Bill Text: IL HR0794 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Illinois Department of Corrections to strengthen its commitment to PREA and eradicate sexual harassment and abuse in correctional facilities in Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-11 - Tabled [HR0794 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0794-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The rape and sexual abuse of prisoners by other | ||||||
3 | prisoners and staff plague prisons nationwide; and
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4 | WHEREAS, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) was passed | ||||||
5 | unanimously by Congress and was signed into law in 2003 to hold | ||||||
6 | the government accountable for these horrific acts; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Corrections claims to | ||||||
8 | be fully committed to the eradication of prison rape and has | ||||||
9 | adopted a "zero tolerance" policy in its facilities; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Under the purview of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
11 | Corrections and its "zero tolerance" policy, 404 allegations of | ||||||
12 | sexual harassment and abuse were filed in 2015; 118 of the | ||||||
13 | allegations made were regarding members of the Department of | ||||||
14 | Corrections staff; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Logan Correctional Center, one of only two female | ||||||
16 | Corrections facilities in the State, has the highest number of | ||||||
17 | sexual harassment and abuse allegations; currently, 30 | ||||||
18 | offenders housed at Logan Correctional Center have become | ||||||
19 | pregnant since their sentences have begun; therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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1 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the | ||||||
2 | Illinois Department of Corrections strengthen its commitment | ||||||
3 | to PREA and eradicate sexual harassment and abuse in the | ||||||
4 | correctional facilities in Illinois.
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