Chapter 730 — CORRECTIONS

(730 ILCS 5/3-14-6) Sec. 3-14-6. Transitional jobs; pilot program. Subject to appropriations or other funding, the Department may establish a pilot program at various locations in the State to place persons discharged from a Department facility on parole or mandatory supervised r…

(730 ILCS 5/3-14-7) Sec. 3-14-7. Supervision of domestic violence offenders. A person convicted of a felony domestic battery, aggravated domestic battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, or a felony violation of an order of protection shall be supervised during his or her term of …

(730 ILCS 5/3-15-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-15-1) Sec. 3-15-1. Purpose.) The Department shall establish and provide post release treatment programs for juvenile offenders committed to the Department and released by the Prisoner Review Board. (Source: P.A. 80-1099.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-15-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-15-2) Sec. 3-15-2. Standards and Assistance to Local Jails and Detention and Shelter Care Facilities. (a) The Department of Corrections shall establish for the operation of county and municipal jails and houses of correction, minimum st…

(730 ILCS 5/3-15-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-15-3) Sec. 3-15-3. Persons with mental illness and developmental disabilities. (a) The Department of Corrections must, by rule, adopt standards and procedures for the provision of mental health and developmental disability services to p…

(730 ILCS 5/3-15-4) Sec. 3-15-4. Task force on mental health services in municipal jails and lockups. (a) The Department of Corrections shall convene a special task force to develop and propose model standards for the delivery of mental health services and the prevention of suici…

(730 ILCS 5/3-16-5) Sec. 3-16-5. Multi-year pilot program for selected paroled youth released from institutions of the Department of Juvenile Justice. (a) The Department of Juvenile Justice may establish in Cook County, DuPage County, Lake County, Will County, and Kane County a 6…

(730 ILCS 5/3-17-1) Sec. 3-17-1. Transitional housing for sex offenders. This Article may be cited as the Transitional Housing For Sex Offenders Law. (Source: P.A. 94-161, eff. 7-11-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-17-5) Sec. 3-17-5. Transitional housing; licensing. (a) The Department of Corrections shall license transitional housing facilities for persons convicted of or placed on supervision for sex offenses as defined in the Sex Offender Management Board Act. (b) A transiti…

(730 ILCS 5/3-18-10) Sec. 3-18-10. Establishment of program. (a) A county with the approval of the county board or a municipality that maintains a jail or house of corrections with the approval of the corporate authorities may establish a program for reentry of offenders into the…

(730 ILCS 5/3-18-15) Sec. 3-18-15. Referral of person to sheriff or police chief; assignment of person by the Department. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, if a program has been established in a county or municipality in which an offender was sentenced to imprison…

(730 ILCS 5/3-18-20) Sec. 3-18-20. Director to contract for certain services for offenders in program. (a) The Director may enter into one or more contracts with one or more public or private entities to provide any of the following services, as necessary and appropriate, to offe…

(730 ILCS 5/3-18-25) Sec. 3-18-25. Monitoring of participant in program. The Department shall retain the authority to monitor each person who is participating in a program under Section 3-18-15. Such authority shall include site inspections, review of program activities, and acce…

(730 ILCS 5/3-18-30) Sec. 3-18-30. Reentry specialist. Irrespective of whether an institution or facility has access to a reentry program under this Article, each institution or facility shall hire a reentry specialist to assist with the reentry of offenders into the community wh…

(730 ILCS 5/3-18-5) Sec. 3-18-5. Definitions. As used in this Article: "Board" means the Prisoner Review Board. "Department" means the Department of Corrections. "Director" means the Director of Corrections. "Offender" means a person who has been convicted of a felony under the l…

(730 ILCS 5/3-19-10) Sec. 3-19-10. Methamphetamine abusers pilot program; Franklin County Jail. (a) There is created the Methamphetamine Abusers Pilot Program at the Franklin County Jail. The Program shall be established upon adoption of a resolution or ordinance by the Franklin …

(730 ILCS 5/3-19-15) Sec. 3-19-15. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-640, eff. 6-1-08. Repealed by P.A. 104-435, eff. 11-21-25.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-19-5) Sec. 3-19-5. Methamphetamine abusers pilot program; Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center. (a) There is created the Methamphetamine Abusers Pilot Program at the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center. The Program shall be established upon adoption of a …

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-1) Sec. 3-2-1. Consolidation of the Department. This Chapter consolidates in one statute certain powers and duties of the Department of Corrections and deletes inoperative and duplicative statutory provisions with respect to such power…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-10) Sec. 3-2-10. Badges. The Director must authorize to each correctional officer and parole officer and to any other employee of the Department exercising the powers of a peace officer a distinct badge that, on its face, (i) clearly states that the badge is autho…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-10.5) Sec. 3-2-10.5. Retiring security employees and parole agents; purchase of service firearm and badge. The Director shall establish a program to allow a security employee or parole agent of the Department who is honorably retiring in good standing to purchase …

