Pretrial Services Act

Sections covered

• 725 ILCS 185/0.01Short title
• 725 ILCS 185/0.02Definitions
• 725 ILCS 185/0.03Office of Statewide Pretrial Services; establishment
• 725 ILCS 185/0.04Powers and duties
• 725 ILCS 185/1Pretrial services shall be provided by a local pretrial services agency or the Office
• 725 ILCS 185/10The chief judge and program director of the local pretrial services agency shall continuously assess the benefits of agency intervention before or after the first appearance of accused persons
• 725 ILCS 185/11No person shall be interviewed by a pretrial services agency unless he or she has first been apprised of the identity and purpose of the interviewer, the scope of the interview, the right to secure legal advice, and the right to refuse cooperation
• 725 ILCS 185/12Interviews shall be individually conducted by agency personnel in facilities or locations which assure an adequate opportunity for discussion, consistent with security needs
• 725 ILCS 185/13Information received from the arrested person as a result of the agency interview shall be recorded on uniform interview forms created by the Office
• 725 ILCS 185/14The pretrial services agency shall, after interviewing arrestees, immediately verify and supplement the information required by the uniform interview form before submitting its report to the court
• 725 ILCS 185/15Verified and supplemental information assembled by the pretrial services agency shall be recorded on a uniform reporting form established by the Office
• 725 ILCS 185/1.5Framework facilitating the hiring and training of new State-employed pretrial services personnel to serve circuit courts or counties without existing pretrial services agencies
• 725 ILCS 185/16Criminal Procedure › 725 ILCS 185 — Pretrial Services Act
• 725 ILCS 185/17Reports shall be in writing, signed by an authorized representative of the pretrial services agency, and prepared on the uniform reporting form
• 725 ILCS 185/18A representative of the pretrial services agency shall where feasible be present or otherwise available to the court at the first appearance or such later hearings at which the agency report is to be considered by the court
• 725 ILCS 185/19Criminal Procedure › 725 ILCS 185 — Pretrial Services Act
• 725 ILCS 185/2Local pretrial services agencies may be independent divisions of the circuit courts accountable to the chief judge or his designee for program activities
• 725 ILCS 185/20Criminal Procedure › 725 ILCS 185 — Pretrial Services Act
• 725 ILCS 185/21Criminal Procedure › 725 ILCS 185 — Pretrial Services Act
• 725 ILCS 185/22If so ordered by the court, the pretrial services agency shall prepare and submit for the court's approval and signature a uniform release order on the uniform form established by the Office in all cases where an interviewee may be released from custody under conditions contained in an agency report
• 725 ILCS 185/23Criminal Procedure › 725 ILCS 185 — Pretrial Services Act
• 725 ILCS 185/24Where functions of the local pretrial services agency have been delegated to a probation department or other arm of the court, their records shall be segregated from other records
• 725 ILCS 185/25The pretrial services agency shall provide written notification to supervised persons of court appearance obligations, and may require their periodic reporting by letter, telephone or personal appearance to verify such compliance
• 725 ILCS 185/26The pretrial services agency shall regularly monitor the arrest records of local law enforcement agencies to determine whether any supervised person has been formally charged with the commission of a new offense in violation of the uniform release order
• 725 ILCS 185/27Criminal Procedure › 725 ILCS 185 — Pretrial Services Act
• 725 ILCS 185/28Criminal Procedure › 725 ILCS 185 — Pretrial Services Act
• 725 ILCS 185/29Pretrial services agencies shall, with the approval of the chief judge, offer supervisory services to similar programs operating in Illinois and other jurisdictions
• 725 ILCS 185/3Pretrial services shall be provided by the Office where the volume of criminal proceedings does not justify the establishment of a local pretrial services agency
• 725 ILCS 185/30Records and statistics shall be maintained by local pretrial services agencies of their operations and effect upon the criminal justice system, with monthly reports submitted to the circuit court and the Office on a uniform statistical form developed by the Supreme Court
• 725 ILCS 185/31Criminal Procedure › 725 ILCS 185 — Pretrial Services Act
• 725 ILCS 185/32Pretrial services agencies shall be provided by the circuit court with adequate facilities and supportive services, including secretarial staffs or pools, to assure maximum utilization of resources and effective service to the court
• 725 ILCS 185/33The Office shall pay from funds appropriated to it for this purpose 100% of the salary for all pretrial officer and pretrial supervisor positions employed by local pretrial services agencies to implement the services set forth in this Act and that have been approved for reimbursement by the Office
• 725 ILCS 185/34Probation and court services departments considered pretrial services agencies
• 725 ILCS 185/4All local pretrial services agency personnel shall be full-time employees supervised by the director and, except for secretarial staff, subject to the hiring and training requirements established by the Office
• 725 ILCS 185/5The compensation for local pretrial services agency personnel shall be commensurate with salaries and other benefits accorded probation department employees
• 725 ILCS 185/6(Repealed)
• 725 ILCS 185/7Criminal Procedure › 725 ILCS 185 — Pretrial Services Act
• 725 ILCS 185/8Criminal Procedure › 725 ILCS 185 — Pretrial Services Act
• 725 ILCS 185/9Pretrial services agencies shall have standing court authority to interview and process all persons charged with non-capital felonies either before or after first appearance if the person is in custody