HB 5104

Abstract

Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the University of Illinois Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates the Illinois Community Justice Project. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the University of Illinois Extension shall deliver training on behalf of the Department of Corrections to incarcerated persons, families, support networks of incarcerated persons, and Department of Corrections staff and their families to facilitate better conditions and treatment among inmates, among inmates and their support networks and families, and among inmates and facility staff. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the University of Illinois Extension shall also make available throughout the State, programs for local government officials, local businesses, and service organizations to enhance communities relating to the reentry of ex-offenders into those communities and improve reduction of recidivism. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the University of Illinois Extension, in partnership with county probation and district parole offices, shall also provide local research-based cognitive programming to recently released parolees and persons on probation to reduce recidivism in local areas.