730 ILCS 5/3-3-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 730 - CORRECTIONS|730 ILCS 5/ - Unified Code of Corrections.|Chapter III - Department Of Corrections

 (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-5)Sec. 3-3-5. Hearing and determination.(a) The Prisoner  Review  Board shall meet as often as need requires to consider  the cases of persons eligible for parole. Except as otherwise  provided in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 3-3-2  of this Act, the Prisoner Review Board may meet and  order its actions in panels of 3 or more members. The action  of a majority of the panel shall be the action of the Board.(b) If the person under consideration for parole is in the  custody of the Department, at least one member of the Board  shall interview him or her, and a report of that interview shall be  available for the Board's consideration.  However, in the  discretion of the Board, the interview need not be conducted  if a psychiatric examination determines that the person could  not meaningfully contribute to the Board's consideration. The  Board may in its discretion parole a person who is then outside  the jurisdiction on his or her record without an interview. The Board  need not hold a hearing or interview a person who is paroled   under paragraphs (d) or (e) of this Section or released on  Mandatory release under Section 3-3-10.(c) The Board shall not parole a person eligible for  parole if it determines that:(1) there is a substantial risk that he or she will     not conform to reasonable conditions of parole or aftercare release; or(2) his or her release at that time would deprecate     the seriousness of his or her offense or promote disrespect for the law; or(3) his or her release would have a substantially     adverse effect on institutional discipline.(d) (Blank).(e) A person who has served the maximum term of  imprisonment imposed at the time of sentencing less time  credit for good behavior shall be released on parole to  serve a period of parole under Section 5-8-1.(f) The Board shall render its decision within a  reasonable time after hearing and shall state the basis  therefor both in the records of the Board and in written  notice to the person on whose application it has acted.  In its decision, the Board shall set the person's time  for parole, or if it denies parole it shall provide for  a rehearing not less frequently than once every  year, except that the Board may,  after denying parole,  schedule a rehearing no later than 5 years from the date of the parole  denial, if the Board finds that it is not reasonable to expect that parole  would be granted at a hearing prior to the scheduled rehearing date. If the  Board shall parole a person, and, if he or she is not released within 90 days from  the effective date of the order granting parole, the matter shall be  returned to the Board for review.(f-1)   If the Board paroles a person who is eligible for commitment as a sexually violent person, the effective date of the Board's order shall be stayed for 90 days for the purpose of evaluation and proceedings under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act.(g) The Board shall maintain a registry of decisions in which parole  has been granted, which shall include the name and case number of the  prisoner, the highest charge for which the prisoner was sentenced, the  length of sentence imposed, the date of the sentence, the date of the  parole, and the basis for the decision of the Board to grant parole and the  vote of the Board on any such decisions.  The registry shall be made available  for public inspection and copying during business hours and shall be a public  record pursuant to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.(h) The Board shall promulgate rules regarding the exercise  of its discretion under this Section.  (Source: P.A. 98-558, eff. 1-1-14; 99-268, eff. 1-1-16; 99-628, eff. 1-1-17.)