Illinois Compiled Statutes 730 ILCS 125 — County Jail Act.

Short title

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

There shall be kept and maintained in good and sufficient condition and repair, one or more jail facilities for the use of each county within this State

There shall be kept and maintained in good and sufficient condition and repair, one or more jail facilities for the use of each county within this State. However, this requirement may be satisfied by a single jail facility jointly maintained and used by 2 or more counties. It shall be unlawful to build a jail within 20…

The Sheriff of each county in this State shall be the warden of the jail of the county, and have the custody of all committed persons in the jail, except when otherwise provided in the "County Department of Corrections Act".(Source: P.A. 103-745, eff. 1-1-25.)

New jail

New jail. The sheriff of each county in this State shall be the warden of any new jail facility constructed or otherwise acquired in the county and shall have the custody of all committed persons in that facility, except when otherwise provided in Division 3-15 of the Counties Code.(Source: P.A. 103-745, eff. 1-1-25.)

The Sheriff may appoint a superintendent of the jail, and remove him at his pleasure, for whose conduct and training, he shall be responsible

The Sheriff may appoint a superintendent of the jail, and remove him at his pleasure, for whose conduct and training, he shall be responsible. The Sheriff shall also be responsible for the hiring and training of all personnel necessary to operate and maintain the jail. (Source: P.A. 83-1073.)

The Warden of the jail shall receive and confine in such jail, until discharged by due course of law, all persons committed to such jail by any competent authority

The Warden of the jail shall receive and confine in such jail, until discharged by due course of law, all persons committed to such jail by any competent authority. When there is no county jail facility operating in a county, arresting agencies shall be responsible for delivering persons arrested to an adjoining county…

Costs of maintaining committed persons

Costs of maintaining committed persons. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), all costs of maintaining persons committed for violations of Illinois law, shall be the responsibility of the county. Except as provided in subsection (b), all costs of maintaining persons committed under any ordinance or resolut…

The warden of the jail shall keep an exact permanent calendar of all persons committed to jail, registering the name, place of abode, time, cause and authority of their commitment, and the time and manner of their discharge. (Source: P.A. 83-1073.)

On the first day of each month, the warden of the jail of the county shall prepare a list of all committed persons in his custody, specifying the causes for which and the persons by whom they were committed, and make available to the court his calendar of committed persons.(Source: P.A. 103-745, eff. 1-1-25.)

The Sheriff may be imprisoned in the jail of his county, and for the time he is so imprisoned, the coroner shall be warden of the jail, and perform all the duties of the sheriff in regard thereto, and shall, by himself and his sureties, be answerable for the faithful discharge of his duties as such warden. (Source: P.A…

When there is no jail or other penal institution in a county, or the jail or other penal institution of the county is insufficient, the sheriff may commit any person in his custody, either on civil or criminal process, to the nearest sufficient jail of another county, and the warden of the jail of such county shall rec…

Whenever a committed person is committed to the jail of one county for a criminal offense committed or charged to have been committed in another, or is transferred to another county for safe keeping or trial, the county in which the crime was committed, or charged to have been committed, shall pay the expenses of the k…

Medical screening; pregnancy test

Medical screening; pregnancy test. When a person with a uterus is committed to a facility, the person shall within 14 days be given a medical screening and offered a pregnancy test.(Source: P.A. 103-745, eff. 1-1-25.)

Debtors and witnesses shall not be confined in the same room with other committed persons; male and female committed persons shall not be kept in the same room; minors shall be kept separate from those previously convicted of a felony or other infamous crime; and persons charged with an offense shall not be confined in…

Whenever the Warden of the jail of any county deems such jail insufficient to secure the committed persons confined therein, he shall give notice thereof to the county board

Whenever the Warden of the jail of any county deems such jail insufficient to secure the committed persons confined therein, he shall give notice thereof to the county board.(Source: P.A. 103-745, eff. 1-1-25.)

Whenever the Warden of any jail shall have in his custody any person charged with a high crime, and there is no jail in his county, or the jail is insufficient, he may, with the advice of the judge of the circuit court of such county, employ a sufficient guard, not exceeding 3 persons, for the guarding and safe keeping…

At any time, in the opinion of the Warden, the lives or health of the committed persons are endangered or the security of the penal institution is threatened, to such a degree as to render their removal necessary, the Warden may cause an individual committed person or a group of committed persons to be removed to some…

The Warden of the jail shall furnish each committed person daily with as much clean water as may be necessary for drink and personal cleanliness, and serve him three times a day with wholesome food, well cooked and in sufficient quantity. The Warden of the jail in counties of the first and second class shall procure at…

The Warden of the jail or other person shall not permit any committed person to send for or have any alcoholic beverages or controlled substances except when prescribed by a physician as medicine

The Warden of the jail or other person shall not permit any committed person to send for or have any alcoholic beverages or controlled substances except when prescribed by a physician as medicine.(Source: P.A. 103-745, eff. 1-1-25.)

Bedding, clothing, fuel, and medical aid; reimbursement for medical expenses

Bedding, clothing, fuel, and medical aid; reimbursement for medical expenses. The Warden of the jail shall furnish necessary bedding, clothing, fuel, and medical services for all committed persons under his charge, and keep an accurate account of the same. When services that result in qualified medical expenses are req…

Pregnant committed persons

Pregnant committed persons. Restraint of a pregnant or postpartum committed person shall comply with Section 3-15003.6 of the County Department of Corrections Law.(Source: P.A. 103-745, eff. 1-1-25.)

Sheriff training related to pregnant committed persons

Sheriff training related to pregnant committed persons. (a) The sheriff shall provide training relating to medical and mental health care issues applicable to pregnant committed persons confined in the county jail to: (1) each correctional officer employed by the sheriff at the county jail in which female committed per…

Educational programming and information for pregnant committed persons

Educational programming and information for pregnant committed persons. (a) The Illinois Department of Public Health shall provide the sheriff with educational programming relating to pregnancy and parenting and the sheriff shall provide the programming to pregnant committed persons. The programming must include instru…

Committed person postpartum recovery requirements

Committed person postpartum recovery requirements. The sheriff shall ensure that, for a period of 72 hours after the birth of an infant by a committed person: (1) the infant is allowed to remain with the committed person, unless a medical professional determines doing so would pose a health or safety risk to the commit…

Housing requirements applicable to pregnant committed persons

Housing requirements applicable to pregnant committed persons. (a) The sheriff may not place in administrative segregation a committed person who is pregnant or who gave birth during the preceding 30 days unless the sheriff or the sheriff's designee determines that the placement is necessary based on a reasonable belie…