96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3533


 
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. Kwame Raoul
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







730 ILCS 125/27 new











     Amends the County Jail Act.  Provides that in counties of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the sheriff or his or her designee may place inmates who are pre-trial detainees or who are serving a sentence for a misdemeanor offense in community-based programs that are alternatives to incarceration. Provides that the court may place pretrial detainees or sentence convicted offenders to the sheriff's community-based alternatives to incarceration in consultation with the sheriff based on available program space.
  















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SB3533

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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 County Jail Act is amended  by adding Section 
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27 as follows:
 
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    (730 ILCS 125/27 new)
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    Sec. 27. Community-based alternatives to incarceration. In 
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counties of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the sheriff or his 
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or her designee may place inmates who are pre-trial detainees 
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or who are serving a sentence for a misdemeanor offense in 
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community-based programs that are alternatives to 
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incarceration. The court may place pretrial detainees or 
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sentence convicted offenders to the sheriff's community-based 
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alternatives to incarceration in consultation with the sheriff 
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based on available program space.