(725 ILCS 207/50)
Sec. 50.
Secure facility for sexually violent persons.
(a) The Department shall place a person committed to a secure
facility under paragraph (b)(2) of Section 40 of this Act at a facility
provided
by the Department of Corrections under subsection (b) of this
Section.
(b) The Department may enter into an agreement with the
Department of Corrections for the provision of a secure facility
for persons committed under paragraph (b)(2) of Section 40 of this Act to a
facility. The Department shall operate the facility provided by
the Department of Corrections under this subsection and shall
provide by rule for the nature of the facility, the level of care
to be provided in the facility, and the custody and discipline of
persons placed in the facility. The facility operated under this
Section shall not be subject to the provisions of the Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
(c) For the purposes of Section 3-6-4 of
the Unified Code of Corrections, a person held in detention in a secure
facility or committed as a sexually violent person and held in a secure
facility shall be considered a "committed person", as that term is used in
Section 3-6-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
(Source: P.A. 90-40, eff. 1-1-98; 90-793, eff. 8-14-98.)
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