The Department of Corrections adopted amendments to the Part now titled Impact Program. The Impact Program is no longer a short-term, military-style “boot camp,” but rather a longer-term, holistic program that utilizes counseling, team-building exercises, education, and work activities to emphasize self-control and self-esteem for eligible individuals in custody.

This Act amends the Unified Code of Corrections by establishing a point of contact to receive requests, suggestions, and complaints from the public pertaining to institutions, facilities, and incarcerated individuals within the Department of Corrections (DOC).

The Unified Code of Corrections has been amended to require a statewide point of contact at the Department of Corrections.

The Unified Code of Corrections is amended to afford inmates to be discharged with information necessary to avoid recidivism.

The Department of Corrections (DOC) adopted amendments that replace an earlier emergency rulemaking that provided for discretionary sentence credits to be awarded to offenders who have not committed a recent disciplinary offense. The amendments are aimed at reducing the population of Illinois Department of Corrections inmates.

The Department of Corrections (DOC) amended its part titled Records of Offenders (20 Ill. Adm. Code 107 (effective March 1, 2019)) to modify how Illinois inmates earn credit for time served toward their sentences.

The Unified Code of Corrections was amended to increase the overall number of visits that inmates can receive to seven per month from a pre-authorized roster of 30 people submitted by the inmate.

The Department of Corrections (DOC) and Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) have implemented a system to aid former inmates as they transition to the community.

These amendments to the Unified Code of Corrections provide for the creation of a permanent Women's Division, with the statewide authority to oversee all of the Department of Corrections' women's correctional centers and women's adult transition centers.

The General Assembly added a section to the Unified Code of Corrections that governs appropriations for the Offender Initiative Program and Second Chance Probation.

Illinois lawmakers have amended the Unified Code of Corrections by modifying the definition of "eligible offender" as it relates to a judge's discretion in granting "relief from forfeitures and disabilities automatically imposed by law." 730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-5.

Illinois lawmakers have amended the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, (725 ILCS 5/112A-22), the Stalking No Contact Order Act, (740 ILCS 21/115), the Civil No Contact Order Act, (740 ILCS 22/218), and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 (750 ILCS 60/222) to include new mandatory notification procedures.

The Department of Human Services Act has been amended to require state agencies to provide the families and children of incarcerated parents with information about how to obtain social services.