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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Sections 3-6-4 and 3-10-8 as follows:
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| 6 | (730 ILCS 5/3-6-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-4)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-6-4. Enforcement of Discipline - Escape.
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| 8 | (a) A committed person who escapes or attempts to escape | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | from an
institution or facility of the Department of | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Corrections, or escapes or attempts to
escape while in the | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | custody of an employee of the Department of Corrections, or
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| 12 | holds or participates in the holding of any person as a hostage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | by
force, threat or violence, or while participating in any | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | disturbance,
demonstration or riot, causes, directs or | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | participates in the
destruction of any property is guilty of a | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Class 2 felony. A committed
person who fails to return from | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | furlough or from work and day release is
guilty of a Class 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | felony.
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| 19 | (b) If one or more committed persons injures or attempts to | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | injure
in a violent manner any employee, officer, guard, other | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | peace officer
or any other committed person or damages or | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | attempts to damage any building or
workshop, or any | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | appurtenances thereof, or attempts to escape, or disobeys or
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| 1 | resists any lawful command, the employees, officers, guards and | ||||||
| 2 | other peace
officers shall use all suitable means to defend | ||||||
| 3 | themselves or other persons, to enforce the
observance of | ||||||
| 4 | discipline, to achieve a permitted purpose, to secure the | ||||||
| 5 | persons of the offenders, and prevent
such attempted violence | ||||||
| 6 | or escape; and said employees, officers, guards, or
other peace | ||||||
| 7 | officers, or any of them, shall, in the attempt to prevent the
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| 8 | escape of any such person, or in attempting to retake any such | ||||||
| 9 | person who has
escaped, or in attempting to prevent or suppress | ||||||
| 10 | violence by a committed person
against another person, a riot, | ||||||
| 11 | revolt, mutiny or insurrection, be justified in
the use of | ||||||
| 12 | force, including force likely to cause death or great bodily | ||||||
| 13 | harm
under Section 7-8 of the Criminal Code of 2012, which he | ||||||
| 14 | or she reasonably believed
necessary. Use of force shall be | ||||||
| 15 | terminated as soon as force is no longer necessary. Corporal | ||||||
| 16 | punishment is prohibited. Use of chemical agents may be | ||||||
| 17 | justified under the following circumstances: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) when use of force is otherwise justified; | ||||||
| 19 | (2) when lesser means are unavailable or inadequate; | ||||||
| 20 | (3) when a committed person refuses to follow direct | ||||||
| 21 | orders and verbalizes an intent to resist the use of | ||||||
| 22 | justified force to compel compliance with a lawful command; | ||||||
| 23 | or | ||||||
| 24 | (4) when a reasonable person would believe that a | ||||||
| 25 | committed person is likely to resist the use of justified | ||||||
| 26 | force to compel compliance with a lawful command.
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| 1 | As used in this Section, "committed person" includes a | ||||||
| 2 | person held in
detention in a secure facility or committed as a | ||||||
| 3 | sexually violent person and
held in a secure facility under the | ||||||
| 4 | Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act;
and "peace officer" | ||||||
| 5 | means any officer or member
of any duly organized State, county | ||||||
| 6 | or municipal police unit or police force.
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| 7 | (c) The Department shall establish procedures to provide | ||||||
| 8 | immediate
notification of the escape of any person, as defined | ||||||
| 9 | in subsection (a) of this
Section, to the persons specified in | ||||||
| 10 | subsection (c) of Section
3-14-1 of this Code.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 97-1083, eff. 8-24-12; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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| 12 | (730 ILCS 5/3-10-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-10-8)
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| 13 | Sec. 3-10-8. Discipline.) | ||||||
| 14 | (a)(1) Corporal punishment and
disciplinary restrictions | ||||||
| 15 | on diet, medical or sanitary facilities,
clothing, bedding or | ||||||
| 16 | mail are prohibited, as are reductions in
the frequency of use | ||||||
| 17 | of toilets, washbowls and showers.
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| 18 | (2) Disciplinary restrictions on visitation, work, | ||||||
| 19 | education
or program assignments, the use of toilets, washbowls
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| 20 | and showers shall be related as closely as practicable to
abuse | ||||||
| 21 | of such privileges or facilities. This paragraph shall
not | ||||||
| 22 | apply to segregation or isolation of persons for purposes
of | ||||||
| 23 | institutional control.
