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92_HB0547

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
 5    changing Sections 3-6-3 and 5-4-1 as follows:

 6        (730 ILCS 5/3-6-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-3)
 7        Sec. 3-6-3.  Rules and Regulations for Early Release.
 8             (a) (1)  The   Department   of   Corrections   shall
 9        prescribe  rules and regulations for the early release on
10        account of good  conduct  of  persons  committed  to  the
11        Department  which  shall  be  subject  to  review  by the
12        Prisoner Review Board.
13             (2)  The rules  and  regulations  on  early  release
14        shall  provide,  with respect to offenses committed on or
15        after June 19, 1998, the following:
16                  (i)  that a prisoner who is serving a  term  of
17             imprisonment  for  first degree murder shall receive
18             no good conduct credit and shall  serve  the  entire
19             sentence imposed by the court;
20                  (ii)  that  a  prisoner  serving a sentence for
21             attempt to commit first degree murder,  solicitation
22             of   murder,   solicitation   of  murder  for  hire,
23             intentional homicide of an unborn  child,  predatory
24             criminal  sexual  assault  of  a  child,  aggravated
25             criminal  sexual  assault,  criminal sexual assault,
26             aggravated kidnapping,  aggravated  battery  with  a
27             firearm,  heinous  battery,  aggravated battery of a
28             senior citizen, or aggravated  battery  of  a  child
29             shall  receive no more than 4.5 days of good conduct
30             credit for each month of  his  or  her  sentence  of
31             imprisonment; and
 
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 1                  (iii)  that  a  prisoner serving a sentence for
 2             home invasion, armed robbery,  aggravated  vehicular
 3             hijacking,  aggravated  discharge  of  a firearm, or
 4             armed violence with a category I weapon or  category
 5             II  weapon,  when  the  court has made and entered a
 6             finding, pursuant to  subsection  (c-1)  of  Section
 7             5-4-1  of  this  Code,  that  the conduct leading to
 8             conviction for the enumerated  offense  resulted  in
 9             great bodily harm to a victim, shall receive no more
10             than  4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month
11             of his or her sentence of imprisonment.
12             (2.1)  For all offenses, other than those enumerated
13        in subdivision (a)(2) committed  on  or  after  June  19,
14        1998,  and other than the offense of reckless homicide as
15        defined in subsection (e) of Section 9-3 of the  Criminal
16        Code  of  1961 committed on or after January 1, 1999, the
17        rules and regulations shall provide that a  prisoner  who
18        is  serving  a term of imprisonment shall receive one day
19        of good conduct  credit  for  each  day  of  his  or  her
20        sentence  of  imprisonment  or recommitment under Section
21        3-3-9. Each day of good conduct credit  shall  reduce  by
22        one   day   the  prisoner's  period  of  imprisonment  or
23        recommitment under Section 3-3-9.
24             (2.2)  A prisoner serving a  term  of  natural  life
25        imprisonment  or  a  prisoner  who  has been sentenced to
26        death shall receive no good conduct credit.
27             (2.3)  The rules and regulations  on  early  release
28        shall  provide  that a prisoner who is serving a sentence
29        for reckless homicide as defined  in  subsection  (e)  of
30        Section  9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 committed on or
31        after January 1, 1999 shall receive no more than 4.5 days
32        of good conduct credit for  each  month  of  his  or  her
33        sentence of imprisonment.
34             (2.4)  The  rules  and  regulations on early release
 
