§ 3-5-3.1 — Report to the General Assembly

Illinois § 3-5-3.1

• Jurisdiction: Illinois
• Topic: RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
• Ch. 730: CORRECTIONS
• Act 730 ILCS 5/: Unified Code of Corrections.
• Art.: Chapter III - Department Of Corrections

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(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 October 1st of each year, electronically transmit to the General Assembly, a report which shall include the following information reflecting the period ending 30 days prior to the submission of the report: (1) the number of residents in all Department facilities indicating the number of residents in each listed facility; (2) a classification of each facility's residents by the nature of the offense for which each resident was committed to the Department; (3) the number of residents in maximum, medium, and minimum security facilities indicating the classification of each facility's residents by the nature of the offense for which each resident was committed to the Department; (4) the educational and vocational programs provided at each facility and the number of residents participating in each such program; (5) the present design and rated capacity levels in each facility; (6) the projected design and rated capacity of each facility six months and one year following each reporting date; (7) the ratio of the security staff to residents in each facility; (8) the ratio of total employees to residents in each facility; (9) the number of residents in each facility that are single-celled and the number in each facility that are double-celled; (10) information indicating the distribution of residents in each facility by the allocated floor space per resident; (11) a status of all capital projects currently funded by the Department, location of each capital project, the projected on-line dates for each capital project, including phase-in dates and full occupancy dates; (12) the projected adult prison facility populations of the Department for each of the succeeding twelve months following each reporting date, indicating all assumptions built into such population estimates; (13) the projected exits and projected admissions in each facility for each of the succeeding twelve months following each reporting date, indicating all assumptions built into such population estimate; (14) the locations of all Department-operated or contractually operated community correctional centers, including the present design and rated capacity and population levels at each facility; (15) the number of reported assaults on employees at each facility; (16) the number of reported incidents of resident sexual aggression towards employees at each facility including sexual assault, residents exposing themselves, sexual touching, and sexually offensive language; and (17) the number of employee injuries resulting from resident violence at each facility including descriptions of the nature of the injuries, the number of injuries requiring medical treatment at the facility, the number of injuries requiring outside medical treatment, and the number of days off work per injury. For purposes of this Section, the definition of assault on staff includes, but is not limited to, kicking, punching, knocking down, harming or threatening to harm with improvised weapons, or throwing urine or feces at staff. The report shall also include the data collected under Section 3-2-12 of this Code in the manner required under that Section. The report to the General Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall direct. (c) A copy of the report required under this Section shall be posted to the Department's Internet website at the time the report is submitted to the General Assembly. (d) The requirements in subsection (b) do not relieve the Department from the recordkeeping requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. (e) The Department shall: (1) establish a reasonable procedure for employees to report work-related assaults and injuries. A procedure is not reasonable if it would deter or discourage a reasonable employee from accurately reporting a workplace assault or injury; (2) inform each employee: (A) of the procedure for reporting work-related assaults and injuries; (B) of the right to report work-related assaults and injuries; and (C) that the Department is prohibited from discharging or in any manner discriminating against employees for reporting work-related assaults and injuries; and (3) not discharge, discipline, or in any manner discriminate against any employee for reporting a work-related assault or injury.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 100-907, eff. 1-1-19; 100-1075, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)