Title
Joint resolution authorizing amendment one to the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) 864-13, between the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the Lake County Work Release Center.
Staff Summary
* In 2013, the Federal BOP and the Lake County Sheriff's Office entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) in order to establish responsibilities for providing secure custody, housing and safekeeping of adjudicated Board of Prison inmates.
* Most recently, the BOP requested amendments to the IGA 864-13; the amendments require that we 1) implement additional policy and operational compliance procedures regarding the use of technology (cell phones); 2) provide access to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act information; 3) allow inmates to enroll in health insurance prior to discharge from the facility.
* The IGA requires that the inmates receive a copy of a policy regarding the use of cell phones and that each inmate is required to sign and acknowledge they have received said policy.
* The IGA requires that the Sheriff's Office track whether or not the inmates have enrolled in health insurance prior to release from the facility.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, this agreement made and entered into this 10th day of May, 2016 by and between the County of Lake, a body politic and corporate hereinafter referred to as the "County", and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, hereinafter referred to as the "BOP."
WHEREAS, both the County and the BOP are governmental agencies charged with the responsibility and authority to provide secure custody, housing, and safe keeping of adjudicated Board of Prison inmates, and;
WHEREAS, the County, as a public agency of the State of Illinois, is authorized and empowered by the Constitution of the State of Illinois (ILL. Const. Art. VII ? 10) and the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 221/1 et seq.) to enter into intergovernmental agreements with other public agencies on matters of mutual concern and inte...
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