Illinois State Prison Inmates
Is Your Jail Ready for 2026? Five Critical Health Care Compliance Changes You Need to Know: Amundsen Davis
Overview If you manage or provide health care in an Illinois jail, 2026 brings significant changes affecting your operations. These are not minor adjustments, either; they are fundamental shifts in standards, federal requirements, and legal expectations. Here is what is coming and how to prepare.
https://www.amundsendavislaw.com/alert-is-your-jail-ready-for-2026-five-critical-health-care-compliance-changes-you-need-to-know
Individual in Custody Search
Important: IDOC has implemented new processes for non-privileged incoming mail and publications.
https://idoc.illinois.gov/offender/inmatesearch.html
IDOC
For more than a decade, IDOC has posted population datasets and reports on its website, providing public access to data for analysis.
https://idoc.illinois.gov/
Bill Text: IL HB4326 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced | LegiScan
Bill Text: IL HB4326 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the sentence credit for various offenses in which the prisoner could receive no more than 7.5 days sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment shall be changed to one day of sentence credit for each day of his or her sentence of imprisonment.
https://legiscan.com/IL/text/HB4326/id/3301288
New Law Requires Prison-Based Hospice, Palliative Care ...
New Law Requires Prison-Based Hospice, Palliative Care Data Reports. By Holly Vossel | January 20, 2026 ...
https://hospicenews.com/2026/01/20/new-law-requires-prison-based-hospice-palliative-care-data-reports/Illinois Bill Would Let State Prison Inmates Get Remote Jobs
Illinois Democratic Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet, who represents the 5th District in Chicago, filed the Illinois House Bill 4224 Wednesday that would allow individuals in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections to obtain remote employment with approved businesses and companies that choose to participate in the yet-unnamed program.
https://www.govtech.com/public-safety/illinois-bill-would-let-state-prison-inmates-get-remote-jobs🚨 Step into a... - Illinois Department of Corrections | Facebook
Couldn’t do it under the current governor and administration. Their catering to inmates “ yes I said imates” is a big safety issue. Can’t run with the individual in custody and justice impacted individual crap...
https://www.facebook.com/ilidoc/posts/-step-into-a-leadership-role-in-2026-the-illinois-department-of-corrections-is-l/1202559128727789/
2026 — Policy Statements — John Howard Association of Illinois
John Howard Association Public Comment on the Proposed Rule Regarding Mail, Privileged Communications and Receipt of Publications for People in Illinois’ State Prisons Submitted to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules by the Illinois Department of Corrections (January 5, 2026) Read More...
https://www.thejha.org/statements-and-testimony/tag/2026
Illinois Department of Corrections - Community Notifiation of Inmate Early Release
COLEMAN, WILLIE L. 01/09/2026, WILLIE COLEMAN, COOK, COOK. Y47647, COLLINS, MABITI, 11/05/2025, DERRELL COLLINS | ...
https://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/search/EarlyCNER2_6.asp
What Illinois laws take effect on January 1, 2026? | Illinois Legal Aid Online
Business & Work Worried about doing this on your own? You may be able to get free legal help. In 2025, Illinois lawmakers passed over 460 new laws. This article highlights only a few. Unless otherwise noted, these new laws go into effect on January 1, 2026.
https://www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-information/what-illinois-laws-take-effect-january-1-2026
What Illinois laws take effect on January 1, 2026? | Illinois Legal Aid Online
Business & Work Worried about doing this on your own? You may be able to get free legal help. In 2025, Illinois lawmakers passed over 460 new laws. This article highlights only a few. Unless otherwise noted, these new laws go into effect on January 1, 2026.
https://www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-information/what-illinois-laws-take-effect-january-1-2026
Individuals in Custody
Individual in Custody Search Wanted Fugitives Illinois Sex Offender Information Parolee Sex Registrant Search Community Notification of Inmate Early Release Attorney FAQ Information Release Forms Addiction Recovery Management Services Unit Adult Education...
https://idoc.illinois.gov/offender.html
Oversight panel OKs rule on digitized prison mail in Illinois with new changes | NPR Illinois
CHICAGO — A state legislative oversight committee Friday permitted the Illinois Department of Corrections to formally adopt permanent rules that allow it to scan and digitize mail of those in custody, in a blow to prison reform advocates. The rule was originally introduced under pressure from Republican legislators and the IDOC workers’ union after a series of substance exposures in the fall of 2024 left correctional staff hospitalized.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-01-12/oversight-panel-oks-rule-on-digitized-prison-mail-in-illinois-with-new-changes
The State of Illinois Newsroom
Gov. Pritzker Signs Bipartisan Clean Slate Act Illinois becomes 13th state to create automatic records relief process for individuals with non-violent criminal convictions January 16, 2026 CHICAGO — Today, Governor JB Pritzker signed the bipartisan Clean Slate Act (HB 1836), a law that will automate the state's record-sealing system process for individuals with certain non-violent convictions following a waiting period.
https://gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker-signs-bipartisan-clean-slate-act
HB 3449 / SB 2257 - Restore Justice Foundation
Bill Status Introduced In House Introduced In Senate ALLOW PEOPLE TO EARN CREDIT FOR CHANGE – HB 3449 / SB 2257 House Sponsor: Representative Justin Slaughter Senate Sponsor: Senator Robert Peters Introduced In House Introduced In Senate House Sponsor: Representative Justin Slaughter Senate Sponsor: Senator Robert Peters...
https://www.restorejustice.org/bill/hb3449/