65 ILCS 5/11-5-12: Detention center facilities.

(a) In this Section:

"Detention center facility" means any one or more of the following:

(1) a facility that is owned, leased, operated, or otherwise controlled by any unit of government or a federal immigration authority and that has as its primary use the occupation under restraint or security of individuals detained by or in the custody of any unit of government or a federal immigration authority for immigration-related purposes;

(2) a facility where individuals who have been detained by or are in the custody of any unit of government or a federal immigration authority are processed for deportation from the United States; or

(3) a facility where individuals who have been detained by or in the custody of any unit of government or a federal immigration authority are temporarily held while their citizenship status is determined.

"Federal immigration authority" means the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Customs and Border Protection, the United States Department of Homeland Security, or any other federal agency exercising immigration enforcement authority under the laws of the United States or any entity that is under contract with such an agency to perform immigration enforcement activities.

(b) A detention center facility may not be located, constructed, or operated within 1,500 feet of the property boundaries of any school, day care center, day care home, cemetery, public park, forest preserve, public housing, private residence, or place of religious worship, regardless of address.