(730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 11 heading) ARTICLE 11.
FURLOUGHS
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(730 ILCS 5/3-11-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-11-1)
Sec. 3-11-1. Furloughs.
(a) The Department may extend the limits of the
place of confinement
of a committed person under prescribed conditions, so that he may leave
such place on a furlough. Whether or not such person is to be
accompanied on furlough shall be determined by the chief administrative
officer. The Department may make an appropriate charge for the necessary
expenses of accompanying a person on furlough. Such furloughs may be
granted for a period of time not to exceed 14 days, for any of the
following purposes:
(1) to visit a spouse, child (including a stepchild | ||
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(2) to obtain medical, psychiatric or psychological | ||
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(3) to make contacts for employment; or
(4) to secure a residence upon release on parole or | ||
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(5) to visit such person's family; or
(6) to appear before various educational panels, | ||
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(b) (Blank).
(c) In any case where the person furloughed is not to be accompanied on
furlough, the Department of Corrections shall give prior notice of the intended
furlough to the State's Attorney of the county from which the offender was
sentenced originally, the State's Attorney of the county where the furlough
is to occur, and to the Sheriff of the county where the furlough is to occur.
Said prior notice is to be in writing except in situations where the reason
for the furlough is of such an emergency nature that previous written notice
would not be possible. In such cases, oral notice of the furlough shall occur.
(Source: P.A. 96-371, eff. 8-13-09.)
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