Illinois Compiled Statutes 725 ILCS 185 — Pretrial Services Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Pretrial Services Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

Definitions

Definitions. In this Act: "Director" means the Director of the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services. "Division" has the meaning provided in Section 9b of the Probation and Probation Officers Act. "Local pretrial services agency" means a pretrial services agency other than the Office who is providing pretrial services.…

Office of Statewide Pretrial Services; establishment

Office of Statewide Pretrial Services; establishment. There is established in the judicial branch of State government an office to be known as the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services. This office shall be under the supervision and direction of a Director who shall be appointed by a vote of a majority of the Illinois…

Powers and duties

Powers and duties. (a) The Office shall provide pretrial services as provided in Section 7 to circuit courts or counties without existing pretrial services agencies. (b) The Office shall develop, establish, adopt, and enforce uniform standards for pretrial services in this State. (c) The Office may: (1) hire and train…

Pretrial services shall be provided by a local pretrial services agency or the Office

Pretrial services shall be provided by a local pretrial services agency or the Office. (a) The pretrial services agency shall provide the circuit court with accurate background data regarding the pretrial release of persons charged with felonies and effective supervision of compliance with the terms and conditions impo…

Framework facilitating the hiring and training of new State-employed pretrial services personnel to serve circuit courts or counties without existing pretrial services agencies

Framework facilitating the hiring and training of new State-employed pretrial services personnel to serve circuit courts or counties without existing pretrial services agencies. Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the contrary, the Office shall hire and train new State-employed pretrial services personnel to serve…

Local pretrial services agencies may be independent divisions of the circuit courts accountable to the chief judge or his designee for program activities

Local pretrial services agencies may be independent divisions of the circuit courts accountable to the chief judge or his designee for program activities. The agencies shall be supervised by a program director appointed by the chief judge and removable for cause. The chief judge or his designee shall have the authority…

Pretrial services shall be provided by the Office where the volume of criminal proceedings does not justify the establishment of a local pretrial services agency

Pretrial services shall be provided by the Office where the volume of criminal proceedings does not justify the establishment of a local pretrial services agency.(Source: P.A. 103-602, eff. 7-1-25.)

All 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.(Source: P.A. 103-602, eff. 7-1-25.)

The compensation for local pretrial services agency personnel shall be commensurate with salaries and other benefits accorded probation department employees

The compensation for local pretrial services agency personnel shall be commensurate with salaries and other benefits accorded probation department employees.(Source: P.A. 103-602, eff. 7-1-25.)

Pretrial services agencies shall perform the following duties for the circuit court: (a) Interview and assemble verified information and data concerning the community ties, employment, residency, criminal record, and social background of arrested persons who are to be, or have been, presented in court for first appeara…

In addition to the foregoing, local pretrial services agencies may with the approval of the chief judge provide one or more of the following services to the circuit court: (a) Supervise compliance with the terms and conditions imposed by the courts for appeal bonds; and (b) Assist in such other pretrial services activi…

Pretrial 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. The chief judge and program director of the pretrial services agency may establish interviewing priorities where reso…

The 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

The 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. In determining the best allocation of available resources, consideration shall be given to current release practices of first…

No 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. Inquiry of the defendant shall carefully exclude questions concerning t…

Interviews shall be individually conducted by agency personnel in facilities or locations which assure an adequate opportunity for discussion, consistent with security needs

Interviews shall be individually conducted by agency personnel in facilities or locations which assure an adequate opportunity for discussion, consistent with security needs. The chief judge or his designee shall maintain a continuous liaison between the pretrial services agency and the sheriff, or other affected law e…

Information received from the arrested person as a result of the agency interview shall be recorded on uniform interview forms created by the Office

Information received from the arrested person as a result of the agency interview shall be recorded on uniform interview forms created by the Office.(Source: P.A. 103-602, eff. 7-1-25.)

The 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

The 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. Minimum verification shall include the interviewee's prior criminal record, residency, and employment circumstances. The c…

Verified and supplemental information assembled by the pretrial services agency shall be recorded on a uniform reporting form established by the Office

Verified and supplemental information assembled by the pretrial services agency shall be recorded on a uniform reporting form established by the Office.(Source: P.A. 103-602, eff. 7-1-25.)

Pretrial services agencies interviewing arrested persons shall submit a report of their information and findings to the court in all cases where the individual remains in custody at the completion of the verification process, and in such additional cases where the agency believes that additional or modified conditions…

Reports shall be in writing, signed by an authorized representative of the pretrial services agency, and prepared on the uniform reporting form

Reports shall be in writing, signed by an authorized representative of the pretrial services agency, and prepared on the uniform reporting form. Copies of the report shall be provided to all parties and counsel of record. If the report is filed with the court, the court shall deny public access to the report. (Source:…

A 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. At such hearings, the factual findings, conclusions and recommendations in the written report m…

Written reports under Section 17 shall set forth all factual findings on which any recommendation and conclusions contained therein are based together with the source of each fact, and shall contain information and data relevant to appropriate conditions imposed to protect against the risk of nonappearance and commissi…

In preparing and presenting its written reports under Sections 17 and 19, pretrial services agencies shall in appropriate cases include specific recommendations for setting the conditions of pretrial release; the release of the interviewee on his own recognizance in sums certain; and the imposition of conditions of pre…

Pretrial services agency reports completed following the first appearance shall be immediately referred to the judge who there presided; to any judge to whom the proceedings have been assigned for next hearing or trial; or in the event of their unavailability to a judge or group of judges designated for that purpose by…