HB4297

Illinois HB4297 mandates the Department of Corrections to notify approved visitors when a committed person is placed in restrictive housing, removed.

HB4297, known as the Corrections Family Notification Act, requires the Illinois Department of Corrections to notify all approved visitors of a committed person when that person is placed in restrictive housing, removed from such housing, housed in a unit subject to lockdown, or returned to normal operations following a lockdown. Notifications must include the committed person's name and identification number, the start and end dates and times of the event, and must be sent within two hours of the event.