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Public Act 100-0142 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||
changing Section 3-7-2 as follows: | ||||
(730 ILCS 5/3-7-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2) | ||||
Sec. 3-7-2. Facilities. | ||||
(a) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | ||||
provide
every committed person with access to toilet | ||||
facilities, barber
facilities, bathing facilities at least | ||||
once each week, a library of
legal materials and published | ||||
materials including newspapers and magazines
approved by the | ||||
Director. A committed person may not receive any materials
that | ||||
the Director deems pornographic. | ||||
(b) (Blank). | ||||
(c) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | ||||
provide
facilities for every committed person to leave his cell | ||||
for at least one
hour each day unless the chief administrative | ||||
officer determines that it
would be harmful or dangerous to the | ||||
security or safety of the
institution or facility. | ||||
(d) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | ||||
provide
every committed person with a wholesome and nutritional | ||||
diet at
regularly scheduled hours, drinking water, clothing |
adequate for the
season, bedding, soap and towels and medical | ||
and dental care. | ||
(e) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | ||
permit
every committed person to send and receive an unlimited | ||
number of
uncensored letters, provided, however, that the | ||
Director may order that
mail be inspected and read for reasons | ||
of the security, safety or morale
of the institution or | ||
facility. | ||
(f) All of the institutions and facilities of the | ||
Department shall
permit every committed person to receive | ||
visitors, except in case of
abuse of the visiting privilege or | ||
when the chief administrative officer
determines that such | ||
visiting would be harmful or dangerous to the
security, safety | ||
or morale of the institution or facility.
The chief | ||
administrative officer shall have the right to restrict | ||
visitation
to non-contact visits for reasons of safety, | ||
security, and order, including,
but not limited to, restricting | ||
contact visits for committed persons engaged in
gang activity.
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No committed person in a super maximum security facility or on | ||
disciplinary
segregation is allowed contact visits. Any | ||
committed person found in
possession of illegal drugs or who | ||
fails a drug test shall not be permitted
contact visits for a | ||
period of at least 6 months. Any committed person
involved in | ||
gang activities or found guilty of assault committed against a
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Department employee shall not be permitted contact visits for a | ||
period of at
least 6 months. The Department shall offer every |
visitor appropriate written information concerning HIV and | ||
AIDS, including information concerning how to contact the | ||
Illinois Department of Public Health for counseling | ||
information. The Department shall develop the written | ||
materials in consultation with the Department of Public Health. | ||
The Department shall ensure that all such information and | ||
materials are culturally sensitive and reflect cultural | ||
diversity as appropriate. Implementation of the changes made to | ||
this Section by this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||
Assembly is subject to appropriation.
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(f-5) (Blank). | ||
(f-10) The Department may not restrict or limit in-person | ||
visits to committed persons due to the availability of | ||
interactive video conferences. | ||
(f-15)(1) The Department shall issue a standard written | ||
policy for each institution and facility of the Department that | ||
provides for: | ||
(A) the number of in-person visits each committed
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person is entitled to per week and per month; | ||
(B) the hours of in-person visits; | ||
(C) the type of identification required for visitors at | ||
least 18 years of age; and | ||
(D) the type of identification, if any, required for | ||
visitors under 18 years of age. | ||
(2) This policy shall be posted on the Department website
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and at each facility. |
(3) The Department shall post on its website daily any
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restrictions or denials of visitation for that day and the
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succeeding 5 calendar days, including those based on a lockdown
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of the facility, to inform family members and other visitors. | ||
(g) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | ||
permit
religious ministrations and sacraments to be available | ||
to every
committed person, but attendance at religious services | ||
shall not be
required. | ||
(h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the Department | ||
shall prohibit
the use of curtains, cell-coverings, or any | ||
other matter or object that
obstructs or otherwise impairs the | ||
line of vision into a committed person's
cell. | ||
(Source: P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2018.
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