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 1        shall provide with respect to the offenses of  aggravated
 2        battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any
 3        device  or  attachment designed or used for silencing the
 4        report of a firearm or aggravated discharge of a  machine
 5        gun  or  a firearm equipped with any device or attachment
 6        designed or used for silencing the report of  a  firearm,
 7        committed   on  or  after  the  effective  date  of  this
 8        amendatory  Act  of  1999,  that  a  prisoner  serving  a
 9        sentence for any of these offenses shall receive no  more
10        than  4.5  days  of good conduct credit for each month of
11        his or her sentence of imprisonment.
12             (2.5)  The rules and regulations  on  early  release
13        shall  provide  that a prisoner who is serving a sentence
14        for  cannabis  trafficking  under  Section  5.1  of   the
15        Cannabis  Control Act or controlled substance trafficking
16        under Section 401.1 of the Illinois Controlled Substances
17        Act  and  the  offense  is  committed  on  or  after  the
18        effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
19        Assembly shall receive no more  than  4.5  days  of  good
20        conduct  credit  for each month of his or her sentence of
21        imprisonment.
22             (3)  The rules and regulations  shall  also  provide
23        that  the  Director  may  award up to 180 days additional
24        good conduct credit for meritorious service  in  specific
25        instances  as  the  Director deems proper; except that no
26        more than 90 days of good conduct credit for  meritorious
27        service shall be awarded to any prisoner who is serving a
28        sentence  for conviction of first degree murder, reckless
29        homicide while under the  influence  of  alcohol  or  any
30        other  drug, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, predatory
31        criminal sexual assault of a child,  aggravated  criminal
32        sexual  assault,  criminal sexual assault, deviate sexual
33        assault, aggravated  criminal  sexual  abuse,  aggravated
34        indecent  liberties with a child, indecent liberties with
 
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 1        a child, child pornography, heinous  battery,  aggravated
 2        battery  of a spouse, aggravated battery of a spouse with
 3        a  firearm,  stalking,  aggravated  stalking,  aggravated
 4        battery of a child, endangering the life or health  of  a
 5        child,  cruelty  to  a  child,  or narcotic racketeering.
 6        Notwithstanding the foregoing, good  conduct  credit  for
 7        meritorious service shall not be awarded on a sentence of
 8        imprisonment  imposed  for  conviction of: (i) one of the
 9        offenses  enumerated  in  subdivision  (a)(2)  when   the
10        offense  is  committed  on  or  after June 19, 1998, (ii)
11        reckless homicide as defined in subsection (e) of Section
12        9-3 of the Criminal Code of  1961  when  the  offense  is
13        committed  on  or  after  January  1,  1999, or (iii) for
14        conviction  of  one  of  the   offenses   enumerated   in
15        subdivision  (a)(2.4) when the offense is committed on or
16        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of  1999,
17        or  (iv)  one  of  the offenses enumerated in subdivision
18        (a)(2.5) when the offense is committed on  or  after  the
19        effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
20        Assembly.
21             (4)  The  rules  and  regulations shall also provide
22        that the good conduct  credit  accumulated  and  retained
23        under  paragraph  (2.1) of subsection (a) of this Section
24        by any inmate during specific periods of  time  in  which
25        such  inmate  is  engaged  full-time  in  substance abuse
26        programs,   correctional   industry    assignments,    or
27        educational  programs  provided  by  the Department under
28        this  paragraph  (4)  and  satisfactorily  completes  the
29        assigned program as determined by the  standards  of  the
30        Department,  shall  be multiplied by a factor of 1.25 for
31        program participation before August 11, 1993 and 1.50 for
32        program participation on or after that date.  However, no
33        inmate shall be eligible for the additional good  conduct
34        credit  under this paragraph (4) while assigned to a boot
 
