Bill Text: IL SB1340 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that an inmate is ineligible for the award of meritorious good conduct credit if the inmate was convicted of: (1) a violent crime as defined in the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act committed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act or (2) a second or subsequent violation of driving under the influence or aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol or any other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination thereof committed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1340 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1340-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 3-6-3 as follows:
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6 | (730 ILCS 5/3-6-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-3)
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7 | Sec. 3-6-3. Rules and Regulations for Early Release.
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8 | (a) (1) The Department of Corrections shall prescribe | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | rules
and regulations for the early release on account of | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | good
conduct of persons committed to the Department which | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | shall
be subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board.
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12 | (2) The rules and regulations on early release shall | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | provide, with
respect to offenses listed in clause (i), | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph (2) committed on or after | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | June 19, 1998 or with respect to the offense listed in | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | clause (iv) of this paragraph (2) committed on or after | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | June 23, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 94-71) or | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | with
respect to offense listed in clause (vi)
committed on | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | or after June 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | 95-625)
or with respect to the offense of being an armed | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | habitual criminal committed on or after August 2, 2005 (the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | effective date of Public Act 94-398) or with respect to the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | offenses listed in clause (v) of this paragraph (2) |
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1 | committed on or after August 13, 2007 (the effective date | ||||||
2 | of Public Act 95-134) or with respect to the offense of | ||||||
3 | aggravated domestic battery committed on or after July 23, | ||||||
4 | 2010 ( the effective date of Public Act 96-1224) this | ||||||
5 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly , the following:
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6 | (i) that a prisoner who is serving a term of | ||||||
7 | imprisonment for first
degree murder or for the offense | ||||||
8 | of terrorism shall receive no good conduct
credit and | ||||||
9 | shall serve the entire
sentence imposed by the court;
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10 | (ii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for attempt | ||||||
11 | to commit first
degree murder, solicitation of murder, | ||||||
12 | solicitation of murder for hire,
intentional homicide | ||||||
13 | of an unborn child, predatory criminal sexual assault | ||||||
14 | of a
child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, | ||||||
15 | criminal sexual assault, aggravated
kidnapping, | ||||||
16 | aggravated battery with a firearm, heinous battery, | ||||||
17 | being an armed habitual criminal, aggravated
battery | ||||||
18 | of a senior citizen, or aggravated battery of a child | ||||||
19 | shall receive no
more than 4.5 days of good conduct | ||||||
20 | credit for each month of his or her sentence
of | ||||||
21 | imprisonment;
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22 | (iii) that a prisoner serving a sentence
for home | ||||||
23 | invasion, armed robbery, aggravated vehicular | ||||||
24 | hijacking,
aggravated discharge of a firearm, or armed | ||||||
25 | violence with a category I weapon
or category II | ||||||
26 | weapon, when the court
has made and entered a finding, |
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1 | pursuant to subsection (c-1) of Section 5-4-1
of this | ||||||
2 | Code, that the conduct leading to conviction for the | ||||||
3 | enumerated offense
resulted in great bodily harm to a | ||||||
4 | victim, shall receive no more than 4.5 days
of good | ||||||
5 | conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence of | ||||||
6 | imprisonment;
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7 | (iv) that a prisoner serving a sentence for | ||||||
8 | aggravated discharge of a firearm, whether or not the | ||||||
9 | conduct leading to conviction for the offense resulted | ||||||
10 | in great bodily harm to the victim, shall receive no | ||||||
11 | more than 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each | ||||||
12 | month of his or her sentence of imprisonment;
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13 | (v) that a person serving a sentence for | ||||||
14 | gunrunning, narcotics racketeering, controlled | ||||||
15 | substance trafficking, methamphetamine trafficking, | ||||||
16 | drug-induced homicide, aggravated | ||||||
17 | methamphetamine-related child endangerment, money | ||||||
18 | laundering pursuant to clause (c) (4) or (5) of Section | ||||||
19 | 29B-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or a Class X felony | ||||||
20 | conviction for delivery of a controlled substance, | ||||||
21 | possession of a controlled substance with intent to | ||||||
22 | manufacture or deliver, calculated criminal drug | ||||||
23 | conspiracy, criminal drug conspiracy, street gang | ||||||
24 | criminal drug conspiracy, participation in | ||||||
25 | methamphetamine manufacturing, aggravated | ||||||
26 | participation in methamphetamine manufacturing, |
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1 | delivery of methamphetamine, possession with intent to | ||||||
2 | deliver methamphetamine, aggravated delivery of | ||||||
3 | methamphetamine, aggravated possession with intent to | ||||||
4 | deliver methamphetamine, methamphetamine conspiracy | ||||||
5 | when the substance containing the controlled substance | ||||||
6 | or methamphetamine is 100 grams or more shall receive | ||||||
7 | no more than 7.5 days good conduct credit for each | ||||||
8 | month of his or her sentence of imprisonment;
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9 | (vi)
that a prisoner serving a sentence for a | ||||||
10 | second or subsequent offense of luring a minor shall | ||||||
11 | receive no more than 4.5 days of good conduct credit | ||||||
12 | for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment; | ||||||
13 | and
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14 | (vii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for | ||||||
15 | aggravated domestic battery shall receive no more than | ||||||
16 | 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his | ||||||
17 | or her sentence of imprisonment.
