Bill Text: IL HB3904 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall establish a Women's Correctional Services Division under the authority of a Chief of Women's Correctional Services, which must be a Senior Public Service Administrator level position. Provides that the Chief of Women's Correctional Services shall be appointed by the Director of Corrections. Provides that the Chief of Women's Correctional Services shall have the same authority as the Chief of Operations that oversees all male prison facility operations. Provides that the Women's Correctional Services Division shall: (1) be accountable for management and oversight of the operations of all State women's correctional facilities; (2) be accountable for all Department of Corrections employees working with women under the custody of the Department in State women's correctional facilities; and (3) be accountable for all employees working in the Department of Corrections Parole Division that supervise women on mandatory supervised release and any contractors providing services to women in the custody of the Department or under the supervision of the Department in any capacity.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 46-12)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-07 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino [HB3904 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3904-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 100-0527 | ||||
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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 Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||
changing Section 3-2-3 and by adding Section 3-2-5.5 as | ||||
follows:
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(730 ILCS 5/3-2-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-3)
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Sec. 3-2-3. Director; Appointment; Powers and Duties.
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(a) The Department shall be administered by the Director of | ||||
Corrections
who shall be appointed by the Governor in | ||||
accordance with The Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
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(b) The Director shall establish such Divisions within the | ||||
Department in
addition to those established under Sections | ||||
Section 3-2-5 and 3-2-5.5 as shall be desirable and
shall | ||||
assign to the various Divisions the responsibilities and duties
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placed in the Department by the laws of this State.
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(Source: P.A. 77-2097.)
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(730 ILCS 5/3-2-5.5 new) | ||||
Sec. 3-2-5.5. Women's Division. | ||||
(a) As used in this Section: | ||||
"Gender-responsive" means taking into account gender | ||||
specific differences that have been identified in |
women-centered research, including, but not limited to, | ||
socialization, psychological development, strengths, risk | ||
factors, pathways through systems, responses to treatment | ||
intervention, and other unique gender specific needs | ||
facing justice-involved women. Gender responsive policies, | ||
practices, programs, and services shall be implemented in a | ||
manner that is considered relational, culturally | ||
competent, family-centered, holistic, strength-based, and | ||
trauma-informed. | ||
"Trauma-informed practices" means practices | ||
incorporating gender violence research and the impact of | ||
all forms of trauma in designing and implementing policies, | ||
practices, processes, programs, and services that involve | ||
understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects | ||
of all types of trauma with emphasis on physical, | ||
psychological, and emotional safety. | ||
(b) The Department shall create a permanent Women's | ||
Division under the direct supervision of the Director. The | ||
Women's Division shall have statewide authority and | ||
operational oversight for all of the Department's women's | ||
correctional centers and women's adult transition centers. | ||
(c) The Director shall appoint by and with the advice and | ||
consent of the Senate a Chief Administrator for the Women's | ||
Division who has received nationally recognized specialized | ||
training in gender-responsive and trauma-informed practices. | ||
The Chief Administrator shall be responsible for: |
(1) management and supervision of all employees | ||
assigned to the Women's Division correctional centers and | ||
adult transition centers; | ||
(2) development and implementation of evidenced-based, | ||
gender-responsive, and trauma-informed practices that | ||
govern Women's Division operations and programs; | ||
(3) development of the Women's Division training, | ||
orientation, and cycle curriculum, which shall be updated | ||
as needed to align with gender responsive and | ||
trauma-informed practices; | ||
(4) training all staff assigned to the Women's Division | ||
correctional centers and adult transition centers on | ||
gender-responsive and trauma-informed practices; | ||
(5) implementation of validated gender-responsive | ||
classification and placement instruments; | ||
(6) implementation of a gender-responsive risk, | ||
assets, and needs assessment tool and case management | ||
system for the Women's Division; and | ||
(7) collaborating with the Chief Administrator of | ||
Parole to ensure staff responsible for supervision of | ||
females under mandatory supervised release are | ||
appropriately trained in evidence-based practices in | ||
community supervision, gender-responsive practices, and | ||
trauma-informed practices.
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