Chapter 730 — CORRECTIONS

(730 ILCS 5/3-4-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1) Sec. 3-4-1. Gifts and Grants; Special Trusts Funds; Department of Corrections Reimbursement and Education Fund. (a) The Department may accept, receive and use, for and in behalf of the State, any moneys, goods or services given for …

(730 ILCS 5/3-4-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-2) Sec. 3-4-2. Disposition of Property. (a) The Department may with the consent of the Director of Central Management Services lease its unneeded, unused or unproductive land upon such terms and conditions, as in its judgment are in th…

(730 ILCS 5/3-4-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-3) Sec. 3-4-3. Funds and property of persons committed. (a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall establish accounting records with accounts for each person who has or receives money while in an ins…

(730 ILCS 5/3-4-3.1) Sec. 3-4-3.1. Identification documents of committed persons. (a) Driver's licenses, State issued identification cards, social security account cards, or other government issued identification documents in possession of a county sheriff at the time a person is…

(730 ILCS 5/3-4-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-4) Sec. 3-4-4. Interstate Corrections Compact. (a) The State of Illinois ratifies and approves the following compact: INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT ARTICLE I PURPOSE AND POLICY The party states, desiring by common action to fully util…

(730 ILCS 5/3-5-1) Sec. 3-5-1. Master record file. (a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall maintain a master record file on each person committed to it, which shall contain the following information: (1) all information from the committing c…

(730 ILCS 5/3-5-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-2) Sec. 3-5-2. Institutional Record. The Department shall maintain records of the examination, assignment, transfer, discipline of committed persons and what grievances, if any, are made in each of its institutions, facilities and prog…

(730 ILCS 5/3-5-3) Sec. 3-5-3. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 98-528, eff. 1-1-15. Repealed by P.A. 103-363, eff. 7-28-23.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-5-3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-3.1) Sec. 3-5-3.1. Report to the General Assembly. (a) As used in this Section, "facility" includes any facility of the Department of Corrections. (b) The Department of Corrections shall, by January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and Octo…

(730 ILCS 5/3-5-4) Sec. 3-5-4. Exchange of information for child support enforcement. (a) The Department shall exchange with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services information that may be necessary for the enforcement of child support orders entered pursuant to the Illi…

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-0.5) Sec. 3-6-0.5. Definitions. As used in this Section and Sections 3-6-7, 3-6-7.2, 3-6-7.3, and 3-6-7.4: "Extraordinary circumstance" means an extraordinary medical or security circumstance, including a substantial flight risk, that dictates restraints be used t…

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-1) Sec. 3-6-1. Institutions; facilities; and programs. (a) The Department shall designate those institutions and facilities which shall be maintained for persons assigned as adults. (b) The types, number and population of institutions …

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2) Sec. 3-6-2. Institutions and facility administration. (a) Each institution and facility of the Department shall be administered by a chief administrative officer appointed by the Director. A chief administrative officer shall be res…

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-2.5) Sec. 3-6-2.5. Immersible heating coils prohibited. Each chief administrative officer of an Adult Department of Corrections maximum security facility may not allow committed persons to have access to heating elements including, but not limited to, immersible h…

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-3) Sec. 3-6-3. Rules and regulations for sentence credit. (a)(1) The Department of Corrections shall prescribe rules and regulations for awarding and revoking sentence credit for persons committed to the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Jus…

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-3.1) Sec. 3-6-3.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99. Repealed by P.A. 92-850, eff. 8-26-02.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-4) Sec. 3-6-4. Enforcement of Discipline - Escape. (a) A committed person who escapes or attempts to escape from an institution or facility of the Department of Corrections, or escapes or attempts to escape while in the custody of an e…

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-5) Sec. 3-6-5. Crimes Committed by Persons Confined by the Department. When any person is charged with committing an offense while confined by the Department, cognizance thereof shall be taken by the circuit court of the county wherein…

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-6) Sec. 3-6-6. Computer assisted literacy program. (a) The Director, with the approval of and acting through the Department of Central Management Services, shall enter into an agreement with a major international manufacturer of comput…

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-7) Sec. 3-6-7. Pregnant committed persons. (a) The Department shall not apply security restraints to a committed person that has been determined by a qualified medical professional to be pregnant or otherwise is known by the Department to be pregnant or in postpar…

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.1) Sec. 3-6-7.1. Correctional officer training related to pregnant committed persons. (a) The Department shall provide training relating to medical and mental health care issues applicable to pregnant committed persons to: (1) each correctional officer employed …

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.2) Sec. 3-6-7.2. Educational programming and information for pregnant committed persons. (a) The Department shall develop and provide to each pregnant committed person educational programming relating to pregnancy and parenting. The programming must include inst…

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.3) Sec. 3-6-7.3. Committed person postpartum recovery requirements. The Department shall ensure that, for a period of 72 hours after the birth of an infant by a committed person: (1) the infant is allowed to remain with the committed person, unless a medical pro…

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.4) Sec. 3-6-7.4. Housing requirements applicable to pregnant committed persons. (a) The Department may not place in administrative segregation a committed person who is pregnant or who gave birth during the preceding 30 days unless the Director or the Director's…

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.5) Sec. 3-6-7.5. Supplemental nutrition during pregnancy or lactation. A committed person who is pregnant or lactating, including a committed person who is nursing a baby or pumping breastmilk, shall be provided supplemental nutrition of at least 300 calories pe…

