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1 | AN ACT concerning 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 Section 5-8A-4 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (730 ILCS 5/5-8A-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-4) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 5-8A-4. Program description. The supervising | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | authority may promulgate rules that prescribe reasonable | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | guidelines under which an electronic monitoring and home | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | detention program shall operate. When using electronic | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | monitoring for home detention these rules may include, but not | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | be limited to, the following: | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | (A) The participant may be instructed to remain within | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | the interior premises or within the property boundaries of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | his or her residence at all times during the hours | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | designated by the supervising authority. Such instances of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | approved absences from the home shall include, but are not | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | limited to, the following: | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (1) working or employment approved by the court or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | traveling to or from approved employment ; travel to | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | and from approved employment shall not be denied based | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | solely on the transient or mobile nature of the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | employment, provided that the participant gives the |
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1 | supervising authority sufficient notice and the | ||||||
2 | employer confirms the exact routes or locations, or | ||||||
3 | both, of employment at least 24 hours in advance. | ||||||
4 | Travel to and from approved employment shall not | ||||||
5 | be denied solely for failure to provide the | ||||||
6 | supervising authority with timely notice, provided | ||||||
7 | that the participant gives the supervising authority | ||||||
8 | sufficient notice at least 24 hours in advance of | ||||||
9 | travel ; | ||||||
10 | (2) unemployed and seeking employment approved for | ||||||
11 | the participant by the court; | ||||||
12 | (3) undergoing medical, psychiatric, mental health | ||||||
13 | treatment, counseling, or other treatment programs | ||||||
14 | approved for the participant by the court; | ||||||
15 | (4) attending an educational institution or a | ||||||
16 | program approved for the participant by the court; | ||||||
17 | (5) attending a regularly scheduled religious | ||||||
18 | service at a place of worship; | ||||||
19 | (6) participating in community work release or | ||||||
20 | community service programs approved for the | ||||||
21 | participant by the supervising authority; | ||||||
22 | (7) for another compelling reason consistent with | ||||||
23 | the public interest, as approved by the supervising | ||||||
24 | authority; or | ||||||
25 | (8) purchasing groceries, food, or other basic | ||||||
26 | necessities. |
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1 | (A-1) At a minimum, any person ordered to pretrial | ||||||
2 | home confinement with or without electronic monitoring | ||||||
3 | must be provided with movement spread out over no fewer | ||||||
4 | than two days per week, to participate in basic activities | ||||||
5 | such as those listed in paragraph (A). In this subdivision | ||||||
6 | (A-1), "days" means a reasonable time period during a | ||||||
7 | calendar day, as outlined by the court in the order | ||||||
8 | placing the person on home confinement. | ||||||
9 | (B) The participant shall admit any person or agent | ||||||
10 | designated by the supervising authority into his or her | ||||||
11 | residence at any time for purposes of verifying the | ||||||
12 | participant's compliance with the conditions of his or her | ||||||
13 | detention. | ||||||
14 | (C) The participant shall make the necessary | ||||||
15 | arrangements to allow for any person or agent designated | ||||||
16 | by the supervising authority to visit the participant's | ||||||
17 | place of education or employment at any time, based upon | ||||||
18 | the approval of the educational institution employer or | ||||||
19 | both, for the purpose of verifying the participant's | ||||||
20 | compliance with the conditions of his or her detention. | ||||||
21 | (D) The participant shall acknowledge and participate | ||||||
22 | with the approved electronic monitoring device as | ||||||
23 | designated by the supervising authority at any time for | ||||||
24 | the purpose of verifying the participant's compliance with | ||||||
25 | the conditions of his or her detention. | ||||||
26 | (E) The participant shall maintain the following: |
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1 | (1) access to a working telephone; | ||||||
2 | (2) a monitoring device in the participant's home, | ||||||
3 | or on the participant's person, or both; and | ||||||
4 | (3) a monitoring device in the participant's home | ||||||
5 | and on the participant's person in the absence of a | ||||||
6 | telephone. | ||||||
7 | (F) The participant shall obtain approval from the | ||||||
8 | supervising authority before the participant changes | ||||||
9 | residence or the schedule described in subsection (A) of | ||||||
10 | this Section. Such approval shall not be unreasonably | ||||||
11 | withheld. | ||||||
12 | (G) The participant shall not commit another crime | ||||||
13 | during the period of home detention ordered by the Court. | ||||||
14 | (H) Notice to the participant that violation of the | ||||||
15 | order for home detention may subject the participant to | ||||||
16 | prosecution for the crime of escape as described in | ||||||
17 | Section 5-8A-4.1. | ||||||
18 | (I) The participant shall abide by other conditions as | ||||||
19 | set by the supervising authority. | ||||||
20 | The supervising authority shall adopt rules to immediately | ||||||
21 | remove all approved electronic monitoring devices of a | ||||||
22 | pregnant participant during labor and delivery. | ||||||
23 | This Section takes effect January 1, 2022. | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21; | ||||||
25 | 102-1104, eff. 12-6-22; 103-745, eff. 1-1-25 .) |