§ 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 standards for the physical condition of such institutions and for the treatment of inmates with respect to their health and safety and the security of the community. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall establish for the operation of county juvenile detention and shelter care facilities established pursuant to the County Shelter Care and Detention Home Act, minimum standards for the physical condition of such institutions and for the treatment of juveniles with respect to their health and safety and the security of the community. Such standards shall not apply to county shelter care facilities which were in operation prior to January 1, 1980. Such standards shall not seek to mandate minimum floor space requirements for each inmate housed in cells and detention rooms in county and municipal jails and houses of correction. However, no more than two inmates may be housed in a single cell or detention room. When an inmate is tested for an airborne communicable disease, as determined by the Illinois Department of Public Health including but not limited to tuberculosis, the results of the test shall be personally delivered by the warden or his or her designee in a sealed envelope to the judge of the court in which the inmate must appear for the judge's inspection in camera if requested by the judge. Acting in accordance with the best interests of those in the courtroom, the judge shall have the discretion to determine what if any precautions need to be taken to prevent transmission of the disease in the courtroom. (b) At least once each year, the Department of Corrections may inspect each adult facility for compliance with the standards established and the results of such inspection shall be made available by the Department for public inspection. At least once each year, the Department of Juvenile Justice shall inspect each county juvenile detention and shelter care facility for compliance with the standards established, and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall make the results of such inspections available for public inspection. If any detention, shelter care or correctional facility does not comply with the standards established, the Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile Justice, as the case may be, shall give notice to the county board and the sheriff or the corporate authorities of the municipality, as the case may be, of such noncompliance, specifying the particular standards that have not been met by such facility. If the facility is not in compliance with such standards when six months have elapsed from the giving of such notice, the Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile Justice, as the case may be, may petition the appropriate court for an order requiring such facility to comply with the standards established by the Department or for other appropriate relief. (c) The Department of Corrections may provide consultation services for the design, construction, programs and administration of correctional facilities and services for adults operated by counties and municipalities and may make studies and surveys of the programs and the administration of such facilities. Personnel of the Department shall be admitted to these facilities as required for such purposes. The Department may develop and administer programs of grants-in-aid for correctional services in cooperation with local agencies. The Department may provide courses of training for the personnel of such institutions and conduct pilot projects in the institutions. (c-5) The Department of Juvenile Justice may provide consultation services for the design, construction, programs, and administration of detention and shelter care services for children operated by counties and municipalities and may make studies and surveys of the programs and the administration of such facilities. Personnel of the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be admitted to these facilities as required for such purposes. The Department of Juvenile Justice may develop and administer programs of grants-in-aid for juvenile correctional services in cooperation with local agencies. The Department of Juvenile Justice may provide courses of training for the personnel of such institutions and conduct pilot projects in the institutions. (d) The Department is authorized to issue reimbursement grants for counties, municipalities or public building commissions for the purpose of meeting minimum correctional facilities standards set by the Department under this Section. Grants may be issued only for projects that were completed after July 1, 1980 and initiated prior to January 1, 1987. (1) Grants for regional correctional facilities shall not exceed 90% of the project costs or $7,000,000, whichever is less. (2) Grants for correctional facilities by a single county, municipality or public building commission shall not exceed 75% of the proposed project costs or $4,000,000, whichever is less. (3) As used in this subsection (d), "project" means only that part of a facility that is constructed for jail, correctional or detention purposes and does not include other areas of multi-purpose buildings. Construction or renovation grants are authorized to be issued by the Capital Development Board from capital development bond funds after application by a county or counties, municipality or municipalities or public building commission or commissions and approval of a construction or renovation grant by the Department for projects initiated after January 1, 1987. (e) The Department of Corrections shall adopt standards for county jails to hold juveniles on a temporary basis, as provided in Section 5-410 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. These standards shall include monitoring, educational, recreational, and disciplinary standards as well as access to medical services, crisis intervention, mental health services, suicide prevention, health care, nutritional needs, and visitation rights. The Department of Corrections shall also notify any county applying to hold juveniles in a county jail of the standards for juvenile detention under Section 5-410 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 98-685, eff. 1-1-15 .)