Bill Text: IL HB0806 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that an inmate may not receive nor possess a photograph of a minor under 18 years of age while incarcerated in an institution or facility of the Department of Corrections if he or she has been convicted of any of the following offenses if the victim of the offense was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense: (1) criminal sexual assault; (2) aggravated criminal sexual assault; (3) predatory criminal sexual assault of a child; (4) criminal sexual abuse; (5) aggravated criminal sexual abuse; (6) a substantially similar offense under the laws of the United States, another state, or foreign jurisdiction; or (7) a predecessor offense to any of these offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0806 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0806-Introduced.html
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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 Section 3-8-7.5 as follows:
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| 6 | (730 ILCS 5/3-8-7.5)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-8-7.5. Mail and photograph possession restrictions.
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| 8 | (a) An inmate shall not correspond with a victim or member | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | of a victim's
family upon being given notice by the Department | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | that the person has notified
the Department that he or she does | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | not wish correspondence from the inmate.
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| 12 | (b) The victim or family member of the victim may give | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | notice to the
Department of his or her desire not to receive | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | correspondence as provided in
this Section and may do so at the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | time of sentencing or at any time during the
period of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | incarceration of the inmate by the Department. After receipt of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | the
notice, the Department shall not knowingly forward any mail | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | addressed to a
victim or family member of a victim named in the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | notice as not desiring
correspondence from a named inmate.
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| 20 | (c) At the time of any sentencing which results in the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | imposition of any
term of incarceration with the Department, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | the State's Attorney shall provide
the victim with written | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | notification that the victim or a family member of the
victim | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | at any time may notify the Department in writing of the | ||||||
| 2 | person's desire
not to receive correspondence from the inmate | ||||||
| 3 | convicted of the offense against
the victim.
The notification | ||||||
| 4 | provided by the State's Attorney shall inform the victim of
the | ||||||
| 5 | following:
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| 6 | (1) that it is the duty of the person desiring not to | ||||||
| 7 | receive
correspondence under this Section to notify the | ||||||
| 8 | Department of any change of
address if the person wants the | ||||||
| 9 | restriction on mail to apply after a change of
address; and
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| 10 | (2) that the notice to the Department is to include the | ||||||
| 11 | name of the person
incarcerated, the name and number of the | ||||||
| 12 | case resulting in the incarceration,
and the inmate number, | ||||||
| 13 | if known.
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| 14 | The State's Attorney shall assist the victim
in obtaining this | ||||||
| 15 | information at any time during the incarceration.
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| 16 | (d) The Department shall notify the inmate that the victim | ||||||
| 17 | or members of the
victim's family have provided notice to the | ||||||
| 18 | Department that the persons do not
wish correspondence from | ||||||
| 19 | that inmate during the incarceration.
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| 20 | (e) An inmate may not receive nor possess a photograph of a | ||||||
| 21 | minor under 18 years of age while incarcerated in an | ||||||
| 22 | institution or facility of the Department if he or she has been | ||||||
| 23 | convicted of any of the following offenses if the victim of the | ||||||
| 24 | offense was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission | ||||||
| 25 | of the offense: | ||||||
| 26 | (1) criminal sexual assault; | ||||||
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| 1 | (2) aggravated criminal sexual assault; | ||||||
| 2 | (3) predatory criminal sexual assault of a child; | ||||||
| 3 | (4) criminal sexual abuse; | ||||||
| 4 | (5) aggravated criminal sexual abuse; | ||||||
| 5 | (6) a substantially similar offense under the laws of | ||||||
| 6 | the United States, another state, or foreign jurisdiction; | ||||||
| 7 | or | ||||||
| 8 | (7) a predecessor offense to any of the offenses listed | ||||||
| 9 | in paragraphs (1) through (6) of this subsection (e). | ||||||
| 10 | (Source: P.A. 88-331.)
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