IL HB5211

Sheriff in counties with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants may establish a county impact incarceration program without County Board approval, for persons charged with or convicted of eligible felonies.

Eligible participants must be ages 17-35, have no more than one prior felony prison sentence, and cannot have been convicted of Class X felonies, murder, armed violence, sexual assault, escape, aiding escape, or arson.

Program consists of 120 to 180 days of incarceration followed by mandatory monitored release of 8-12 months; the incarceration period cannot be reduced by good time, but the monitored release may be reduced by good time or pre-trial detention up to 120 days.

Persons charged with eligible offenses may participate in the custodial period before conviction, and if convicted, the court may sentence them to remaining days needed to complete the full 120-180 day period plus monitored release.

Program may include vocational training, education, counseling, substance abuse treatment, life skills training, physical training and labor, military drills, and regimented activities; participants must consent in writing to program participation.