(730 ILCS 5/3‑14‑1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003‑14‑1)
Sec. 3‑14‑1. Release from the Institution.
(a) Upon release of a person on parole, mandatory release, final discharge or pardon the Department shall return all property held for him, provide him with suitable clothing and procure necessary transportation for him to his designated place of residence and employment. It may provide such person with a grant of money for travel and expenses which may be paid in installments. The amount of the money grant shall be determined by the Department.
The Department of Corrections may establish and maintain, in any institution it administers, revolving funds to be known as "Travel and Allowances Revolving Funds". These revolving funds shall be used for advancing travel and expense allowances to committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners. The moneys paid into such revolving funds shall be from appropriations to the Department for Committed, Paroled, and Discharged Prisoners.
(b) (Blank).
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the Department shall establish procedures to provide written notification of any release of any person who has been convicted of a felony to the State's Attorney and sheriff of the county from which the offender was committed, and the State's Attorney and sheriff of the county into which the offender is to be paroled or released. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the Department shall establish procedures to provide written notification to the proper law enforcement agency for any municipality of any release of any person who has been convicted of a felony if the arrest of the offender or the commission of the offense took place in the municipality, if the offender is to be paroled or released into the municipality, or if the offender resided in the municipality at the time of the commission of the offense. If a person convicted of a felony who is in the custody of the Department of Corrections or on parole or mandatory supervised release informs the Department that he or she has resided, resides, or will reside at an address that is a housing facility owned, managed, operated, or leased by a public housing agency, the Department must send written notification of that information to the public housing agency that owns, manages, operates, or leases the housing facility. The written notification shall, when possible, be given at least 14 days before release of the person from custody, or as soon thereafter as possible.
(c‑1) (Blank).
(c‑5) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised release becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated by the Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the Department of Corrections shall provide copies of the following information to the appropriate licensing or regulating Department and the licensed or regulated facility where the person becomes a resident:
(1) The mittimus and any pre‑sentence investigation
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(2) The social evaluation prepared pursuant to |
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(3) Any pre‑release evaluation conducted pursuant to |
| subsection (j) of Section 3‑6‑2. | |
(4) Reports of disciplinary infractions and |
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(5) Any parole plan, including orders issued by the |
| Prisoner Review Board, and any violation reports and dispositions. | |
(6) The name and contact information for the assigned |
| parole agent and parole supervisor. | |
This information shall be provided within 3 days of the person becoming a resident of the facility.
(c‑10) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised |
| release becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated by the Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the Department of Corrections shall provide written notification of such residence to the following: | |
(1) The Prisoner Review Board.
(2) The chief of police and sheriff in the |
| municipality and county in which the licensed facility is located. | |
The notification shall be provided within 3 days of the |
| person becoming a resident of the facility. | |
(d) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge or pardon, the Department shall provide such person with information concerning programs and services of the Illinois Department of Public Health to ascertain whether such person has been exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any identified causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
(e) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon, the Department shall provide the person who has met the criteria established by the Department with an identification card identifying the person as being on parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon, as the case may be. The Department, in consultation with the Office of the Secretary of State, shall prescribe the form of the identification card, which may be similar to the form of the standard Illinois Identification Card. The Department shall inform the committed person that he or she may present the identification card to the Office of the Secretary of State upon application for a standard Illinois Identification Card in accordance with the Illinois Identification Card Act. The Department shall require the committed person to pay a $1 fee for the identification card.
For purposes of a committed person receiving an identification card issued by the Department under this subsection, the Department shall establish criteria that the committed person must meet before the card is issued. It is the sole responsibility of the committed person requesting the identification card issued by the Department to meet the established criteria. The person's failure to meet the criteria is sufficient reason to deny the committed person the identification card. An identification card issued by the Department under this subsection shall be valid for a period of time not to exceed 30 calendar days from the date the card is issued. The Department shall not be held civilly or criminally liable to anyone because of any act of any person utilizing a card issued by the Department under this subsection.
The Department shall adopt rules governing the issuance of identification cards to committed persons being released on parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon.
(Source: P.A. 94‑163, eff. 7‑11‑05.) |
(730 ILCS 5/3‑14‑1.5)
Sec. 3‑14‑1.5. Parole agents and parole supervisors; off‑duty firearms. Subsections 24‑1(a)(4) and 24‑1(a)(10) and Section 24‑1.6 do not apply to parole agents and parole supervisors who meet the following conditions:
(1) The parole agent or parole supervisor must receive
| training in the use of firearms while off‑duty conducted by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and be certified as having successfully completing such training by the Board. The Board shall determine the amount of such training and the course content for such training. The parole agent or parole supervisor shall requalify for the firearms training annually at a State range certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. The expenses of such retraining shall be paid by the parole agent or parole supervisor and moneys for such requalification shall be expended at the request of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. | |
(2) The parole agent or parole supervisor shall purchase |
| such firearm at his or her own expense and shall register the firearm with the Illinois Department of State Police and with any other local law enforcement agencies that require such registration. | |
(3) The parole agent or parole supervisor may not carry |
| any Illinois Department of Corrections State issued firearm while off‑duty. A person who violates this paragraph (3) is subject to disciplinary action by the Illinois Department of Corrections. | |
(4) Parole agents and supervisors who are discharged from |
| employment of the Illinois Department of Corrections shall no longer be considered law enforcement officials and all their rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked permanently. | |
(Source: P.A. 96‑230, eff. 1‑1‑10.) |
(730 ILCS 5/3‑14‑2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003‑14‑2)
Sec. 3‑14‑2. Supervision on Parole, Mandatory Supervised Release and Release by Statute.
