Section 730 ILCS 5/5-7-3 - Commitment(a) Commitment under a sentence of periodic imprisonment for a misdemeanor shall be to the sheriff or the superintendent of the house of corrections or workhouse.(b) Commitment under a sentence of periodic imprisonment for a felony may be under paragraph (a) of this Section or to the Department of Corrections if the Director of the Department has certified that appropriate facilities and personnel are available to administer sentences of periodic imprisonment.(c) The Director of the Department of Corrections may certify that an appropriate institution has the facilities and personnel to administer periodic imprisonment. Such certification shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court from which commitments to such institution will be accepted. Any such certification may be revoked by filing a notice of revocation with such clerk.(d) The sheriff of any county may certify that an appropriate institution has the facilities and personnel to administer periodic imprisonment. Such certification shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court from which commitments to such institution will be accepted. Any such certification may be revoked by filing a notice of revocation with such clerk.(e) If the sheriff to whose custody a defendant is committed for a term of periodic imprisonment certifies an institution under subsection (d), the sheriff may contract, subject to the approval of the county board, with a certified institution for the housing of the offender in that institution, and while so placed the offender shall be subject to the court's terms of imprisonment. The cost of maintenance of such offender shall be paid by the county in which he was committed.(f) Neither the State, any unit of local government or the sheriff of the county to whose custody a defendant is committed, nor any officer or employee thereof acting in the course of their official duties shall be liable for any injury or loss which a person might suffer while residing at a certified institution, nor shall they be liable for any tortious acts of any offender housed at the certified institution, or for any tortious acts of an officer or employee of such institution, except for wilful and wanton misconduct or gross negligence on the part of such governmental unit, officer or employee.