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 1        camp, mental health unit, or electronic detention, or  if
 2        convicted of an offense enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of
 3        this Section that is committed on or after June 19, 1998,
 4        or  if  convicted  of  reckless  homicide  as  defined in
 5        subsection (e) of Section 9-3 of  the  Criminal  Code  of
 6        1961  if  the offense is committed on or after January 1,
 7        1999,  or  if  convicted  of  an  offense  enumerated  in
 8        paragraph (a)(2.4) of this Section that is  committed  on
 9        or  after  the  effective  date of this amendatory Act of
10        1999,  or  if  convicted  of  an  offense  enumerated  in
11        paragraph (a)(2.5) of this Section that is  committed  on
12        or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
13        92nd  General Assembly, or first degree murder, a Class X
14        felony, criminal sexual assault, felony  criminal  sexual
15        abuse,   aggravated  criminal  sexual  abuse,  aggravated
16        battery with a firearm, or any predecessor  or  successor
17        offenses   with   the  same  or  substantially  the  same
18        elements,  or  any  inchoate  offenses  relating  to  the
19        foregoing offenses.  No inmate shall be eligible for  the
20        additional  good  conduct credit under this paragraph (4)
21        who (i) has previously received  increased  good  conduct
22        credit under this paragraph (4) and has subsequently been
23        convicted of a felony, or (ii) has previously served more
24        than  one  prior sentence of imprisonment for a felony in
25        an adult correctional facility.
26             Educational,   vocational,   substance   abuse   and
27        correctional industry programs under which  good  conduct
28        credit may be increased under this paragraph (4) shall be
29        evaluated  by  the  Department on the basis of documented
30        standards.  The Department shall report  the  results  of
31        these   evaluations  to  the  Governor  and  the  General
32        Assembly by September 30th of  each  year.   The  reports
33        shall  include data relating to the recidivism rate among
34        program participants.
 
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 1             Availability of these programs shall be  subject  to
 2        the  limits  of  fiscal  resources  appropriated  by  the
 3        General  Assembly  for  these purposes.  Eligible inmates
 4        who are denied immediate admission shall be placed  on  a
 5        waiting   list   under   criteria   established   by  the
 6        Department.   The  inability  of  any  inmate  to  become
 7        engaged  in  any  such programs by reason of insufficient
 8        program resources or for  any  other  reason  established
 9        under  the  rules and regulations of the Department shall
10        not  be  deemed  a  cause  of  action  under  which   the
11        Department  or  any  employee  or agent of the Department
12        shall be liable for damages to the inmate.
13             (5)  Whenever  the  Department  is  to  release  any
14        inmate earlier than it otherwise would because of a grant
15        of good conduct credit for meritorious service  given  at
16        any  time  during  the  term,  the  Department shall give
17        reasonable advance notice of the impending release to the
18        State's Attorney of the county where the  prosecution  of
19        the inmate took place.
20        (b)  Whenever  a  person  is  or has been committed under
21    several convictions, with separate sentences,  the  sentences
22    shall  be  construed  under  Section  5-8-4  in  granting and
23    forfeiting of good time.
24        (c)  The Department shall prescribe rules and regulations
25    for revoking good conduct credit, or suspending  or  reducing
26    the  rate of accumulation of good conduct credit for specific
27    rule  violations,  during  imprisonment.   These  rules   and
28    regulations  shall  provide  that  no inmate may be penalized
29    more than one  year  of  good  conduct  credit  for  any  one
30    infraction.
31        When  the  Department  seeks to revoke, suspend or reduce
32    the rate of accumulation of any good conduct credits  for  an
33    alleged  infraction  of  its  rules,  it  shall bring charges
34    therefor against the prisoner sought to  be  so  deprived  of
 
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 1    good  conduct  credits  before  the  Prisoner Review Board as
 2    provided in subparagraph (a)(4)  of  Section  3-3-2  of  this
 3    Code,  if  the  amount  of credit at issue exceeds 30 days or
 4    when during any 12 month period,  the  cumulative  amount  of
 5    credit revoked exceeds 30 days except where the infraction is
 6    committed  or discovered within 60 days of scheduled release.
 7    In those cases, the Department of Corrections may  revoke  up
 8    to 30 days of good conduct credit. The Board may subsequently
 9    approve  the revocation of additional good conduct credit, if
10    the Department seeks to revoke good conduct credit in  excess
11    of  30  days.   However,  the Board shall not be empowered to
12    review the Department's decision with respect to the loss  of
13    30  days  of good conduct credit within any calendar year for
14    any prisoner or to increase any  penalty  beyond  the  length
15    requested by the Department.
16        The   Director  of  the  Department  of  Corrections,  in
17    appropriate cases, may restore up to  30  days  good  conduct
18    credits  which  have  been revoked, suspended or reduced. Any
19    restoration of good conduct credits  in  excess  of  30  days
20    shall  be  subject  to  review  by the Prisoner Review Board.
21    However, the Board may not restore  good  conduct  credit  in
22    excess of the amount requested by the Director.
23        Nothing  contained  in  this  Section  shall prohibit the
24    Prisoner Review Board  from  ordering,  pursuant  to  Section
25    3-3-9(a)(3)(i)(B),  that  a  prisoner serve up to one year of
26    the sentence imposed by the court that was not served due  to
27    the accumulation of good conduct credit.
28        (d)  If  a  lawsuit is filed by a prisoner in an Illinois
29    or  federal  court  against  the  State,  the  Department  of
30    Corrections, or the Prisoner Review Board, or against any  of
31    their  officers  or employees, and the court makes a specific
32    finding that a pleading, motion, or other paper filed by  the
33    prisoner  is  frivolous,  the Department of Corrections shall
34    conduct a hearing to revoke up to 180 days  of  good  conduct
 
