§ 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.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 91-695, eff. 4-13-00.)