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18 | (2.1) For all offenses, other than those enumerated in | ||||||
19 | subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), or (iii)
committed on or after | ||||||
20 | June 19, 1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) committed on or | ||||||
21 | after June 23, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act | ||||||
22 | 94-71) or subdivision (a)(2)(v) committed on or after | ||||||
23 | August 13, 2007 (the effective date of Public Act 95-134)
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24 | or subdivision (a)(2)(vi) committed on or after June 1, | ||||||
25 | 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-625) or | ||||||
26 | subdivision (a)(2)(vii) committed on or after July 23, 2010 |
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1 | ( the effective date of Public Act 96-1224) this amendatory | ||||||
2 | Act of the 96th General Assembly , and other than the | ||||||
3 | offense of aggravated driving under the influence of | ||||||
4 | alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound or | ||||||
5 | compounds, or any combination thereof as defined in
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6 | subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of | ||||||
7 | Section 11-501 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, and other than | ||||||
8 | the offense of aggravated driving under the influence of | ||||||
9 | alcohol,
other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or | ||||||
10 | compounds, or any combination
thereof as defined in | ||||||
11 | subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
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12 | Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or | ||||||
13 | after January 1, 2011 ( the effective date of Public Act | ||||||
14 | 96-1230) this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly ,
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15 | the rules and regulations shall
provide that a prisoner who | ||||||
16 | is serving a term of
imprisonment shall receive one day of | ||||||
17 | good conduct credit for each day of
his or her sentence of | ||||||
18 | imprisonment or recommitment under Section 3-3-9.
Each day | ||||||
19 | of good conduct credit shall reduce by one day the | ||||||
20 | prisoner's period
of imprisonment or recommitment under | ||||||
21 | Section 3-3-9.
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22 | (2.2) A prisoner serving a term of natural life | ||||||
23 | imprisonment or a
prisoner who has been sentenced to death | ||||||
24 | shall receive no good conduct
credit.
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25 | (2.3) The rules and regulations on early release shall | ||||||
26 | provide that
a prisoner who is serving a sentence for |
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1 | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol,
other | ||||||
2 | drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or | ||||||
3 | any combination
thereof as defined in subparagraph (F) of | ||||||
4 | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
Section 11-501 of the | ||||||
5 | Illinois Vehicle Code, shall receive no more than 4.5
days | ||||||
6 | of good conduct credit for each month of his or her | ||||||
7 | sentence of
imprisonment.
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8 | (2.4) The rules and regulations on early release shall | ||||||
9 | provide with
respect to the offenses of aggravated battery | ||||||
10 | with a machine gun or a firearm
equipped with any device or | ||||||
11 | attachment designed or used for silencing the
report of a | ||||||
12 | firearm or aggravated discharge of a machine gun or a | ||||||
13 | firearm
equipped with any device or attachment designed or | ||||||
14 | used for silencing the
report of a firearm, committed on or | ||||||
15 | after
July 15, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act | ||||||
16 | 91-121),
that a prisoner serving a sentence for any of | ||||||
17 | these offenses shall receive no
more than 4.5 days of good | ||||||
18 | conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence
of | ||||||
19 | imprisonment.