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 1    credit  by bringing charges against the prisoner sought to be
 2    deprived of the good  conduct  credits  before  the  Prisoner
 3    Review  Board  as  provided in subparagraph (a)(8) of Section
 4    3-3-2 of this Code.  If the prisoner has not accumulated  180
 5    days  of good conduct credit at the time of the finding, then
 6    the Prisoner Review Board may revoke all good conduct  credit
 7    accumulated by the prisoner.
 8        For purposes of this subsection (d):
 9             (1)  "Frivolous"  means  that a pleading, motion, or
10        other filing which purports to be a legal document  filed
11        by  a  prisoner in his or her lawsuit meets any or all of
12        the following criteria:
13                  (A)  it lacks an arguable basis either  in  law
14             or in fact;
15                  (B)  it  is  being  presented  for any improper
16             purpose, such as to harass or to  cause  unnecessary
17             delay   or   needless   increase   in  the  cost  of
18             litigation;
19                  (C)  the  claims,  defenses,  and  other  legal
20             contentions therein are not  warranted  by  existing
21             law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
22             modification,  or  reversal  of  existing law or the
23             establishment of new law;
24                  (D)  the   allegations   and   other    factual
25             contentions  do  not have evidentiary support or, if
26             specifically so identified, are not likely  to  have
27             evidentiary  support  after a reasonable opportunity
28             for further investigation or discovery; or
29                  (E)  the denials of factual contentions are not
30             warranted on the evidence,  or  if  specifically  so
31             identified,  are  not  reasonably based on a lack of
32             information or belief.
33             (2)  "Lawsuit" means a petition for  post-conviction
34        relief   under  Article  122  of  the  Code  of  Criminal
 
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 1        Procedure of 1963, a motion pursuant to Section 116-3  of
 2        the  Code  of Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus
 3        action under Article X of the Code of Civil Procedure  or
 4        under  federal law (28 U.S.C. 2254), a petition for claim
 5        under the Court of Claims Act  or  an  action  under  the
 6        federal Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983).
 7        (e)  Nothing  in  this amendatory Act of 1998 affects the
 8    validity of Public Act 89-404.
 9    (Source: P.A. 90-141,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-505,  eff.  8-19-97;
10    90-592,  eff.  6-19-98;  90-593,  eff.  6-19-98; 90-655, eff.
11    7-30-98; 90-740, eff. 1-1-99; 91-121, eff.  7-15-99;  91-357,
12    eff. 7-29-99.)

13        (730 ILCS 5/5-4-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-4-1)
14        Sec. 5-4-1.  Sentencing Hearing.
15        (a)  Except  when  the  death  penalty  is  sought  under
16    hearing procedures otherwise specified, after a determination
17    of  guilt,  a  hearing  shall be held to impose the sentence.
18    However, prior to the imposition of sentence on an individual
19    being sentenced for an offense based  upon  a  charge  for  a
20    violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a
21    similar  provision  of a local ordinance, the individual must
22    undergo a professional evaluation to determine if an  alcohol
23    or  other  drug abuse problem exists and the extent of such a
24    problem.  Programs  conducting  these  evaluations  shall  be
25    licensed  by  the  Department of Human Services.  However, if
26    the individual is not a resident of Illinois, the court  may,
27    in its discretion, accept an evaluation from a program in the
28    state  of  such  individual's residence. The court may in its
29    sentencing order approve an eligible defendant for  placement
30    in  a  Department of Corrections impact incarceration program
31    as provided in Section 5-8-1.1.  At  the  hearing  the  court
32    shall:
33             (1)  consider  the  evidence,  if any, received upon
 
