | (A) it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in | 19 | | fact;
| 20 | | (B) it is being presented for any improper purpose, | 21 | | such as to harass or
to cause unnecessary delay or | 22 | | needless increase in the cost of litigation;
| 23 | | (C) the claims, defenses, and other legal | 24 | | contentions therein are not
warranted by existing law | 25 | | or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
| 26 | | modification, or reversal of existing law or the |
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| 1 | | establishment of new law;
| 2 | | (D) the allegations and other factual contentions | 3 | | do not have
evidentiary
support or, if specifically so | 4 | | identified, are not likely to have evidentiary
support | 5 | | after a reasonable opportunity for further | 6 | | investigation or discovery;
or
| 7 | | (E) the denials of factual contentions are not | 8 | | warranted on the
evidence, or if specifically so | 9 | | identified, are not reasonably based on a lack
of | 10 | | information or belief.
| 11 | | (2) "Lawsuit" means a motion pursuant to Section
116-3 | 12 | | of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus | 13 | | action under
Article X of the Code of Civil Procedure or | 14 | | under federal law (28 U.S.C. 2254),
a petition for claim | 15 | | under the Court of Claims Act, an action under the
federal | 16 | | Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983), or a second or | 17 | | subsequent petition for post-conviction relief under | 18 | | Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 | 19 | | whether filed with or without leave of court or a second or | 20 | | subsequent petition for relief from judgment under Section | 21 | | 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
| 22 | | (e) Nothing in Public Act 90-592 or 90-593 affects the | 23 | | validity of Public Act 89-404.
| 24 | | (f) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate who | 25 | | has been convicted of a violation of an order of protection | 26 | | under Section 12-3.4 or 12-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961, |
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| 1 | | earlier than it
otherwise would because of a grant of good | 2 | | conduct credit, the Department, as a condition of such early | 3 | | release, shall require that the person, upon release, be placed | 4 | | under electronic surveillance as provided in Section 5-8A-7 of | 5 | | this Code. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 95-134, eff. 8-13-07; 95-585, eff. 6-1-08; | 7 | | 95-625, eff. 6-1-08; 95-640, eff. 6-1-08; 95-773, eff. 1-1-09; | 8 | | 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-860, eff. 1-15-10; 96-1110, eff. | 9 | | 7-19-10; 96-1128, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1200, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1224, | 10 | | eff. 7-23-10; 96-1230, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)".
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