101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0917
 
Introduced , by Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

 
730 ILCS 5/3-2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5

 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 


4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by 
5changing Section 3-2-5 as follows:


6 (730 ILCS 5/3-2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5)



7 Sec. 3-2-5. Organization of the Department of Corrections 
8and the Department of Juvenile Justice. 

9 (a) There shall be a Department of Corrections which shall

10be administered by a Director and
and an Assistant Director 
11appointed by the Governor under
the Civil Administrative Code 
12of Illinois. The Assistant Director shall be
under the 
13direction of the Director. The Department of Corrections shall 
14be
responsible for all persons committed or transferred to the 
15Department
under Sections 3-10-7 or 5-8-6 of this Code.
16 (b)
There shall be a Department of Juvenile Justice which 
17shall be administered by a Director appointed by the Governor 
18under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The Department 
19of Juvenile Justice shall be responsible for all persons under 
2018 years of age when sentenced to imprisonment and committed to 
21the Department under subsection (c) of Section 5-8-6 of this 
22Code, Section 5-10 of the Juvenile Court Act, or Section 5-750 
23of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Persons under 18 years of 
 
 
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1age committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice pursuant to 
2this Code shall be sight and sound separate from adult 
3offenders committed to the Department of Corrections.

4 (c) The Department shall create a gang intelligence unit 
5under the
supervision of the Director. The unit shall be 
6specifically designed to gather
information regarding the 
7inmate gang population, monitor the activities of
gangs, and 
8prevent the furtherance of gang activities through the 
9development
and implementation of policies aimed at deterring 
10gang activity. The Director
shall appoint a Corrections 
11Intelligence Coordinator.

12 All information collected and maintained by the unit shall 
13be highly
confidential, and access to that information shall be 
14restricted by the
Department. The information
shall be used to 
15control and limit the activities of gangs within correctional

16institutions under the jurisdiction of the Illinois
Department 
17of Corrections and may be shared with other law enforcement 
18agencies
in order to curb gang activities outside of 
19correctional institutions under the
jurisdiction of the 
20Department and to assist in
the investigations and prosecutions 
21of gang activity. The Department shall
establish and promulgate 
22rules governing the release of information to outside
law 
23enforcement agencies. Due to the highly sensitive nature of the

24information, the information is exempt from requests for 
25disclosure under the
Freedom
of Information Act as the 
26information contained is highly confidential and may
be harmful 
 
 
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1if disclosed.

2(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 99-628, eff. 1-1-17.)