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.6) Sec. 3-6-7.6. Medical screening; pregnancy test. When a person with a uterus is committed to a facility, the person shall within 14 days be given a medical screening and offered a pregnancy test. (Source: P.A. 103-745, eff. 1-1-25.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-8) Sec. 3-6-8. High school equivalency testing programs. The Department of Corrections shall develop and establish a program in the Adult Division designed to increase the number of committed persons enrolled in programs for high school equivalency testing and pur…

(730 ILCS 5/3-7-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-1) Sec. 3-7-1. Administrative Regulations. The Department shall promulgate Rules and Regulations in conformity with this Code. (Source: P.A. 77-2097.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-7-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2) Sec. 3-7-2. Facilities. (a) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall provide every committed person with access to toilet facilities, barber facilities, bathing facilities at least once each week, a library of legal m…

(730 ILCS 5/3-7-2.5) Sec. 3-7-2.5. Zero tolerance drug policy. (a) Any person employed by the Department of Corrections who tests positive in accordance with established Departmental drug testing procedures for any substance prohibited by the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or…

(730 ILCS 5/3-7-2a) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2a) Sec. 3-7-2a. If a facility maintains a commissary or commissaries serving inmates, the selling prices for all goods shall be sufficient to cover the costs of the goods and an additional charge of up to 35% for tobacco products and…

(730 ILCS 5/3-7-2b) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2b) Sec. 3-7-2b. Prior notice to General Assembly. Prior to the selection of any site for the construction of any correctional facility, work release center, community correctional center or any facility used for such purposes, the Go…

(730 ILCS 5/3-7-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-3) Sec. 3-7-3. Institutional Safety and Sanitation. (a) Standards of sanitation and safety for all institutions and facilities shall be established and enforced by the Department. All buildings and facilities shall be cleaned regularly…

(730 ILCS 5/3-7-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-4) Sec. 3-7-4. Protection of Persons. The Department shall establish rules and regulations for the protection of the person and property of employees of the Department and every committed person. (Source: P.A. 77-2097.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-7-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-5) Sec. 3-7-5. The Department shall implement a comprehensive energy conservation program at all correctional institutions and facilities in the State, for the purpose of conserving energy in any and all forms and to ultimately reduce …

(730 ILCS 5/3-7-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-6) Sec. 3-7-6. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-697, eff. 6-22-12. Repealed by P.A. 101-235, eff. 1-1-20.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-7-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-7) Sec. 3-7-7. The Department shall establish rules governing the provision of mental health services to committed persons. Such rules shall provide, among other matters, that a committed person who is diagnosed as suffering from a men…

(730 ILCS 5/3-7-8) Sec. 3-7-8. Persons committed to Department of Corrections institutions and facilities; access to job and career building websites. The Director and the Secretary of Innovation and Technology shall jointly adopt a rule or best practices protocol that permits ea…

(730 ILCS 5/3-7-9) Sec. 3-7-9. Religious dietary food options. (a) In this Section, "religious dietary food options" means meals that meet specific foods and food preparation techniques that satisfy religious dietary requirements. (b) Any Department of Corrections facility that p…

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-1) Sec. 3-8-1. Receiving procedures. (a) The Department shall establish one or more receiving stations for committed persons and for persons transferred under Section 3-10-11 and shall advise the sheriffs of the several counties of the…

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-10) Sec. 3-8-10. Intrastate detainers. Subsections (b), (c), and (e) of Section 103-5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 shall also apply to persons committed to any institution or facility or program of the Illinois Department…

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-2) Sec. 3-8-2. Social Evaluation; physical examination; HIV/AIDS. (a) A social evaluation shall be made of a committed person's medical, psychological, educational and vocational condition and history, including the use of alcohol and …

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-3) Sec. 3-8-3. Program Assignments. (a) Work, education and other program assignments shall be made in so far as practicable in accordance with the social evaluation. (b) The Director shall establish procedures for making and reviewing…

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-4) Sec. 3-8-4. Intradivisional Transfers. (a) After the initial assignments under Sections 3-8-2 and 3-8-3, all transfers of committed persons to another institution or facility shall be reviewed and approved by a person or persons des…

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-4.5) Sec. 3-8-4.5. Department of Corrections; committed persons; transfer to sheriff. If the county jail located in the county where the committed person was residing immediately before his or her conviction for the offense for which he or she is serving sentence …

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-5) Sec. 3-8-5. Transfer to Department of Human Services. (a) The Department shall cause inquiry and examination at periodic intervals to ascertain whether any person committed to it may be subject to involuntary admission, as defined i…

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-6) Sec. 3-8-6. Return and Release from Department of Human Services. (a) The Department of Human Services shall return to the Department of Corrections any person committed to it under Section 3-8-5, whose sentence has not expired and …

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-7) Sec. 3-8-7. Disciplinary Procedures.) (a) All disciplinary action shall be consistent with this Chapter. Rules of behavior and conduct, the penalties for violation thereof, and the disciplinary procedure by which such penalties may …

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-7.5) Sec. 3-8-7.5. Mail restrictions. (a) An inmate shall not correspond with a victim or member of a victim's family upon being given notice by the Department that the person has notified the Department that he or she does not wish correspondence from the inmate.…

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-8) Sec. 3-8-8. Grievances. (a) The Director shall establish procedures to review the grievances of committed persons. The Director may establish one or more administrative review boards within the Department to review grievances. A com…