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20 | (2.5) The rules and regulations on early release shall | ||||||
21 | provide that a
prisoner who is serving a sentence for | ||||||
22 | aggravated arson committed on or after
July 27, 2001 (the | ||||||
23 | effective date of Public Act 92-176) shall receive no more | ||||||
24 | than
4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his | ||||||
25 | or her sentence of
imprisonment.
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26 | (2.6) The rules and regulations on early release shall |
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1 | provide that a
prisoner who is serving a sentence for | ||||||
2 | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol,
other | ||||||
3 | drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds , or | ||||||
4 | any combination
thereof as defined in subparagraph (C) of | ||||||
5 | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
Section 11-501 of the | ||||||
6 | Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or after January 1, 2011 | ||||||
7 | ( the effective date of Public Act 96-1230) this amendatory | ||||||
8 | Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall receive no more | ||||||
9 | than 4.5
days of good conduct credit for each month of his | ||||||
10 | or her sentence of
imprisonment.
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11 | (3) The rules and regulations shall also provide that
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12 | the Director may award up to 180 days additional good | ||||||
13 | conduct
credit for meritorious service in specific | ||||||
14 | instances as the
Director deems proper; except that no more | ||||||
15 | than 90 days
of good conduct credit for meritorious service
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16 | shall be awarded to any prisoner who is serving a sentence | ||||||
17 | for
conviction of first degree murder, reckless homicide | ||||||
18 | while under the
influence of alcohol or any other drug,
or | ||||||
19 | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other | ||||||
20 | drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound or compounds, or | ||||||
21 | any combination thereof as defined in
subparagraph (F) of | ||||||
22 | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
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23 | Illinois Vehicle Code, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping,
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24 | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child,
aggravated | ||||||
25 | criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, deviate | ||||||
26 | sexual
assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, |
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1 | aggravated indecent liberties
with a child, indecent | ||||||
2 | liberties with a child, child pornography, heinous
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3 | battery, aggravated battery of a spouse, aggravated | ||||||
4 | battery of a spouse
with a firearm, stalking, aggravated | ||||||
5 | stalking, aggravated battery of a child,
endangering the | ||||||
6 | life or health of a child, or cruelty to a child. | ||||||
7 | Notwithstanding the foregoing, good conduct credit for
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8 | meritorious service shall not be awarded on a
sentence of | ||||||
9 | imprisonment imposed for conviction of: (i) one of the | ||||||
10 | offenses
enumerated in subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), or | ||||||
11 | (iii) when the offense is committed on or after
June 19, | ||||||
12 | 1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) when the offense is | ||||||
13 | committed on or after June 23, 2005 (the effective date of | ||||||
14 | Public Act 94-71) or subdivision (a)(2)(v) when the offense | ||||||
15 | is committed on or after August 13, 2007 (the effective | ||||||
16 | date of Public Act 95-134)
or subdivision (a)(2)(vi) when | ||||||
17 | the offense is committed on or after June 1, 2008 (the | ||||||
18 | effective date of Public Act 95-625) or subdivision | ||||||
19 | (a)(2)(vii) when the offense is committed on or after July | ||||||
20 | 23, 2010 ( the effective date of Public Act 96-1224) this | ||||||
21 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly , (ii) | ||||||
22 | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other | ||||||
23 | drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound or compounds, or | ||||||
24 | any combination thereof as defined in
subparagraph (F) of | ||||||
25 | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
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26 | Illinois Vehicle Code, (iii) one of the offenses enumerated |
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1 | in subdivision
(a)(2.4) when the offense is committed on or | ||||||
2 | after
July 15, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act | ||||||
3 | 91-121),
(iv) aggravated arson when the offense is | ||||||
4 | committed
on or after July 27, 2001 (the effective date of | ||||||
5 | Public Act 92-176), or (v) offenses that may subject the | ||||||
6 | offender to commitment under the Sexually Violent Persons | ||||||
7 | Commitment Act, or (vi) (v) aggravated driving under the | ||||||
8 | influence of alcohol,
other drug or drugs, or intoxicating | ||||||
9 | compound or compounds , or any combination
thereof as | ||||||
10 | defined in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection | ||||||
11 | (d) of
Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code | ||||||
12 | committed on or after January 1, 2011 ( the effective date | ||||||
13 | of Public Act 96-1230), (vii) a violent crime as defined in | ||||||
14 | Section 3 of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act | ||||||
15 | committed on or after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
16 | Act of the 97th General Assembly, or (viii) a second or | ||||||
17 | subsequent violation of driving under the
influence or | ||||||
18 | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol or any | ||||||
19 | other drug
or drugs, or
intoxicating compound or compounds, | ||||||
20 | or any combination thereof as defined in Section 11-501 of | ||||||
21 | the
Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or after the | ||||||
22 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | ||||||
23 | Assembly this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly .
