The General Assembly finds as follows:
         (1) One of the many objectives of the Illinois
    
criminal justice system is individual rehabilitation.
        (2) The incarceration of nonviolent drug offenders
    
with families breaks the family unit.
        (3) The recidivism rate of nonviolent drug offenders
    
in Illinois is 53%.
        (4) Nonviolent drug offenders are in need of
    
alternatives to incarceration such as counseling and treatment.
        (5) Drug addiction is recognized as a health issue
    
around the country.
        (6) The Cook County State‘s Attorney drug school
    
program has a success rate of over 85%.
        (7) The State of Illinois spends $22,607 on one adult
    
incarceration.
        (8) The State of Illinois will save more than
    
$17,000,000 if treatment programs are offered in lieu of incarceration.
    The purpose of this Act is to establish, subject to appropriation, a drug school program for nonviolent drug offenders statewide modeled after the Cook County State’s Attorney drug school program.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 55 ILCS 130/5

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
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