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 1        the trial;
 2             (2)  consider any presentence reports;
 3             (3)  consider the financial impact of  incarceration
 4        based  on  the  financial impact statement filed with the
 5        clerk of the court by the Department of Corrections;
 6             (4)  consider evidence and  information  offered  by
 7        the parties in aggravation and mitigation;
 8             (5)  hear arguments as to sentencing alternatives;
 9             (6)  afford  the defendant the opportunity to make a
10        statement in his own behalf;
11             (7)  afford the victim  of  a  violent  crime  or  a
12        violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
13        or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local  ordinance,  or a
14        qualified individual affected by a violation  of  Section
15        405,  405.1,  405.2,  or  407  of the Illinois Controlled
16        Substances  Act,   committed   by   the   defendant   the
17        opportunity  to make a statement concerning the impact on
18        the victim  and  to  offer  evidence  in  aggravation  or
19        mitigation;  provided  that  the  statement  and evidence
20        offered  in  aggravation  or  mitigation  must  first  be
21        prepared in  writing  in  conjunction  with  the  State's
22        Attorney  before  it  may  be  presented  orally  at  the
23        hearing.  Any  sworn  testimony  offered by the victim is
24        subject to the defendant's right  to  cross-examine.  All
25        statements  and evidence offered under this paragraph (7)
26        shall become part of the record of the  court.   For  the
27        purpose  of  this  paragraph  (7), "qualified individual"
28        means any person who  (i)  lived  or  worked  within  the
29        territorial  jurisdiction  where  the  offense took place
30        when the offense took place; and (ii)  is  familiar  with
31        various public places within the territorial jurisdiction
32        where the offense took place when the offense took place.
33        For  the  purposes  of  this  paragraph  (7),  "qualified
34        individual"  includes any peace officer, or any member of
 
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 1        any duly organized State, county, or municipal peace unit
 2        assigned  to  the  territorial  jurisdiction  where   the
 3        offense took place when the offense took place; and
 4             (8)  in   cases  of  reckless  homicide  afford  the
 5        victim's spouse, guardians, parents  or  other  immediate
 6        family members an opportunity to make oral statements.
 7        (b)  All  sentences  shall  be imposed by the judge based
 8    upon his independent assessment  of  the  elements  specified
 9    above  and  any  agreement  as  to  sentence  reached  by the
10    parties.  The judge who presided at the trial  or  the  judge
11    who  accepted  the  plea  of guilty shall impose the sentence
12    unless he is no longer sitting as  a  judge  in  that  court.
13    Where  the judge does not impose sentence at the same time on
14    all defendants  who  are  convicted  as  a  result  of  being
15    involved  in  the  same offense, the defendant or the State's
16    Attorney may advise the sentencing court of  the  disposition
17    of any other defendants who have been sentenced.
18        (c)  In imposing a sentence for a violent crime or for an
19    offense  of  operating  or  being  in  physical  control of a
20    vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, any other  drug
21    or any combination thereof, or a similar provision of a local
22    ordinance,  when such offense resulted in the personal injury
23    to someone other than the defendant, the  trial  judge  shall
24    specify  on  the record the particular evidence, information,
25    factors in mitigation and aggravation or other  reasons  that
26    led to his sentencing determination. The full verbatim record
27    of  the  sentencing  hearing shall be filed with the clerk of
28    the court and shall be a public record.
29        (c-1)  In  imposing  a  sentence  for  the   offense   of
30    aggravated   kidnapping  for  ransom,  home  invasion,  armed
31    robbery, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated discharge
32    of a firearm, or armed violence with a category I  weapon  or
33    category  II  weapon, the trial judge shall make a finding as
34    to whether the conduct leading to conviction for the  offense
 
