Ill. Admin. Code tit. 20, § 425.60 - Religious Activities
a)
Religious activities approved by the Chief Administrative Officer shall be
conducted or supervised by a chaplain or religious program volunteer.
b) The Chief Administrative Officer, after
consultation with the facility chaplain, shall regulate the time, place, and
manner in which religious activities are conducted. The Chief Administrative
Officer may limit, restrict, discontinue, or deny a religious activity based
upon concerns regarding security, safety, rehabilitation, institutional order,
space, or resources.
c) Nothing in
this Part shall require the provision of group religious activities to
committed persons in impact incarceration program facilities, reception and
classification centers, or in segregation areas, the condemned unit, or
specialized housing units within the facility, such as the hospital.
d) Nothing in this Part shall require the
Department to provide each separate religious group or sects within a group
with a chaplain or with separate religious activities regardless of the size of
the religious group or the extent of the demand for the activities.
e) Committed persons shall be prohibited from
assuming a position of authority or leadership over other committed persons.
This does not preclude committed persons from actively participating in
religious activities.
f) Religious
activities for which religious program volunteers or chaplains of that
particular faith are unavailable on a permanent or protracted basis may be
permitted if the following conditions are satisfied:
1) The committed persons submit written
verification to the facility chaplain that they attempted to locate and secure
the services of religious leaders or faith representatives from the community
and that such persons refused or were not approved to conduct religious
activities;
2) Security, program,
or chaplaincy staff are available to attend and supervise the religious
activity;
3) Written verification
that attendance at existing religious activities does not satisfy the
recognized tenets of their faith is received;
4) Written agreement by a chaplain, faith
representative, or recognized religious leader of that faith group to provide
general oversight and guidance of the religious activity is received;
5) The Religious Practice Advisory Board
recommends approval; and
6) The
committed person submits a copy of any proposed sermon or doctrinal
interpretation to the Chief Administrative Officer or staff designated to
supervise the religious activity for review and approval prior to delivery,
based on safety and security concerns.
g) The staff supervisor may call upon various
committed persons to guide portions of the religious activity subject to safety
and security concerns.
h) Religious
activities defined under subsection (f) of this Section shall be prohibited
where based solely on the temporary or occasional unavailability of a chaplain
or a religious program volunteer.
i) The Chief Administrative Officer may
limit, restrict, or discontinue religious activities permitted under subsection
(f) of this Section based upon concerns such as security, safety,
rehabilitation, institutional order, space, or resources and may require
periodic rotation of committed persons permitted to guide portions of religious
activities.
Notes
Added at 19 Ill. Reg. 6515, effective May 1, 1995
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