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90_HB3507
730 ILCS 5/3-7-2 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that
all visits to prisoners in Department of Corrections
facilities must be non-contact visits.
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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, but those visitations must be non-contact visits.
6 except In case of abuse of the visiting privilege or when the
7 chief administrative officer determines that such visiting
8 would be harmful or dangerous to the security, safety or
9 morale of the institution or facility, committed persons may
10 be prohibited from receiving visitors. The chief
11 administrative officer shall have the right to restrict
12 visitation to non-contact visits for reasons of safety,
13 security, and order, including, but not limited to,
14 restricting contact visits for committed persons engaged in
15 gang activity.
16 (g) All institutions and facilities of the Department
17 shall permit religious ministrations and sacraments to be
18 available to every committed person, but attendance at
19 religious services shall not be required.
20 (h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the
21 Department shall prohibit the use of curtains,
22 cell-coverings, or any other matter or object that obstructs
23 or otherwise impairs the line of vision into a committed
24 person's cell.
25 (Source: P.A. 89-609, eff. 1-1-97; 89-659, eff. 1-1-97;
26 89-688, eff. 6-1-97; 89-689, eff. 12-31-96; 90-14, eff.
27 7-1-97.)