Public Act 90-0079 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0079

HB0723 Enrolled                               LRB9000995RCksC

    AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by adding
Article 16 to Chapter III.

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

    Section 5.  The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
adding Article 16 to Chapter III as follows:

    (730 ILCS 5/Chap. III, Art. 16 heading new)
           ARTICLE 16. PILOT PROGRAM FOR SELECTED
                 PAROLED JUVENILE OFFENDERS

    (730 ILCS 5/3-16-5 new)
    Sec.  3-16-5.   Multi-year  pilot  program  for  selected
paroled  youth  released  from  institutions  of the Juvenile
Division.
    (a)  The Department of Corrections may establish in  Cook
County,  DuPage  County,  Lake  County, Will County, and Kane
County a 6 year pilot program for selected youthful offenders
released to parole by the Juvenile Division of the Department
of Corrections.
    (b)  A person who is being released to  parole  from  the
Juvenile  Division under subsection (e) of Section 3-3-3 whom
the Juvenile Division deems a serious or at  risk  delinquent
youth  who  is  likely to have difficulty re-adjusting to the
community, who has had either significant  clinical  problems
or  a  history  of criminal activity related to sex offenses,
drugs, weapons, or  gangs,  and  who  is  returning  to  Cook
County,  Will  County,  Lake  County,  DuPage County, or Kane
County may be screened for eligibility to participate in  the
pilot program.
    (c)  If  the Department establishes a pilot program under
this Section, the Juvenile Division shall provide supervision
and structured services to persons selected to participate in
the program to: (i) ensure that they receive high  levels  of
supervision  and  case  managed,  structured  services;  (ii)
prepare  them  for  re-integration  into the community; (iii)
effectively monitor their compliance with parole requirements
and programming; and (iv) minimize the likelihood  that  they
will commit additional offenses.
    (d)  Based   upon   the   needs  of  a  participant,  the
Department may provide any or  all  of  the  following  to  a
participant:
         (1)  Risk and needs assessment;
         (2)  Comprehensive case management;
         (3)  Placement   in   licensed   secured   community
    facilities as a transitional measure;
         (4)  Transition to residential programming;
         (5)  Targeted    intensive    outpatient   treatment
    services;
         (6)  Structured day and evening  reporting  programs
    and behavioral day treatment;
         (7)  Family counseling;
         (8)  Transitional programs to independent living;
         (9)  Alternative placements;
         (10)  Substance abuse treatment.
    (e)  A  needs assessment case plan and parole supervision
profile may be completed by  the  Department  of  Corrections
before   the   selected   eligible   person's   release  from
institutional  custody  to  parole  supervision.  The   needs
assessment  case  plan  and  parole supervision profile shall
include identification of placement  requirements,  intensity
of   parole  supervision,  and  assessments  of  educational,
psychological,  vocational,  medical,  and  substance   abuse
treatment  needs.  Following the completion by the Department
of Corrections of the parole supervision  profile  and  needs
assessment  case plan, a comprehensive parole case management

plan shall be developed for each committed youth eligible and
selected  for  admission   to   the   pilot   program.    The
comprehensive  parole case management plan shall be submitted
for approval by the Department and for  presentation  to  the
Prisoner Review Board.
    (f)  The  Department  may  identify  in  a  comprehensive
parole case management plan any special conditions for parole
supervision  and  establish  sanctions  for a participant who
fails to comply with the program requirements or who violates
parole rules.  These sanctions may include the  return  of  a
participant    to    a    secure   community   placement   or
recommendations for parole revocation to the Prisoner  Review
Board.  Paroled youth may be held for investigation in secure
community  facilities  or  on  warrant  pending revocation in
local detention or jail facilities based on age.
    (g)  The  Department  may  select  and  contract  with  a
community-based network and work in partnership with  private
providers  to  provide  the  services specified in subsection
(d).
    (h)  If the Department establishes a pilot program  under
this  Section, the Department shall, in the 3 years following
the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of  1997,  first
implement the pilot program in Cook County and then implement
the pilot program in DuPage County, Lake County, Will County,
and Kane County in accordance with a schedule to be developed
by the Department.
    (i)  If  the Department establishes a pilot program under
this  Section,  the  Department  shall  establish  a  3  year
follow-up  evaluation  and   outcome   assessment   for   all
participants in the pilot program.
    (j)  If  the Department establishes a pilot program under
this Section, the Department shall publish an  outcome  study
covering  a  3  year follow-up period for participants in the
pilot program.

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