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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4292
Introduced 12/20/05, by Rep. Kurt M. Granberg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Requires the Department of
Corrections to increase the number of full-time correctional officers at each
adult correctional institution by 5%. Prohibits the Department from allowing
the staff at an adult correctional institution to be more than 5% below the
required level for more than 30 days. Directs the Department to reduce the
inmate population at an institution if necessary to meet the required staffing
level.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4292 |
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LRB094 16051 RLC 51286 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| WHEREAS, It is the purpose of this Act to protect the State |
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| correctional
officers that so diligently serve the State of |
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| Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, The State recognizes that stress on the staff |
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| increases as a result
of double-celling in the State adult |
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| prisons, that the composition of the
general inmate population |
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| grows more violent, and that the decrease in the
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| staff-to-inmate ratio means that less supervision is available |
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| to control a
more dangerous inmate population;
and
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| WHEREAS, The State also recognizes the need to maintain |
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| adequate security
staff in the State's adult institutions, |
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| which house over 44,000 inmates, 11,445 more than their design |
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| capacity; and
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| WHEREAS, The State is very concerned with the reported |
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| number of assaults on
correctional staff during the 2005 fiscal |
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| year; and
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| WHEREAS, It is in the State's best interest to be sure that |
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| an adequate
number of security staff will always be maintained; |
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| therefore
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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 3-2-12 as follows:
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| (730 ILCS 5/3-2-12 new)
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| Sec. 3-2-12. Number of guards at adult institutions.
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| (a) Beginning July 1, 2007, the Department shall increase |
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| the number of
full-time correctional officers at each adult |