(730 ILCS 190/10)
Sec. 10. Evidence-Based Programming.
(a) Purpose. Research and practice have identified new strategies and policies that can result in a significant reduction in recidivism rates and the successful local reintegration of offenders. The purpose of this Section is to ensure that State and local agencies direct their resources to services and programming that have been demonstrated to be effective in reducing recidivism and reintegrating offenders into the locality.
(b) Evidence-based programming in local supervision.
(1) The Parole Division of the Department of
Corrections and the Prisoner Review Board shall adopt policies, rules, and regulations that, within the first year of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the statewide, standardized risk assessment tool described in this Act, result in at least 25% of supervised individuals being supervised in accordance with evidence-based practices; within 3 years of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the statewide, standardized risk assessment tool result in at least 50% of supervised individuals being supervised in accordance with evidence-based practices; and within 5 years of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the statewide, standardized risk assessment tool result in at least 75% of supervised individuals being supervised in accordance with evidence-based practices. The policies, rules, and regulations shall:
(A) Provide for a standardized individual
case plan that follows the offender through the criminal justice system (including in-prison if the supervised individual is in prison) that is:
(i) Based on the assets of the
individual as well as his or her risks and needs identified through the assessment tool as described in this Act.
(ii) Comprised of treatment and
supervision services appropriate to achieve the purpose of this Act.
(iii) Consistently updated, based on
program participation by the supervised individual and other behavior modification exhibited by the supervised individual.
(B) Concentrate resources and services on
high-risk offenders.
(C) Provide for the use of evidence-based
programming related to education, job training, cognitive behavioral therapy, and other programming designed to reduce criminal behavior.
(D) Establish a system of graduated
responses.
(i) The system shall set forth a menu
of presumptive responses for the most common types of supervision violations.
(ii) The system shall be guided by the
model list of intermediate sanctions created by the Probation Services Division of the State of Illinois pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 15 of the Probation and Probation Officers Act and the system of intermediate sanctions created by the Chief Judge of each circuit court pursuant to Section 5-6-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
(iii) The system of responses shall
take into account factors such as the severity of the current violation; the supervised individual's risk level as determined by a validated assessment tool described in this Act; the supervised individual's assets; his or her previous criminal record; and the number and severity of any previous supervision violations.
(iv) The system shall also define
positive reinforcements that supervised individuals may receive for compliance with conditions of supervision.
(v) Response to violations should be
swift and certain and should be imposed as soon as practicable but no longer than 3 working days of detection of the violation behavior.
(2) Conditions of local supervision (probation
and mandatory supervised release). Conditions of local supervision whether imposed by a sentencing judge or the Prisoner Review Board shall be imposed in accordance with the offender's risks, assets, and needs as identified through the assessment tool described in this Act.
(c) Evidence-based in-prison programming.
(1) The Department of Corrections shall adopt
policies, rules, and regulations that, within the first year of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the statewide, standardized risk assessment tool described in this Act, result in at least 25% of incarcerated individuals receiving services and programming in accordance with evidence-based practices; within 3 years of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the statewide, standardized risk assessment tool result in at least 50% of incarcerated individuals receiving services and programming in accordance with evidence-based practices; and within 5 years of the adoption, validation, and utilization of the statewide, standardized risk assessment tool result in at least 75% of incarcerated individuals receiving services and programming in accordance with evidence-based practices. The policies, rules, and regulations shall:
(A) Provide for the use and development of
a case plan based on the risks, assets, and needs identified through the assessment tool as described in this Act. The case plan should be used to determine in-prison programming; should be continuously updated based on program participation by the prisoner and other behavior modification exhibited by the prisoner; and should be used when creating the case plan described in subsection (b).
(B) Provide for the use of evidence-based
programming related to education, job training, cognitive behavioral therapy and other evidence-based programming.
(C) Establish education programs based on a
teacher to student ratio of no more than 1:30.
(D) Expand the use of drug prisons, modeled
after the Sheridan Correctional Center, to provide sufficient drug treatment and other support services to non-violent inmates with a history of substance abuse.
(2) Participation and completion of programming
by prisoners can impact earned time credit as determined under Section 3-6-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
(3) The Department of Corrections shall provide
its employees with intensive and ongoing training and professional development services to support the implementation of evidence-based practices. The training and professional development services shall include assessment techniques, case planning, cognitive behavioral training, risk reduction and intervention strategies, effective communication skills, substance abuse treatment education and other topics identified by the Department or its employees.
(d) The Parole Division of the Department of Corrections and the Prisoner Review Board shall provide their employees with intensive and ongoing training and professional development services to support the implementation of evidence-based practices. The training and professional development services shall include assessment techniques, case planning, cognitive behavioral training, risk reduction and intervention strategies, effective communication skills, substance abuse treatment education, and other topics identified by the agencies or their employees.
(e) The Department of Corrections, the Prisoner Review Board, and other correctional entities referenced in the policies, rules, and regulations of this Act shall design, implement, and make public a system to evaluate the effectiveness of evidence-based practices in increasing public safety and in successful reintegration of those under supervision into the locality. Annually, each agency shall submit to the Sentencing Policy Advisory Council a comprehensive report on the success of implementing evidence-based practices. The data compiled and analyzed by the Council shall be delivered annually to the Governor and the General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 96-761, eff. 1-1-10.)
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