Bill Text: IL SR0172 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges all institutions and facilities of the Department of Corrections to provide every committed person with access to bathing facilities once per day. Urges, in the case of a lockdown, access to bathing facilities to be restricted for the first two days and, if the lockdown continues for more than two days, a committed person should be provided access to bathing facilities no less than once every two days for the duration of the lockdown.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-25 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter [SR0172 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0172-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Daily access to an adequate shower or other | ||||||
3 | facilities necessary to maintain hygiene is a human right; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Showering removes bacteria from the skin, which | ||||||
5 | helps the body protect itself from infection and hinders the | ||||||
6 | spread of disease; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Personal hygiene, including regular shower use, | ||||||
8 | is essential to preserve health and maintain a socially | ||||||
9 | acceptable appearance; being denied the opportunity to have a | ||||||
10 | regular shower or otherwise keep up one's personal hygiene may | ||||||
11 | be psychologically and physically degrading and humiliating; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, Most institutions and facilities of the | ||||||
14 | Department of Corrections do not have air conditioning, making | ||||||
15 | daily access to bathing facilities especially important during | ||||||
16 | warm seasons and after physical work to maintain hygiene and | ||||||
17 | prevent offensive body odor that would impact residents and | ||||||
18 | staff; and
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19 | WHEREAS, The right to access a bathing facility once per | ||||||
20 | day preserves human dignity; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge all | ||||||
3 | institutions and facilities of the Department of Corrections | ||||||
4 | to provide every committed person with access to bathing | ||||||
5 | facilities once per day; and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That we urge, in the case of a lockdown, access | ||||||
7 | to bathing facilities should be restricted for the first two | ||||||
8 | days and, if the lockdown continues for more than two days, a | ||||||
9 | committed person should be provided access to bathing | ||||||
10 | facilities no less than once every two days for the duration of | ||||||
11 | the lockdown.
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