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90_HB0812
730 ILCS 5/3-7-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-3
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that
the Department of Corrections shall construct or remodel
sufficient maximum security facility space to ensure that by
July 1, 2002 at least 75% of all prisoners housed in maximum
security facilities are single-celled. Effective immediately.
LRB9003681RCks
LRB9003681RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by
2 changing Section 3-7-3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
6 changing Section 3-7-3 as follows:
7 (730 ILCS 5/3-7-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-3)
8 Sec. 3-7-3. Institutional Safety and Sanitation.
9 (a) Standards of sanitation and safety for all
10 institutions and facilities shall be established and enforced
11 by the Department. All buildings and facilities shall be
12 cleaned regularly and properly maintained. Ventilation of air
13 and heat adequate to the climate and season shall be
14 provided.
15 (b) All new, remodeled and newly designated institutions
16 or facilities shall provide at least 50 square feet of cell,
17 room or dormitory floor space.
18 (c) The Department shall construct or remodel sufficient
19 maximum security facility space to ensure that by July 1,
20 2002 at least 75% of all committed persons housed in maximum
21 security facilities are single-celled. For purposes of this
22 Section, maximum security facilities are those facilities so
23 designated by Department rule. By December 1, 1997, the
24 Department shall develop a plan with defined annual targets
25 to meet this goal.
26 (Source: P.A. 83-942.)
27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
28 becoming law.