Section 701.60 Release Procedures

Section 701

Section 701.60  Release

Procedures

a)         Identification

1)         Positive detainee identification shall be made by the

releasing officer before discharge, transfer or release is effected.

2)         When a detainee is discharged or is released to the custody of

another, a record shall be made of the date, time and the authority.

b)         Physical Inspection

Prior to final

release or discharge, each detainee shall receive a physical inspection by a

person of the same gender, when possible, and a record shall be made of any

wounds or injuries.

c)         Contraband

Detainees

being discharged, released or transferred shall be searched by a person of the

same gender to prevent detainees from taking property that does not belong to

them or other items of contraband as defined in Article 31Aof the Criminal Code

of 2012 [720 ILCS 5/Art. 31A].

d)         Personal Property

All personal

property and funds inventoried at the time of admission or added during the

period of confinement and not transferred to a third party or expended during

confinement, other than those legally confiscated, shall be returned to the

detainee upon release.

1)         Items shall be carefully inventoried, or otherwise accounted

for, with the releasing officer and the detainee signing the inventory form.

2)         A record of any maintenance medication, including the amount,

released with an offender shall be documented.

3)         A copy of the itemized and signed receipt shall be maintained

by the jail as a permanent record.

4)         Personal property of the detainee being transferred to another

facility shall be inventoried and items to be transferred with the detainee

shall be documented and turned over to the transporting officer in the presence

of the detainee.  Personal property allowed by the receiving facility shall be

transferred with the detainee

t shall be maintained

by the jail as a permanent record.

4)         Personal property of the detainee being transferred to another

facility shall be inventoried and items to be transferred with the detainee

shall be documented and turned over to the transporting officer in the presence

of the detainee.  Personal property allowed by the receiving facility shall be

transferred with the detainee.  Items not transferred shall be disposed of by

the transferring facility in accordance with its procedures, for example,

having a relative pick up items, mailing items to a person designated by the

detainee, etc.

e)         Discharge of Mentally Ill Detainees

1)         When a mentally ill detainee is released, he or she shall be

given a listing of community mental health resource addresses and telephone

numbers and provided with the opportunity to receive a copy of the jail's

mental health, medical and medication records.

2)         Linkage and after care may include a referral to a mental

health provider, a prescription for medications, or a two week supply of

prescribed medications.

f)         Transfers to the Illinois Department of Corrections

Pursuant to

Sections 3-8-1 and 5-4-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections [730 ILCS 5/3-8-1

and 5-4-1], when a detainee is delivered to the custody of the Department, the

following information must be included with the items delivered:

1)

The sentence imposed.

2)

Any findings of great bodily harm made by the court.

3)

Any statement by the court on the basis for imposing the

sentence.

4)

Any presentence reports.

5)

Any sex offender evaluations.

6)

Any substance abuse treatment eligibility screening and

assessment of the detainee by an agent designated by the State to provide

assessments for Illinois courts.

7)

The number of days, if any, which the

detainee

has

been in custody and for which he

or she

is entitled to credit

against the sentence

asis for imposing the

sentence.

4)

Any presentence reports.

5)

Any sex offender evaluations.

6)

Any substance abuse treatment eligibility screening and

assessment of the detainee by an agent designated by the State to provide

assessments for Illinois courts.

7)

The number of days, if any, which the

detainee

has

been in custody and for which he

or she

is entitled to credit

against the sentence.  Certification of jail credit time shall include any time

served in the custody of the Illinois Department of Human Services-Division of

Mental Health or Division of Developmental Disabilities,

time served in

another state or federal jurisdiction and any

time served while on

probation or periodic imprisonment.

8)

State's attorney's statement of facts, including the facts

and circumstances of the offenses for which the detainee was committed, any

other factual information accessible to the State's Attorney prior to the

commitment to the Department relative to the detainee's habits, associates,

disposition and reputation or other information that may aid the Department

during the custody of the detainee.  If the statement is unavailable at the

time of delivery, the statement must be transmitted within 10 days

after

receipt by the clerk of the court.

9)

Any medical or mental health records or summaries.

10)

Any victim impact statements.

11)

Name of municipalities where the arrest of the

detainee

and the commission of the offense occurred, if the municipality has a

population of more than 25,000 persons.

12)

All additional matters that the court directs the clerk to

transmit

transmitted within 10 days

after

receipt by the clerk of the court.

9)

Any medical or mental health records or summaries.

10)

Any victim impact statements.

11)

Name of municipalities where the arrest of the

detainee

and the commission of the offense occurred, if the municipality has a

population of more than 25,000 persons.

12)

All additional matters that the court directs the clerk to

transmit.

13)

The

mittimus or sentence (judgment) order that provides the following information:

A)

The

criminal case number, names and citations of the offenses, judge's name, date

of sentence and, where applicable, whether the sentences are to be served

concurrently or consecutively;

B)

The

number of days spent in custody; and

C)

If

applicable, the calculation of pre-trial program sentence credit awarded by the

court to the detainee, including, at a minimum, identification of the type of

pre-trial program the detainee participated in and the number of eligible days

the court finds the detainee spent in the pre-trial program multiplied by the

calculation factor of 0.5 for the total court-awarded credit.

14)

A record of the detainee's time and his or her behavior

and conduct while in the custody of the county.  Any action on the part of the

detainee that might affect his or her security status with the Department,

including, but not limited to, an escape attempt, participation in a riot, or a

suicide attempt should be included in the record.