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24 | The Director shall not award good conduct credit for | ||||||
25 | meritorious service under this paragraph (3) to an inmate | ||||||
26 | unless the inmate has served a minimum of 60 days of the |
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1 | sentence; except nothing in this paragraph shall be | ||||||
2 | construed to permit the Director to extend an inmate's | ||||||
3 | sentence beyond that which was imposed by the court. Prior | ||||||
4 | to awarding credit under this paragraph (3), the Director | ||||||
5 | shall make a written determination that the inmate: | ||||||
6 | (A) is eligible for good conduct credit for | ||||||
7 | meritorious service; | ||||||
8 | (B) has served a minimum of 60 days, or as close to | ||||||
9 | 60 days as the sentence will allow; and | ||||||
10 | (C) has met the eligibility criteria established | ||||||
11 | by rule. | ||||||
12 | The Director shall determine the form and content of | ||||||
13 | the written determination required in this subsection.
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14 | (4) The rules and regulations shall also provide that | ||||||
15 | the good conduct
credit accumulated and retained under | ||||||
16 | paragraph (2.1) of subsection (a) of
this Section by any | ||||||
17 | inmate during specific periods of time in which such
inmate | ||||||
18 | is engaged full-time in substance abuse programs, | ||||||
19 | correctional
industry assignments, or educational programs | ||||||
20 | provided by the Department
under this paragraph (4) and | ||||||
21 | satisfactorily completes the assigned program as
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22 | determined by the standards of the Department, shall be | ||||||
23 | multiplied by a factor
of 1.25 for program participation | ||||||
24 | before August 11, 1993
and 1.50 for program participation | ||||||
25 | on or after that date.
However, no inmate shall be eligible | ||||||
26 | for the additional good conduct credit
under this paragraph |
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1 | (4) or (4.1) of this subsection (a) while assigned to a | ||||||
2 | boot camp
or electronic detention, or if convicted of an | ||||||
3 | offense enumerated in
subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), or | ||||||
4 | (iii) of this Section that is committed on or after June | ||||||
5 | 19,
1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) of this Section that is | ||||||
6 | committed on or after June 23, 2005 (the effective date of | ||||||
7 | Public Act 94-71) or subdivision (a)(2)(v) of this Section | ||||||
8 | that is committed on or after August 13, 2007 (the | ||||||
9 | effective date of Public Act 95-134)
or subdivision | ||||||
10 | (a)(2)(vi) when the offense is committed on or after June | ||||||
11 | 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-625) or | ||||||
12 | subdivision (a)(2)(vii) when the offense is committed on or | ||||||
13 | after July 23, 2010 ( the effective date of Public Act | ||||||
14 | 96-1224) this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly , | ||||||
15 | or if convicted of aggravated driving under the influence | ||||||
16 | of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound | ||||||
17 | or compounds , or any combination thereof as defined in
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18 | subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of | ||||||
19 | Section 11-501 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, or if | ||||||
20 | convicted of aggravated driving under the influence of | ||||||
21 | alcohol,
other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or | ||||||
22 | compounds , or any combination
thereof as defined in | ||||||
23 | subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
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24 | Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or | ||||||
25 | after January 1, 2011 ( the effective date of Public Act | ||||||
26 | 96-1230) this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly , |
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1 | or if convicted of an offense enumerated in paragraph
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2 | (a)(2.4) of this Section that is committed on or after
July | ||||||
3 | 15, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act 91-121),
or | ||||||
4 | first degree murder, a Class X felony, criminal sexual
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5 | assault, felony criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal | ||||||
6 | sexual abuse,
aggravated battery with a firearm, or any | ||||||
7 | predecessor or successor offenses
with the same or | ||||||
8 | substantially the same elements, or any inchoate offenses
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9 | relating to the foregoing offenses. No inmate shall be | ||||||
10 | eligible for the
additional good conduct credit under this | ||||||
11 | paragraph (4) who (i) has previously
received increased | ||||||
12 | good conduct credit under this paragraph (4) and has
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13 | subsequently been convicted of a
felony, or (ii) has | ||||||
14 | previously served more than one prior sentence of
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15 | imprisonment for a felony in an adult correctional | ||||||
16 | facility.
