SB2621 Summary

• Replaces terminology of "good conduct credit" with "sentence credit" throughout the Unified Code of Corrections to reflect broader eligibility criteria including programming completion, rule compliance, and service to institutions or communities.

• Allows the Department of Corrections Director to award up to 180 days of sentence credit for good conduct, with discretion based on risk assessment, violent crime history, offense circumstances, and rehabilitation potential, though certain offenders remain ineligible.

• Enables counties to provide sentence credit multipliers (1.25x or 1.50x) for inmates successfully completing substance abuse programs, educational programs, behavior modification programs, life skills courses, or re-entry planning while incarcerated or in pre-trial detention.

• Requires the Department to submit annual written reports to the Governor and General Assembly detailing the number of inmates awarded sentence credit, average amounts awarded, holding offenses, and revocation statistics, with reports published online within 48 hours.

• Extends sentence credit eligibility to inmates who completed qualifying programs while held in pre-trial detention prior to commitment to the Department of Corrections, calculated at sentencing and included in the sentencing order.