COURT OF CLAIMS-PRISONERS

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish an individualized job training and continuing education program for a person released from prison who was wrongfully accused of a crime for which he or she was imprisoned and was either pardoned by the Governor on the ground of innocence or granted a certificate of innocence by the circuit court. Amends the Court of Claims Act. Increases the maximum statutory awards for a person released from prison who was wrongfully accused of a crime for which he or she was imprisoned and was either pardoned by the Governor on the ground of innocence or granted a certificate of innocence by the circuit court. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a person imprisoned for a felony that he or she did not commit may, under certain conditions, file a petition for a certificate of innocence in the circuit court and sets forth criteria for granting a certificate of innocence. Effective immediately.