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17 | Educational, vocational, substance abuse and | ||||||
18 | correctional
industry programs under which good conduct | ||||||
19 | credit may be increased under
this paragraph (4) and | ||||||
20 | paragraph (4.1) of this subsection (a) shall be evaluated | ||||||
21 | by the Department on the basis of
documented standards. The | ||||||
22 | Department shall report the results of these
evaluations to | ||||||
23 | the Governor and the General Assembly by September 30th of | ||||||
24 | each
year. The reports shall include data relating to the | ||||||
25 | recidivism rate among
program participants.
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26 | Availability of these programs shall be subject to the
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1 | limits of fiscal resources appropriated by the General | ||||||
2 | Assembly for these
purposes. Eligible inmates who are | ||||||
3 | denied immediate admission shall be
placed on a waiting | ||||||
4 | list under criteria established by the Department.
The | ||||||
5 | inability of any inmate to become engaged in any such | ||||||
6 | programs
by reason of insufficient program resources or for | ||||||
7 | any other reason
established under the rules and | ||||||
8 | regulations of the Department shall not be
deemed a cause | ||||||
9 | of action under which the Department or any employee or
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10 | agent of the Department shall be liable for damages to the | ||||||
11 | inmate.
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12 | (4.1) The rules and regulations shall also provide that | ||||||
13 | an additional 60 days of good conduct credit shall be | ||||||
14 | awarded to any prisoner who passes the high school level | ||||||
15 | Test of General Educational Development (GED) while the | ||||||
16 | prisoner is incarcerated. The good conduct credit awarded | ||||||
17 | under this paragraph (4.1) shall be in addition to, and | ||||||
18 | shall not affect, the award of good conduct under any other | ||||||
19 | paragraph of this Section, but shall also be pursuant to | ||||||
20 | the guidelines and restrictions set forth in paragraph (4) | ||||||
21 | of subsection (a) of this Section.
The good conduct credit | ||||||
22 | provided for in this paragraph shall be available only to | ||||||
23 | those prisoners who have not previously earned a high | ||||||
24 | school diploma or a GED. If, after an award of the GED good | ||||||
25 | conduct credit has been made and the Department determines | ||||||
26 | that the prisoner was not eligible, then the award shall be |
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1 | revoked.
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2 | (4.5) The rules and regulations on early release shall | ||||||
3 | also provide that
when the court's sentencing order | ||||||
4 | recommends a prisoner for substance abuse treatment and the
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5 | crime was committed on or after September 1, 2003 (the | ||||||
6 | effective date of
Public Act 93-354), the prisoner shall | ||||||
7 | receive no good conduct credit awarded under clause (3) of | ||||||
8 | this subsection (a) unless he or she participates in and
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9 | completes a substance abuse treatment program. The | ||||||
10 | Director may waive the requirement to participate in or | ||||||
11 | complete a substance abuse treatment program and award the | ||||||
12 | good conduct credit in specific instances if the prisoner | ||||||
13 | is not a good candidate for a substance abuse treatment | ||||||
14 | program for medical, programming, or operational reasons. | ||||||
15 | Availability of
substance abuse treatment shall be subject | ||||||
16 | to the limits of fiscal resources
appropriated by the | ||||||
17 | General Assembly for these purposes. If treatment is not
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18 | available and the requirement to participate and complete | ||||||
19 | the treatment has not been waived by the Director, the | ||||||
20 | prisoner shall be placed on a waiting list under criteria
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21 | established by the Department. The Director may allow a | ||||||
22 | prisoner placed on
a waiting list to participate in and | ||||||
23 | complete a substance abuse education class or attend | ||||||
24 | substance
abuse self-help meetings in lieu of a substance | ||||||
25 | abuse treatment program. A prisoner on a waiting list who | ||||||
26 | is not placed in a substance abuse program prior to release |
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1 | may be eligible for a waiver and receive good conduct | ||||||
2 | credit under clause (3) of this subsection (a) at the | ||||||
3 | discretion of the Director.
