IL HB5218

Illinois Department of Corrections must enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to establish a Rapid REPAT program allowing early conditional release for deportation of non-citizen inmates with final deportation orders.

Eligible participants must have less than one year remaining on their sentence, cannot be serving time for forcible felonies or crimes against persons, and must have voluntarily requested release after being fully informed in their native language about program consequences.

Prior to deportation order issuance, individuals must receive full notice of immigration hearing rights, legal representation options, and available legal assistance resources, with information provided verbally and in writing in English and native language.

Prisoner Review Board must hear requests for early conditional release under the program through a panel of at least 3 members, and may condition release on assurance that deportation will be executed promptly.

If a person released under the program illegally returns to the United States, the Board shall revoke early conditional release, and the person must serve their full remaining sentence, though time in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody counts toward that sentence.