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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6842
Introduced 02/09/04, by William J. Grunloh SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Requires the Department of Corrections to develop and implement at Grayville Prison a 6-year pilot project of faith-based prisoner rehabilitation classes.
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A BILL FOR
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HB6842 |
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LRB093 19270 JAM 45005 b |
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| AN ACT concerning faith-based rehabilitation of prisoners.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by |
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| adding Section 3-6-10 as follows:
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| (730 ILCS 5/3-6-10 new) |
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| Sec. 3-6-10. Faith-based rehabilitation pilot project.
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| The Department shall develop and implement a 6-year pilot |
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| project at Grayville Prison of faith-based rehabilitation. The |
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| project shall offer the same type and variety of rehabilitation |
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| classes, but those classes shall be presented with the |
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| perspective of and incorporate principles of spiritual or |
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| religious faith or faiths.
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| The pilot project shall be available only to prisoners |
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| within 2 years of release from prison who have maintained a |
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| clean prison record within the previous year. The Department |
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| may determine other necessary eligibility criteria. The |
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| Department may use volunteer rehabilitation class instructors.
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| The pilot project shall include post-release monitoring of |
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| participants and their recidivism rate compared to the |
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| recidivism rate of prisoners who did not participate in the |
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| faith-based rehabilitation. The Department shall report to the |
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| Governor and the General Assembly, periodically and within one |
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| year after the conclusion of the project, upon the Department's |
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| activities under this Section and the Department's evaluation |
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| of the project.
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