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4 | (4.6) The rules and regulations on early release shall | ||||||
5 | also provide that a prisoner who has been convicted of a | ||||||
6 | sex offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender | ||||||
7 | Registration Act shall receive no good conduct credit | ||||||
8 | unless he or she either has successfully completed or is | ||||||
9 | participating in sex offender treatment as defined by the | ||||||
10 | Sex Offender Management Board. However, prisoners who are | ||||||
11 | waiting to receive such treatment, but who are unable to do | ||||||
12 | so due solely to the lack of resources on the part of the | ||||||
13 | Department, may, at the Director's sole discretion, be | ||||||
14 | awarded good conduct credit at such rate as the Director | ||||||
15 | shall determine.
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16 | (5) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate | ||||||
17 | earlier than it
otherwise would because of a grant of good | ||||||
18 | conduct credit for meritorious
service given at any time | ||||||
19 | during the term, the Department shall give
reasonable | ||||||
20 | notice of the impending release not less than 14 days prior | ||||||
21 | to the date of the release to the State's
Attorney of the | ||||||
22 | county where the prosecution of the inmate took place, and | ||||||
23 | if applicable, the State's Attorney of the county into | ||||||
24 | which the inmate will be released. The Department must also | ||||||
25 | make identification information and a recent photo of the | ||||||
26 | inmate being released accessible on the Internet by means |
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1 | of a hyperlink labeled "Community Notification of Inmate | ||||||
2 | Early Release" on the Department's World Wide Web homepage.
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3 | The identification information shall include the inmate's: | ||||||
4 | name, any known alias, date of birth, physical | ||||||
5 | characteristics, residence address, commitment offense and | ||||||
6 | county where conviction was imposed. The identification | ||||||
7 | information shall be placed on the website within 3 days of | ||||||
8 | the inmate's release and the information may not be removed | ||||||
9 | until either: completion of the first year of mandatory | ||||||
10 | supervised release or return of the inmate to custody of | ||||||
11 | the Department.
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12 | (b) Whenever a person is or has been committed under
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13 | several convictions, with separate sentences, the sentences
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14 | shall be construed under Section 5-8-4 in granting and
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15 | forfeiting of good time.
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16 | (c) The Department shall prescribe rules and regulations
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17 | for revoking good conduct credit, or suspending or reducing
the | ||||||
18 | rate of accumulation of good conduct credit for specific
rule | ||||||
19 | violations, during imprisonment. These rules and regulations
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20 | shall provide that no inmate may be penalized more than one
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21 | year of good conduct credit for any one infraction.
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22 | When the Department seeks to revoke, suspend or reduce
the | ||||||
23 | rate of accumulation of any good conduct credits for
an alleged | ||||||
24 | infraction of its rules, it shall bring charges
therefor | ||||||
25 | against the prisoner sought to be so deprived of
good conduct | ||||||
26 | credits before the Prisoner Review Board as
provided in |
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1 | subparagraph (a)(4) of Section 3-3-2 of this
Code, if the | ||||||
2 | amount of credit at issue exceeds 30 days or
when during any 12 | ||||||
3 | month period, the cumulative amount of
credit revoked exceeds | ||||||
4 | 30 days except where the infraction is committed
or discovered | ||||||
5 | within 60 days of scheduled release. In those cases,
the | ||||||
6 | Department of Corrections may revoke up to 30 days of good | ||||||
7 | conduct credit.
The Board may subsequently approve the | ||||||
8 | revocation of additional good
conduct credit, if the Department | ||||||
9 | seeks to revoke good conduct credit in
excess of 30 days. | ||||||
10 | However, the Board shall not be empowered to review the
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11 | Department's decision with respect to the loss of 30 days of | ||||||
12 | good conduct
credit within any calendar year for any prisoner | ||||||
13 | or to increase any penalty
beyond the length requested by the | ||||||
14 | Department.
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15 | The Director of the Department of Corrections, in | ||||||
16 | appropriate cases, may
restore up to 30 days good conduct | ||||||
17 | credits which have been revoked, suspended
or reduced. Any | ||||||
18 | restoration of good conduct credits in excess of 30 days shall
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19 | be subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board. However, the | ||||||
20 | Board may not
restore good conduct credit in excess of the | ||||||
21 | amount requested by the Director.
