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IL HR1081

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/8/2016

Primary Sponsor

Mary Flowers

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Origin

House of Representatives

99th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Urges the Governor and Department of Corrections to discourage prosecutors from recommending and judges from sentencing low-level drug offenders to county jail or the Department of Corrections
  • Requests the Governor and Director of Corrections to release low-level drug offenders currently serving sentences in Department of Corrections facilities to home confinement
  • Argues that home confinement and treatment are more cost-effective alternatives to incarceration and that drug addiction should be treated as a medical rather than purely criminal justice issue
  • Notes that incarceration of minor drug offenders disproportionately impacts poor and disadvantaged populations and diverts resources from protecting the public from violent offenders
  • Directs that copies of this resolution be delivered to the Governor and Director of Corrections

Legislative Description

LOW LEVEL DRUG OFFENDERS

Last Action

Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

8/1/2016

Committee Referrals

Rules8/1/2016
Judiciary - Criminal4/13/2016
Rules4/4/2016

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