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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3-2-5 as follows:
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| 6 | (730 ILCS 5/3-2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-2-5. Organization of the Department of Corrections | ||||||
| 8 | and the Department of Juvenile Justice.
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| 9 | (a) There shall be a Department of Corrections which shall
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| 10 | be administered by a Director and
and an Assistant Director | ||||||
| 11 | appointed by the Governor under
the Civil Administrative Code | ||||||
| 12 | of Illinois. The Assistant Director shall be
under the | ||||||
| 13 | direction of the Director. The Department of Corrections shall | ||||||
| 14 | be
responsible for all persons committed or transferred to the | ||||||
| 15 | Department
under Sections 3-10-7 or 5-8-6 of this Code. | ||||||
| 16 | (b)
There shall be a Department of Juvenile Justice which | ||||||
| 17 | shall be administered by a Director appointed by the Governor | ||||||
| 18 | under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The | ||||||
| 19 | Department of Juvenile Justice shall be responsible for all | ||||||
| 20 | persons under 18 years of age when sentenced to imprisonment | ||||||
| 21 | and committed to the Department under subsection (c) of | ||||||
| 22 | Section 5-8-6 of this Code, Section 5-10 of the Juvenile Court | ||||||
| 23 | Act, or Section 5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | ||||||
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| 1 | Persons under 18 years of age committed to the Department of | ||||||
| 2 | Juvenile Justice pursuant to this Code shall be sight and | ||||||
| 3 | sound separate from adult offenders committed to the | ||||||
| 4 | Department of Corrections.
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| 5 | (c) The Department shall create a gang intelligence unit | ||||||
| 6 | under the
supervision of the Director. The unit shall be | ||||||
| 7 | specifically designed to gather
information regarding the | ||||||
| 8 | inmate gang population, monitor the activities of
gangs, and | ||||||
| 9 | prevent the furtherance of gang activities through the | ||||||
| 10 | development
and implementation of policies aimed at deterring | ||||||
| 11 | gang activity. The Director
shall appoint a Corrections | ||||||
| 12 | Intelligence Coordinator.
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| 13 | All information collected and maintained by the unit shall | ||||||
| 14 | be highly
confidential, and access to that information shall | ||||||
| 15 | be restricted by the
Department. The information
shall be used | ||||||
| 16 | to control and limit the activities of gangs within | ||||||
| 17 | correctional
institutions under the jurisdiction of the | ||||||
| 18 | Illinois
Department of Corrections and may be shared with | ||||||
| 19 | other law enforcement agencies
in order to curb gang | ||||||
| 20 | activities outside of correctional institutions under the
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| 21 | jurisdiction of the Department and to assist in
the | ||||||
| 22 | investigations and prosecutions of gang activity. The | ||||||
| 23 | Department shall
establish and promulgate rules governing the | ||||||
| 24 | release of information to outside
law enforcement agencies. | ||||||
| 25 | Due to the highly sensitive nature of the
information, the | ||||||
| 26 | information is exempt from requests for disclosure under the
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| 1 | Freedom
of Information Act as the information contained is | ||||||
| 2 | highly confidential and may
be harmful if disclosed.
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| 3 | (Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 99-628, eff. 1-1-17.)
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