Full Text of HB3140 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning juveniles.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the End | 5 | | Youth Solitary Confinement Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to end the | 7 | | use of solitary confinement for young detainees in detention | 8 | | centers for any purpose other than preventing immediate | 9 | | physical harm.
| 10 | | Section 10. Covered juvenile confinement. | 11 | | (a) In this Act: | 12 | | "Administrative hold" means the status assigned to a | 13 | | covered juvenile who is temporarily being housed in a | 14 | | particular covered juvenile center and includes, but is not | 15 | | limited to: a covered juvenile awaiting transfer to another | 16 | | juvenile detention center, a covered juvenile permanently | 17 | | assigned to another juvenile detention center being | 18 | | temporarily housed for purposes of attending court, the | 19 | | covered juvenile awaiting release, and the covered juvenile | 20 | | who was transferred to the Department of Corrections by | 21 | | mistake.
| 22 | | "Behavioral hold" means the status assigned to a covered |
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| 1 | | juvenile who is confined to the covered juvenile's own room or | 2 | | another area because he or she is engaging in dangerous | 3 | | behavior that poses a serious and immediate threat to his or | 4 | | her own safety, the safety of others, or the security of the | 5 | | juvenile detention center.
| 6 | | "Chief administrative officer" means the highest ranking | 7 | | official of a juvenile detention center. | 8 | | "Confinement" means any instance when an individual | 9 | | covered juvenile is held for 15 minutes or more in a room, | 10 | | cell, or other area separated from other covered juveniles. | 11 | | Confinement may occur in locked or unlocked rooms.
| 12 | | "Confinement" includes an administrative hold, behavioral | 13 | | hold, or investigative status.
"Confinement" does not include | 14 | | medical isolation or quarantine, situations when a covered | 15 | | juvenile requests to go to his or her room, the movement of the | 16 | | covered juvenile between offices and classrooms while | 17 | | attending school, a covered juvenile who receives individual | 18 | | counseling or other therapeutic services, or staff who are in | 19 | | ongoing continuous conversation or processing with the covered | 20 | | juvenile such as a cool down.
| 21 | | "Covered juvenile" means any person under 21 years of age
| 22 | | incarcerated in a Department of Juvenile Justice facility or | 23 | | any person under 18 years of age detained in a county facility | 24 | | under the authority of the local circuit court. | 25 | | "Investigative status" means a status assigned to a | 26 | | covered juvenile for whom confinement is necessary for the |
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| 1 | | efficient and effective investigation of a Tier 2 or Tier 3 | 2 | | offense, as defined in the Department of Juvenile Justice's | 3 | | Administrative Directive 04.01.140. | 4 | | "Tier 2" or "Tier 3" offense means a major rules violation | 5 | | that results in immediate disciplinary consequences that are | 6 | | assigned by the staff of a facility of the Illinois Department | 7 | | of Juvenile Justice reporting the violation. | 8 | | (b) The use of room confinement at a youth facility for | 9 | | discipline, punishment, retaliation, or any reason other than | 10 | | as a temporary response to a juvenile's behavior that poses a | 11 | | serious and immediate risk of physical harm to any individual, | 12 | | including the juvenile, is prohibited. | 13 | | (b-5) A covered juvenile may be placed on an | 14 | | administrative hold and confined when temporarily being housed | 15 | | in a particular juvenile detention center or for | 16 | | administrative or security purposes as personally determined | 17 | | by the chief administrative officer. | 18 | | (b-6) Placement on administrative hold shall be subject to | 19 | | the following time limitations: | 20 | | (1) when the covered juvenile is awaiting transfer to | 21 | | a youth facility or a more secure setting, the | 22 | | administrative hold may not exceed 3 business days; and | 23 | | (2) the administrative hold may not exceed 7 calendar | 24 | | days when the covered juvenile is temporarily transferred | 25 | | to a different facility for the purposes of placement | 26 | | interviews, court appearances, or medical treatment. |
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| 1 | | (b-7) Whenever a covered juvenile is on an administrative | 2 | | hold, the Department shall provide the covered juvenile with | 3 | | access to the same programs and services received by covered | 4 | | juveniles in the general population. Any restrictions on | 5 | | movement or access to programs and services shall be | 6 | | documented and justified by the chief administrative officer. | 7 | | (c) If a covered juvenile poses a serious and immediate | 8 | | risk of physical harm to any individual, including the | 9 | | juvenile, before a staff member of the facility places a | 10 | | covered juvenile in room confinement, the staff member shall | 11 | | attempt to use other less restrictive options, unless | 12 | | attempting those options poses a threat to the safety or | 13 | | security of any minor or staff. | 14 | | (d) If a covered juvenile is placed in room confinement | 15 | | because the covered juvenile poses a serious and immediate | 16 | | risk of physical harm to himself or herself, or to others, the | 17 | | covered juvenile shall be released: | 18 | | (1) immediately when the covered juvenile has | 19 | | sufficiently gained control so as to no longer engage in | 20 | | behavior that threatens serious and immediate risk of | 21 | | physical harm to himself or herself, or to others; or | 22 | | (2) no more than 24 hours after being placed in room | 23 | | confinement if a covered juvenile does not sufficiently | 24 | | gain control as described in paragraph (1) of this | 25 | | subsection (d) and poses a serious and immediate risk of | 26 | | physical harm to himself or herself or others, not later |
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| 1 | | than: | 2 | | (A) 3 hours after being placed in room | 3 | | confinement, in the case of a covered juvenile who | 4 | | poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to | 5 | | others; or | 6 | | (B) 30 minutes after being placed in room | 7 | | confinement, in the case of a covered juvenile who | 8 | | poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm | 9 | | only to himself or herself.
| 10 | | (e) If, after the applicable maximum period of confinement | 11 | | has expired, a covered juvenile continues to pose a serious | 12 | | and immediate risk of physical harm to others: | 13 | | (1) the covered juvenile shall be transferred to | 14 | | another facility, when available, or internal location | 15 | | where services can be provided to the covered juvenile | 16 | | without relying on room confinement; or | 17 | | (2) if a qualified mental health professional believes | 18 | | the level of crisis service needed is not currently | 19 | | available, a staff member of the facility shall initiate a | 20 | | referral to a location that can meet the needs of the | 21 | | covered juvenile. | 22 | | (f) Each facility detaining covered juveniles shall report | 23 | | the use of each incident of room confinement to an independent | 24 | | ombudsperson for the Department of Juvenile Justice each | 25 | | month, including: | 26 | | (1) the name of the covered juvenile; |
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| 1 | | (2) demographic data, including, at a minimum, age, | 2 | | race, gender, and primary language; | 3 | | (3) the reason for room confinement, including how | 4 | | detention facility officials determined the covered | 5 | | juvenile posed an immediate risk of physical harm to | 6 | | others or to him or herself; | 7 | | (4) the length of room confinement; | 8 | | (5) the number of covered juveniles transferred to | 9 | | another facility or referral to a separate crisis location | 10 | | covered under subsection (e); and | 11 | | (6) the name of detention facility officials involved | 12 | | in each instance of room confinement.
| 13 | | (g) An independent ombudsperson for the Department of | 14 | | Juvenile Justice may review a detention facility's adherence | 15 | | to this Section.
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