IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 22.69
Definition Of Penal Institution
The term “penal institution” means any penitentiary, state farm, reformatory, prison, jail,
house of corrections, police detention area, half -way house, or other institution or place for the
incarceration or custody of persons under sentence for offenses, under arrest for an offense, a
violation of probation, a violation of parole, or a violation of mandatory supervised release, or
awaiting a bail setting hearing or preliminary hearing. However, where the place for
incarceration or custody is housed within another public building, the term shall not apply to that
part of such building unrelated to the incarceration or custody of persons.
Provenance
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
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