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90_HB2573

      730 ILCS 5/3-7-2          from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2
          Amends the Unified Code of  Corrections.   Provides  that
      beginning  January  1,  1999,  a  prisoner in a Department of
      Corrections facility shall not be permitted contact visits if
      he or she is classified as a Class C grade inmate as  defined
      by  the  Department  or  if  the  prisoner  is  housed  in  a
      segregated  part  of  the  facility for disciplinary reasons.
      Provides that a prisoner in a Department facility  shall  not
      be permitted contact visits for one year after being found in
      possession of illegal drugs or failing or refusing a test for
      the  presence  of  illegal  drugs  in  his  or her body while
      incarcerated.
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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Unified  Code  of  Corrections  by
 2    changing Section 3-7-2.
 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 3-7-2 as follows:
 7        (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2)
 8        Sec. 3-7-2. Facilities.
 9        (a)  All institutions and facilities  of  the  Department
10    shall  provide  every  committed person with access to toilet
11    facilities, barber facilities, bathing  facilities  at  least
12    once  each  week,  a library of legal materials and published
13    materials including newspapers and magazines approved by  the
14    Director.   A  committed person may not receive any materials
15    that the Director deems pornographic.
16        (b)  (Blank).
17        (c)  All institutions and facilities  of  the  Department
18    shall  provide facilities for every committed person to leave
19    his cell for at least one hour  each  day  unless  the  chief
20    administrative officer determines that it would be harmful or
21    dangerous  to  the  security  or safety of the institution or
22    facility.
23        (d)  All institutions and facilities  of  the  Department
24    shall  provide  every  committed  person with a wholesome and
25    nutritional  diet  at  regularly  scheduled  hours,  drinking
26    water, clothing adequate for the season,  bedding,  soap  and
27    towels and medical and dental care.
28        (e)  All  institutions  and  facilities of the Department
29    shall permit every committed person to send  and  receive  an
30    unlimited  number  of  uncensored letters, provided, however,
31    that the Director may order that mail be inspected  and  read
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 1    for  reasons  of  the  security,  safety  or  morale  of  the
 2    institution or facility.
 3        (f)  All  of  the  institutions  and  facilities  of  the
 4    Department  shall  permit  every  committed person to receive
 5    visitors, except in case of abuse of the  visiting  privilege
 6    or when the chief administrative officer determines that such
 7    visiting  would  be  harmful  or  dangerous  to the security,
 8    safety or morale of the institution or facility.   The  chief
 9    administrative  officer  shall  have  the  right  to restrict
10    visitation to  non-contact  visits  for  reasons  of  safety,
11    security,   and   order,   including,  but  not  limited  to,
12    restricting contact visits for committed persons  engaged  in
13    gang activity.  Beginning January 1, 1999, a committed person
14    shall  not  be  permitted  contact  visits  if  he  or she is
15    classified as a class  C  grade  inmate  as  defined  by  the
16    Department  or if he or she is housed in a segregated part of
17    the facility for disciplinary reasons.   A  committed  person
18    shall  not  be  permitted  contact  visits for one year after
19    being found in possession of  illegal  drugs  or  failing  or
20    refusing  a  test for the presence of illegal drugs in his or
21    her body while incarcerated.
22        (g)  All institutions and facilities  of  the  Department
23    shall  permit  religious  ministrations  and sacraments to be
24    available  to  every  committed  person,  but  attendance  at
25    religious services shall not be required.
26        (h)  Within  90  days  after  December  31,   1996,   the
27    Department    shall    prohibit    the   use   of   curtains,
28    cell-coverings, or any other matter or object that  obstructs
29    or  otherwise  impairs  the  line  of vision into a committed
30    person's cell.
31    (Source: P.A.  89-609,  eff.  1-1-97;  89-659,  eff.  1-1-97;
32    89-688,  eff.  6-1-97;  89-689,  eff.  12-31-96;  90-14, eff.
33    7-1-97.)

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