Illinois · Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5)
720 ILCS 5 § 10-4: Forcible Detention.) (a) A person commits the offense of forcible detention when he holds an individual hostage without lawful authority for the purpose of obtaining performance by a third person of demands made by the person holding the hostage, and (1) the person holding the hostage is armed with
What this law says, in plain English
Forcible detention is holding someone hostage without authority to force a third person to meet demands, when armed or the hostage is a peace officer or correctional employee. It is classified as a Class 2 felony.
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