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22 | Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the | ||||||
23 | Prisoner Review Board
from ordering, pursuant to Section | ||||||
24 | 3-3-9(a)(3)(i)(B), that a prisoner serve up
to one year of the | ||||||
25 | sentence imposed by the court that was not served due to the
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26 | accumulation of good conduct credit.
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1 | (d) If a lawsuit is filed by a prisoner in an Illinois or | ||||||
2 | federal court
against the State, the Department of Corrections, | ||||||
3 | or the Prisoner Review Board,
or against any of
their officers | ||||||
4 | or employees, and the court makes a specific finding that a
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5 | pleading, motion, or other paper filed by the prisoner is | ||||||
6 | frivolous, the
Department of Corrections shall conduct a | ||||||
7 | hearing to revoke up to
180 days of good conduct credit by | ||||||
8 | bringing charges against the prisoner
sought to be deprived of | ||||||
9 | the good conduct credits before the Prisoner Review
Board as | ||||||
10 | provided in subparagraph (a)(8) of Section 3-3-2 of this Code.
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11 | If the prisoner has not accumulated 180 days of good conduct | ||||||
12 | credit at the
time of the finding, then the Prisoner Review | ||||||
13 | Board may revoke all
good conduct credit accumulated by the | ||||||
14 | prisoner.
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15 | For purposes of this subsection (d):
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16 | (1) "Frivolous" means that a pleading, motion, or other | ||||||
17 | filing which
purports to be a legal document filed by a | ||||||
18 | prisoner in his or her lawsuit meets
any or all of the | ||||||
19 | following criteria:
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20 | (A) it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in | ||||||
21 | fact;
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22 | (B) it is being presented for any improper purpose, | ||||||
23 | such as to harass or
to cause unnecessary delay or | ||||||
24 | needless increase in the cost of litigation;
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25 | (C) the claims, defenses, and other legal | ||||||
26 | contentions therein are not
warranted by existing law |
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1 | or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
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2 | modification, or reversal of existing law or the | ||||||
3 | establishment of new law;
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4 | (D) the allegations and other factual contentions | ||||||
5 | do not have
evidentiary
support or, if specifically so | ||||||
6 | identified, are not likely to have evidentiary
support | ||||||
7 | after a reasonable opportunity for further | ||||||
8 | investigation or discovery;
or
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9 | (E) the denials of factual contentions are not | ||||||
10 | warranted on the
evidence, or if specifically so | ||||||
11 | identified, are not reasonably based on a lack
of | ||||||
12 | information or belief.
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13 | (2) "Lawsuit" means a motion pursuant to Section
116-3 | ||||||
14 | of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus | ||||||
15 | action under
Article X of the Code of Civil Procedure or | ||||||
16 | under federal law (28 U.S.C. 2254),
a petition for claim | ||||||
17 | under the Court of Claims Act, an action under the
federal | ||||||
18 | Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983), or a second or | ||||||
19 | subsequent petition for post-conviction relief under | ||||||
20 | Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 | ||||||
21 | whether filed with or without leave of court or a second or | ||||||
22 | subsequent petition for relief from judgment under Section | ||||||
23 | 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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24 | (e) Nothing in Public Act 90-592 or 90-593 affects the | ||||||
25 | validity of Public Act 89-404.
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26 | (f) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate who |
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1 | has been convicted of a violation of an order of protection | ||||||
2 | under Section 12-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961, earlier than | ||||||
3 | it
otherwise would because of a grant of good conduct credit, | ||||||
4 | the Department, as a condition of such early release, shall | ||||||
5 | require that the person, upon release, be placed under | ||||||
6 | electronic surveillance as provided in Section 5-8A-7 of this | ||||||
7 | Code. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 95-134, eff. 8-13-07; 95-585, eff. 6-1-08; | ||||||
9 | 95-625, eff. 6-1-08; 95-640, eff. 6-1-08; 95-773, eff. 1-1-09; | ||||||
10 | 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-860, eff. 1-15-10; 96-1110, eff. | ||||||
11 | 7-19-10; 96-1128, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1200, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1224, | ||||||
12 | eff. 7-23-10; 96-1230, eff. 1-1-11; revised 9-16-10.)
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law.
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