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| 24 | (3) No person committed to the Department of Juvenile | ||||||
| 25 | Justice may be
isolated for disciplinary reasons for more than | ||||||
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| 1 | 7 consecutive
days nor more than 15 days out of any 30 day | ||||||
| 2 | period except in
cases of violence or attempted violence | ||||||
| 3 | committed against
another person or property when an additional | ||||||
| 4 | period of
isolation for disciplinary reasons is approved by the | ||||||
| 5 | chief
administrative officer. A person who has been isolated | ||||||
| 6 | for
24 hours or more shall be interviewed daily by his staff
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| 7 | counselor or other staff member.
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| 8 | (4) Force shall be employed only to the degree reasonably | ||||||
| 9 | necessary to defend oneself, another person, or to achieve a | ||||||
| 10 | permitted purpose. Use of force shall be terminated as soon as | ||||||
| 11 | force is no longer necessary. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall establish | ||||||
| 13 | rules and
regulations governing disciplinary practices, the | ||||||
| 14 | penalties
for violation thereof, and the disciplinary | ||||||
| 15 | procedure by which
such penalties may be imposed. The rules of | ||||||
| 16 | behavior shall be
made known to each committed person, and the | ||||||
| 17 | discipline shall
be suited to the infraction and fairly | ||||||
| 18 | applied.
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| 19 | (c) All disciplinary action imposed upon persons in
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| 20 | institutions and facilities of the Department of Juvenile | ||||||
| 21 | Justice shall
be consistent with this Section and Department | ||||||
| 22 | rules and
regulations adopted hereunder.
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| 23 | (d) Disciplinary action imposed under this Section shall be
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| 24 | reviewed by the grievance procedure under Section 3-8-8.
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| 25 | (e) A written report of any infraction for which discipline
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| 26 | is imposed shall be filed with the chief administrative officer
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| 1 | within 72 hours of the occurrence of the infraction or the
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| 2 | discovery of it and such report shall be placed in the file
of | ||||||
| 3 | the institution or facility.
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| 4 | (f) All institutions and facilities of the Department of | ||||||
| 5 | Juvenile Justice
shall establish, subject to the approval of | ||||||
| 6 | the Director of Juvenile Justice,
procedures for disciplinary | ||||||
| 7 | cases except those that may
involve the imposition of | ||||||
| 8 | disciplinary isolation; delay in
referral to the Parole and | ||||||
| 9 | Pardon Board or a change in work,
education or other program | ||||||
| 10 | assignment of more than 7 days duration.
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| 11 | (g) In disciplinary cases which may involve the imposition
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| 12 | of disciplinary isolation, delay in referral to the Parole
and | ||||||
| 13 | Pardon Board, or a change in work, education or other
program | ||||||
| 14 | assignment of more than 7 days duration, the Director
shall | ||||||
| 15 | establish disciplinary procedures consistent with the
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| 16 | following principles:
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| 17 | (1) Any person or persons who initiate a disciplinary | ||||||
| 18 | charge
against a person shall not decide the charge. To the | ||||||
| 19 | extent
possible, a person representing the counseling | ||||||
| 20 | staff of the
institution or facility shall participate in | ||||||
| 21 | deciding the
disciplinary case.
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| 22 | (2) Any committed person charged with a violation of
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| 23 | Department rules of behavior shall be given notice of the
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| 24 | charge including a statement of the misconduct alleged and | ||||||
| 25 | of
the rules this conduct is alleged to violate.
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| 26 | (3) Any person charged with a violation of rules is | ||||||
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| 1 | entitled
to a hearing on that charge at which time he shall | ||||||
| 2 | have an
opportunity to appear before and address the person | ||||||
| 3 | or persons
deciding the charge.
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| 4 | (4) The person or persons deciding the charge may also | ||||||
| 5 | summon
to testify any witnesses or other persons with | ||||||
| 6 | relevant
knowledge of the incident. The person charged may | ||||||
| 7 | be
permitted to question any person so summoned.
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| 8 | (5) If the charge is sustained, the person charged is | ||||||
| 9 | entitled
to a written statement of the decision by the | ||||||
| 10 | persons deciding
the charge which shall include the basis | ||||||
| 11 | for the decision and
the disciplinary action, if any, to be | ||||||
| 12 | imposed.
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| 13 | (6) A change in work, education, or other program | ||||||
| 14 | assignment
shall not be used for disciplinary purposes | ||||||
| 15 | except as provided
in paragraph (a) of the Section and then | ||||||
| 16 | only after review and
approval under Section 3-10-3.
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| 17 | (Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)
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| 18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 19 | becoming law.
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