94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0703


 
Introduced 02/01/05, by Rep. Thomas Holbrook
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













730 ILCS 5/3-7-2
  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2







    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections.  Provides for the establishment of a
pilot program at a Department of
Corrections facility built on
or after January 1, 2006 in which the inmates shall be prohibited from
possessing cigarettes and
other tobacco products.  Also provides that the Director of
Corrections may
prohibit the inmates of Department facilities built before January 1, 2006 from
possessing
cigarettes and other tobacco products as the Director deems appropriate.

















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A BILL FOR









 











HB0703

LRB094 08078 RLC 38262 b






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    AN ACT concerning corrections. 

 
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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 
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changing Section
3-7-2 as follows:


 
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    (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2)

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    Sec. 3-7-2. Facilities.


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    (a) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall 
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provide
every committed person with access to toilet 
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facilities, barber
facilities, bathing facilities at least 
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once each week, a library of
legal materials and published 
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materials including newspapers and magazines
approved by the 
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Director.  A committed person may not receive any materials
that 
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the Director deems pornographic.


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    (b) (Blank).


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    (c) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall 
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provide
facilities for every committed person to leave his cell 
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for at least one
hour each day unless the chief administrative 
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officer determines that it
would be harmful or dangerous to the 
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security or safety of the
institution or facility.


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    (d) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall 
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provide
every committed person with a wholesome and nutritional 
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diet at
regularly scheduled hours, drinking water, clothing 
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adequate for the
season, bedding, soap and towels and medical 
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and dental care.


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    (e) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall 
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permit
every committed person to send and receive an unlimited 
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number of
uncensored letters, provided, however, that the 
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Director may order that
mail be inspected and read for reasons 
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of the security, safety or morale
of the institution or 
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facility.


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    (f) All of the institutions and facilities of the 
 


 






HB0703
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Department shall
permit every committed person to receive 
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visitors, except in case of
abuse of the visiting privilege or 
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when the chief administrative officer
determines that such 
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visiting would be harmful or dangerous to the
security, safety 
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or morale of the institution or facility.
The chief 
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administrative officer shall have the right to restrict 
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visitation
to non-contact visits for reasons of safety, 
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security, and order, including,
but not limited to, restricting 
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contact visits for committed persons engaged in
gang activity.

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No committed person in a super maximum security facility or on 
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disciplinary
segregation is allowed contact visits.  Any 
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committed person found in
possession of illegal drugs or who 
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fails a drug test shall not be permitted
contact visits for a 
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period of at least 6 months.  Any committed person
involved in 
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gang activities or found guilty of assault committed against a

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Department employee shall not be permitted contact visits for a 
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period of at
least 6 months.


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    (g) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall 
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permit
religious ministrations and sacraments to be available 
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to every
committed person, but attendance at religious services 
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shall not be
required.


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    (h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the Department 
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shall prohibit
the use of curtains, cell-coverings, or any 
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other matter or object that
obstructs or otherwise impairs the 
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line of vision into a committed person's
cell.


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    (i) A pilot program shall be established within the 
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Department at a
facility or institution built on or after 
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January 1, 2006 and designated by the
Director in which 
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committed persons shall be prohibited from the possession of

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cigarettes and other tobacco products.  The Director may 
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prohibit the
possession of cigarettes and
other
tobacco

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products by committed persons at institutions and facilities of 
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the
Department
built before January 1, 2006 as the Director 
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deems appropriate.


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(Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-912, eff. 7-7-00.)