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 1    resulted  in  great  bodily harm to a victim, and shall enter
 2    that finding and the basis for that finding in the record.
 3        (c-2)  If the defendant is  sentenced  to  prison,  other
 4    than  when  a  sentence  of  natural  life  imprisonment or a
 5    sentence of death is imposed, at the  time  the  sentence  is
 6    imposed the judge shall state on the record in open court the
 7    approximate  period  of  time  the  defendant  will  serve in
 8    custody according to the then  current  statutory  rules  and
 9    regulations  for  early  release  found  in Section 3-6-3 and
10    other related provisions of this  Code.   This  statement  is
11    intended  solely to inform the public, has no legal effect on
12    the defendant's actual release, and may not be relied  on  by
13    the defendant on appeal.
14        The  judge's statement, to be given after pronouncing the
15    sentence, other than when the sentence is imposed for one  of
16    the offenses enumerated in paragraph (a)(3) of Section 3-6-3,
17    shall include the following:
18        "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of
19    the  actual  period of time this defendant is likely to spend
20    in prison as a result of this sentence.  The actual period of
21    prison time served is determined by the statutes of  Illinois
22    as  applied  to  this  sentence by the Illinois Department of
23    Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  In  this
24    case,  assuming the defendant receives all of his or her good
25    conduct credit, the period of estimated actual custody is ...
26    years and ... months, less up to  180  days  additional  good
27    conduct  credit  for  meritorious service.  If the defendant,
28    because of his or her own misconduct  or  failure  to  comply
29    with  the  institutional  regulations, does not receive those
30    credits, the actual time served in  prison  will  be  longer.
31    The  defendant  may  also  receive an additional one-half day
32    good  conduct  credit  for  each  day  of  participation   in
33    vocational,   industry,   substance  abuse,  and  educational
34    programs as provided for by Illinois statute."
 
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 1        When the sentence is imposed  for  one  of  the  offenses
 2    enumerated  in  paragraph (a)(3) of Section 3-6-3, other than
 3    when  the  sentence  is  imposed  for  one  of  the  offenses
 4    enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of Section 3-6-3 committed  on
 5    or  after  June 19, 1998, and other than when the sentence is
 6    imposed for reckless homicide as defined in subsection (e) of
 7    Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 if the  offense  was
 8    committed  on  or  after January 1, 1999, and other than when
 9    the sentence is imposed for one of the offenses enumerated in
10    paragraph (a)(2.5) of Section 3-6-3 committed on or after the
11    effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  92nd  General
12    Assembly,   the   judge's   statement,   to  be  given  after
13    pronouncing the sentence, shall include the following:
14        "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of
15    the actual period of time this defendant is likely  to  spend
16    in prison as a result of this sentence.  The actual period of
17    prison  time served is determined by the statutes of Illinois
18    as applied to this sentence by  the  Illinois  Department  of
19    Corrections  and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  In this
20    case, assuming the defendant receives all of his or her  good
21    conduct credit, the period of estimated actual custody is ...
22    years  and  ...  months,  less  up to 90 days additional good
23    conduct credit for meritorious service.   If  the  defendant,
24    because  of  his  or  her own misconduct or failure to comply
25    with the institutional regulations, does  not  receive  those
26    credits,  the  actual  time  served in prison will be longer.
27    The defendant may also receive  an  additional  one-half  day
28    good   conduct  credit  for  each  day  of  participation  in
29    vocational,  industry,  substance  abuse,   and   educational
30    programs as provided for by Illinois statute."
31        When  the  sentence  is  imposed  for one of the offenses
32    enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of Section 3-6-3,  other  than
33    first  degree  murder,  and  the  offense was committed on or
34    after June 19, 1998, and when the  sentence  is  imposed  for
 
