Bill Text: IL HR0163 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Governor and the Department of Corrections to discourage prosecutors from recommending and judges from sentencing low level drug offenders to the county jail or the Department of Corrections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-05 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly [HR0163 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0163-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Too many minor offenders, especially drug | ||||||
| 3 | offenders, are sentenced to terms of imprisonment in county | ||||||
| 4 | jails and the Department of Corrections; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Many offenders are sentenced to imprisonment for | ||||||
| 6 | possession of small quantities of controlled substances; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, These sentences disproportionally impact the poor | ||||||
| 8 | and disadvantaged; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The costs of incarceration exceed the costs of | ||||||
| 10 | home confinement and treatment; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Confinement of these offenders in jail or the | ||||||
| 12 | Department of Corrections diverts resources that should be | ||||||
| 13 | devoted to protecting the public from violent offenders; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Attitudes toward drug addiction have changed over | ||||||
| 15 | the years; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Drug addiction is as much a medical problem as a | ||||||
| 17 | criminal justice issue; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Treatment is a preferred disposition to jail time | ||||||
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| 1 | for persons convicted of possession of small quantities of | ||||||
| 2 | controlled substances; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, We urge prosecutors and judges to consider home | ||||||
| 4 | confinement to jail time for these low level drug offenders; | ||||||
| 5 | therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 7 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 8 | urge the Governor and the Department of Corrections to | ||||||
| 9 | discourage prosecutors from recommending and judges from | ||||||
| 10 | sentencing low level drug offenders to the county jail or the | ||||||
| 11 | Department of Corrections; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
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| 13 | delivered to the Governor and to the Director of
Corrections.
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