Illinois Sentencing Serving 85%

Chicago – Many client and their families want to know if they will have to serve 85% of their sentence to the Illinois Department of Corrections. Here is the rule from 730 ILCS 5/3-6-3

A prisoner serving a sentence for:

• attempt to commit first degree murder
• solicitation of murder
• solicitation of murder for hire
• intentional homicide of an unborn child
• predatory criminal sexual assault of a child
• aggravated criminal sexual assault
• criminal sexual assault
• aggravated kidnapping
• aggravated battery with a firearm as described in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), or (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05
• heinous battery as described in Section 12-4.1 or subdivision (a)(2) of Section 12-3.05
• armed habitual criminal
• aggravated battery of a senior citizen as described in Section 12-4.6 or subdivision (a)(4) of Section 12-3.0
• aggravated battery of a child as described in Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05
• shall receive no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment;

A prisoner serving a sentence for:

• armed robbery
• aggravated vehicular hijacking
• aggravated discharge of a firearm
• armed violence with a category I weapon or category II weapon, when the court has made and entered a finding, pursuant to subsection (c-1) of Section 5-4-1 of this Code, that the conduct leading to conviction for the enumerated offense resulted in great bodily harm to a victim
• shall receive no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment;

A prisoner serving a sentence for:

• aggravated discharge of a firearm, whether or not the conduct leading to conviction for the offense resulted in great bodily harm to the victim
• shall receive no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment

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