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 1    reckless homicide as defined in subsection (e) of Section 9-3
 2    of  the Criminal Code of 1961 if the offense was committed on
 3    or after January 1, 1999, and when the  sentence  is  imposed
 4    for  one  of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (a)(2.5) of
 5    Section 3-6-3 committed on or after  the  effective  date  of
 6    this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, the judge's
 7    statement,  to be given after pronouncing the sentence, shall
 8    include the following:
 9        "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of
10    the actual period of time this defendant is likely  to  spend
11    in prison as a result of this sentence.  The actual period of
12    prison  time served is determined by the statutes of Illinois
13    as applied to this sentence by  the  Illinois  Department  of
14    Corrections  and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  In this
15    case, the defendant is entitled to no more than 4 1/2 days of
16    good conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence  of
17    imprisonment.   Therefore, this defendant will serve at least
18    85% of his or her sentence.  Assuming the defendant  receives
19    4  1/2 days credit for each month of his or her sentence, the
20    period of estimated actual  custody  is  ...  years  and  ...
21    months.   If  the  defendant,  because  of  his  or  her  own
22    misconduct  or  failure  to  comply  with  the  institutional
23    regulations receives lesser credit, the actual time served in
24    prison will be longer."
25        When  a  sentence  of  imprisonment  is imposed for first
26    degree murder and the offense was committed on or after  June
27    19,   1998,   the   judge's  statement,  to  be  given  after
28    pronouncing the sentence, shall include the following:
29        "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of
30    the actual period of time this defendant is likely  to  spend
31    in prison as a result of this sentence.  The actual period of
32    prison  time served is determined by the statutes of Illinois
33    as applied to this sentence by  the  Illinois  Department  of
34    Corrections  and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  In this
 
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 1    case, the defendant is not entitled to good  conduct  credit.
 2    Therefore,  this  defendant  will  serve  100%  of his or her
 3    sentence."
 4        (d)  When the defendant is committed to the Department of
 5    Corrections, the State's Attorney shall and counsel  for  the
 6    defendant may file a statement with the clerk of the court to
 7    be  transmitted  to  the department, agency or institution to
 8    which the defendant is committed to furnish such  department,
 9    agency or institution with the facts and circumstances of the
10    offense  for which the person was committed together with all
11    other factual information accessible to them in regard to the
12    person prior  to  his  commitment  relative  to  his  habits,
13    associates,  disposition  and  reputation and any other facts
14    and circumstances which may aid such  department,  agency  or
15    institution  during  its  custody  of such person.  The clerk
16    shall within 10 days  after  receiving  any  such  statements
17    transmit a copy to such department, agency or institution and
18    a copy to the other party, provided, however, that this shall
19    not  be  cause  for  delay  in  conveying  the  person to the
20    department, agency  or  institution  to  which  he  has  been
21    committed.
22        (e)  The  clerk  of  the  court  shall  transmit  to  the
23    department,  agency  or  institution,  if  any,  to which the
24    defendant is committed, the following:
25             (1)  the sentence imposed;
26             (2)  any statement by the court  of  the  basis  for
27        imposing the sentence;
28             (3)  any presentence reports;
29             (4)  the number of days, if any, which the defendant
30        has  been  in  custody  and  for  which he is entitled to
31        credit against the sentence, which information  shall  be
32        provided to the clerk by the sheriff;
33             (4.1)  any  finding of great bodily harm made by the
34        court with respect to an offense enumerated in subsection
 
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 1        (c-1);
 2             (5)  all statements filed under  subsection  (d)  of
 3        this Section;
 4             (6)  any   medical   or  mental  health  records  or
 5        summaries of the defendant;
 6             (7)  the  municipality  where  the  arrest  of   the
 7        offender  or  the commission of the offense has occurred,
 8        where such municipality has a  population  of  more  than
 9        25,000 persons;
10             (8)  all  statements made and evidence offered under
11        paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Section; and
12             (9)  all additional matters which the court  directs
13        the clerk to transmit.
14    (Source:  P.A.  90-592,  eff.  6-19-98; 90-593, eff. 6-19-98;
15    90-740, eff.  1-1-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-899,  eff.
16    1-1-01.)

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