(a) The Department shall retain custody of all persons placed on parole or mandatory supervised release or released pursuant to Section 3‑3‑10 of this Code and shall supervise such persons during their parole or release period in accord with the conditions set by the Prisoner Review Board. Such conditions shall include referral to an alcohol or drug abuse treatment program, as appropriate, if such person has previously been identified as having an alcohol or drug abuse problem. Such conditions may include that the person use an approved electronic monitoring device subject to Article 8A of Chapter V.
(b) The Department shall assign personnel to assist persons eligible for parole in preparing a parole plan. Such Department personnel shall make a report of their efforts and findings to the Prisoner Review Board prior to its consideration of the case of such eligible person.
(c) A copy of the conditions of his parole or release shall be signed by the parolee or releasee and given to him and to his supervising officer who shall report on his progress under the rules and regulations of the Prisoner Review Board. The supervising officer shall report violations to the Prisoner Review Board and shall have the full power of peace officers in the arrest and retaking of any parolees or releasees or the officer may request the Department to issue a warrant for the arrest of any parolee or releasee who has allegedly violated his parole or release conditions.
(c‑1) The supervising officer shall request the Department to issue a parole violation warrant, and the Department shall issue a parole violation warrant, under the following circumstances:
(1) If the parolee or releasee commits an act that
| constitutes a felony using a firearm or knife, | |
(2) if applicable, fails to comply with the |
| requirements of the Sex Offender Registration Act, or | |
(3) if the parolee or releasee is charged with:
(A) domestic battery under Section 12‑3.2 of the |
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(B) aggravated domestic battery under Section |
| 12‑3.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, | |
(C) stalking under Section 12‑7.3 of the Criminal |
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(D) aggravated stalking under Section 12‑7.4 of |
| the Criminal Code of 1961, | |
(E) violation of an order of protection under |
| Section 12‑30 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or | |
(F) any offense that would require registration |
| as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act. | |
A sheriff or other peace officer may detain an |
| alleged parole or release violator until a warrant for his return to the Department can be issued. The parolee or releasee may be delivered to any secure place until he can be transported to the Department. The officer or the Department shall file a violation report with notice of charges with the Prisoner Review Board. | |
(d) The supervising officer shall regularly advise and consult with the parolee or releasee, assist him in adjusting to community life, inform him of the restoration of his rights on successful completion of sentence under Section 5‑5‑5. If the parolee or releasee has been convicted of a sex offense as defined in the Sex Offender Management Board Act, the supervising officer shall periodically, but not less than once a month, verify that the parolee or releasee is in compliance with paragraph (7.6) of subsection (a) of Section 3‑3‑7.
(e) Supervising officers shall receive specialized training in the special needs of female releasees or parolees including the family reunification process.
(f) The supervising officer shall keep such records as the Prisoner Review Board or Department may require. All records shall be entered in the master file of the individual.
(Source: P.A. 96‑282, eff. 1‑1‑10.) |
(730 ILCS 5/3‑14‑4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003‑14‑4)
Sec. 3‑14‑4. Half‑way Houses.
(a) The Department may establish and maintain half‑way houses for the residence of persons on parole or mandatory release. Such half‑way houses shall be maintained apart from security institutions, except that the Director of Corrections is authorized to designate that any work or day release facility, or any portion thereof, may be used as a half‑way house for the residence of persons on parole or mandatory supervised release.
(b) For those persons to be placed in a half‑way house directly upon release from an institution on parole or mandatory supervised release status, not less than 15 days prior to the placement of such a person in such a half‑way house, the Department of Corrections shall give written notice to the State's Attorney and the Sheriff of the county and the proper law enforcement agency of the municipality in which the half‑way house is located of the identity of the person to be placed in that program. Such identifying information shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the individual, age, physical description, photograph, the crime for which the person was originally sentenced to the Department of Corrections, and like information. The notice shall be given in all cases, except when placement of an emergency nature is necessary. In such emergency cases, oral notice shall be given to the appropriate parties within 24 hours with written notice to follow within 5 days.
(c) Persons on parole or mandatory supervised release status who have been previously released to the community, but who are not currently residing in a half‑way house, may be placed in a half‑way house upon the oral notification of the parties within 24 hours as indicated in subsection (b) of this Section. Such oral notification shall be followed with written notification within 5 days.
(Source: P.A. 91‑695, eff. 4‑13‑00.) |