Public Act 97-0697 increases accountability in the state’s prison system by setting new sentence
credit guidelines that strengthen the Illinois Department of Corrections’ (IDOC) ability to manage the
state’s prison population. Forty-six other states have adopted similar laws, which also encourage
non-violent offenders to pursue positive rehabilitation strategies The law also increases safety inside
prisons by allowing DOC to award sentence credit to non-violent offenders who have shown
willingness to correct their behavior through successful completion of rehabilitation.
The Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009 mandates that the Illinois, Department of Corrections,
Department of Juvenile Justice and the Prisoner Review Board adopt, validate and use a common
assessment tool, that accurately assess offender Risk, Assets and Needs and use these assessments to
determine placement, assign supervision levels and target programs to criminogenic needs while in
IDOC facilities and post release during the parole to ensure that sentences are administered according
to the individual evaluation of the inmate or juvenile offender.
• Illinois Department of Correction manages 50,000 offenders and
30,000 parolees through 11,000 staff.
• The prior Offender Tracking System/Juvenile Tracking System
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designed in the late 1980’s and developed in COBOL
required rapidly-retiring skills
extremely expensive to support
required a vast storage capacity
supplemented by 39 PC-based applications
• Sentence calculations/projected release dates are paper-based manual
calculations performed by state employees with little legal training.
• The State of Illinois workforce is predominately union-organized and
also unfamiliar with cloud computing technology.
Executive Sponsor – IDOC Assistant Director Gladyse Taylor
• strategic plan
• vision & thought leadership
• corrections expertise
State of Illinois CIO Sean Vinck
• facilitated Executive Order #3 which established an Open Operating Standard for Illinois – Using
Information Technology to promote transparency, efficiency, and savings.
• drove the adoption of a “Cloud First” policy
Steering Committee & IDOC Team – IDOC CIO Steven Matthews
• navigated the bureaucratic and arduous procurement process
• managed the successful implementation of the states first cloud solution
• delivered the largest enterprise-level CRM application development initiative to date.
Microsoft & Tribridge
• public safety expertise & technology strategy
• guidance on development of the state’s Offender 360 solution
• solution delivery resources
• Integrated criminal justice offender management system
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shared across state, local government, and court systems
Comprehensive risks-assets-needs assessment that
incorporates medical, mental health, education, and
human services record integration
Automated classification and movement determinations
Automated sentence calculations
Ultimate electronic master file
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Dec 2012
Begin Jan 2013
Begin May 2013
Begin Aug 2013
Begin Nov 2013
IDOC
Offender360
IDOC
Offender360
Phase III
Final Phase
Shared Services
IDOC
Offender360
IDOC
Offender360
Phase I
Phase II
COMPLETED
• Offender centric
reporting engine
• Web Based
offender
management
system
Juvenile Justice
(Youth360)
For
Integrated
Justice System
IN-PROGRESS
• Implement Local
Government data
feeds
• Automate
Visitation
Management
• Integrate medical
mental health data
• Web-based
display
• Mittimus
(Sentencing
Order)
• Statement
of Fact
(Pen Letter)
• Implement Risk, Assets
and Needs Assessment
tool (RANA)
• Automate Classification
and Reclassification
process
• Automated Movement
Determination
• Automated Sentence
Calculations
• Electronic Master File
• LEADS integration with
State Police
• Re-Entry Community
Programming
integration
• Electronic Master File
to replace the
current paper-based
file of record
• Integrate offenders’
legal documentation,
identification,
disciplinary and
programs data