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-11) Sec. 3-2-11. Web link to Department of Public Health information. On the Department's official Web site, the Department shall provide a link to the information provided to persons committed to the Department and those persons' family members and friends by the…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-12) Sec. 3-2-12. Report of violence in Department of Corrections institutions and facilities; public safety reports. (a) The Department of Corrections shall collect and report: (1) data on a rate per 100 of committed persons regarding violence within Department in…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-13) Sec. 3-2-13. Possession of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card. The Department of Corrections shall not make possession of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card a condition of continued employment as a Department employee authorized to possess firearms if th…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-14) Sec. 3-2-14. Correctional officers of the Department of Corrections; coverage under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004. Correctional officers of the Department of Corrections shall be deemed to be qualified law enforcement officers or, for…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-15) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-220) Sec. 3-2-15. Department of Corrections; report of hospice and palliative care for committed persons. (a) Purposes. The General Assembly finds that: (1) The United States prison population is aging rapidly. (2) Illinois' pris…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-27) Sec. 3-2-2. Powers and duties of the Department. (1) In addition to the powers, duties, and responsibilities which are otherwise provided by law, the Department shall have the following powers: (a)…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-2.1) Sec. 3-2-2.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-1411. Repealed by P.A. 103-616, eff. 7-1-24.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-2.2) Sec. 3-2-2.2. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-1327. Repealed by P.A. 101-275, eff. 8-9-19.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-2.3) Sec. 3-2-2.3. Voting rights information. (a) The Department shall make available to a person in its custody current resource materials, maintained by the Illinois State Board of Elections, containing detailed information regarding the voting rights of a perso…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-2.4) Sec. 3-2-2.4. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-22.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-3) Sec. 3-2-3. Director; Appointment; Powers and Duties. (a) The Department shall be administered by the Director of Corrections who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (b) T…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-3.1) Sec. 3-2-3.1. Treaties. If a treaty in effect between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the Governor may,…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-4) Sec. 3-2-4. Governor to Visit. The Governor shall visit the institutions, facilities and programs of the Department as often as he deems fit, for the purpose of examining into the affairs and conditions of the Department. (Source: P…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5) Sec. 3-2-5. Organization of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice. (a) There shall be a Department of Corrections which shall be administered by a Director and an Assistant Director appointed by the Go…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-5.5) Sec. 3-2-5.5. Women's Division. (a) As used in this Section: "Gender-responsive" means taking into account gender specific differences that have been identified in women-centered research, including, but not limited to, socialization, psychological developmen…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-6) Sec. 3-2-6. Advisory Boards. (a) There shall be an Advisory Board within the Department of Corrections composed of 11 persons, one of whom shall be a senior citizen age 60 or over, appointed by the Governor to advise the Director on…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-7) Sec. 3-2-7. Staff Training and Development. (a) The Department shall train its own personnel and any personnel from local agencies by agreements under Section 3-15-2. (b) To develop and train its personnel, the Department may make g…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-8) Sec. 3-2-8. Research and Long Range Planning. (a) The Department shall establish programs of research, statistics and planning, including the study of its own performance concerning the treatment of juveniles and adult offenders. (b…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-9) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-9) Sec. 3-2-9. Each fiscal year, the Department shall prepare and submit to the clerk of the circuit court a financial impact statement that includes the estimated annual and monthly cost of incarcerating an individual in a Department …

(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-1) Sec. 3-2.5-1. Short title. This Article 2.5 may be cited as the Department of Juvenile Justice Law. (Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-10) Sec. 3-2.5-10. Definitions. As used in this Article, unless the context otherwise requires: "Department" means the Department of Juvenile Justice. "Director" means the Director of Juvenile Justice. Any reference to the "Assistant Director of the Juvenile Div…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-100) Sec. 3-2.5-100. Length of aftercare release; discharge. (a) The aftercare release term of a youth committed to the Department under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be as set out in Section 5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, unless sooner terminat…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-105) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) (This Section is scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2029) Sec. 3-2.5-105. Child First Reform Task Force. (a) The Child First Reform Task Force is created. The purpose of the Ta…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-110) Sec. 3-2.5-110. State Compact Administrator. A State Compact Administrator for the Interstate Compact for Juveniles shall be appointed by the Governor. The Juvenile State Compact Administrator shall be a representative of the Illinois Department of Juvenile…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15) Sec. 3-2.5-15. Department of Juvenile Justice; assumption of duties of the Juvenile Division. (a) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections. Pers…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-20) Sec. 3-2.5-20. General powers and duties. (a) In addition to the powers, duties, and responsibilities which are otherwise provided by law or transferred to the Department as a result of this Article, the Department, as determined by the Director, shall have,…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-25) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 3-2.5-25. Youth nonviolent crime resource program. (a) The Department shall provide resources to persons under 18 years of age who have been adjudicated delinquent for a non…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-30) Sec. 3-2.5-30. Discontinued Department and office; successor agency. (a) The Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections is abolished on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. (b) The term of the person then serving as…

(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-35) Sec. 3-2.5-35. Transfer of powers. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, all of the rights, powers, duties, and functions vested by law in the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections are transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on…