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| 1 | AN ACT concerning corrections.
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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 an Adult Division within the
the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Department which shall
be administered by 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 Adult Division shall be
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| 14 | 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 Department | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | of Juvenile Justice shall be responsible for all persons under | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 17 years of age when sentenced to imprisonment and committed to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | the Department under subsection (c) of Section 5-8-6 of this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Code, Section 5-10 of the Juvenile Court Act, or Section 5-750 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Persons under 17 years of | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | age committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice pursuant to | ||||||
| 2 | this Code shall be sight and sound separate from adult | ||||||
| 3 | offenders committed to the Department of Corrections.
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| 4 | (c) The Department shall create a gang intelligence unit | ||||||
| 5 | under the
supervision of the Director. The unit shall be | ||||||
| 6 | specifically designed to gather
information regarding the | ||||||
| 7 | inmate gang population, monitor the activities of
gangs, and | ||||||
| 8 | prevent the furtherance of gang activities through the | ||||||
| 9 | development
and implementation of policies aimed at deterring | ||||||
| 10 | gang activity. The Director
shall appoint a Corrections | ||||||
| 11 | Intelligence Coordinator.
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| 12 | All information collected and maintained by the unit shall | ||||||
| 13 | be highly
confidential, and access to that information shall be | ||||||
| 14 | restricted by the
Department. The information
shall be used to | ||||||
| 15 | control and limit the activities of gangs within correctional
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| 16 | institutions under the jurisdiction of the Illinois
Department | ||||||
| 17 | of Corrections and may be shared with other law enforcement | ||||||
| 18 | agencies
in order to curb gang activities outside of | ||||||
| 19 | correctional institutions under the
jurisdiction of the | ||||||
| 20 | Department and to assist in
the investigations and prosecutions | ||||||
| 21 | of gang activity. The Department shall
establish and promulgate | ||||||
| 22 | rules governing the release of information to outside
law | ||||||
| 23 | enforcement agencies. Due to the highly sensitive nature of the
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| 24 | information, the information is exempt from requests for | ||||||
| 25 | disclosure under the
Freedom
of Information Act as the | ||||||
| 26 | information contained is highly confidential and may
be harmful | ||||||
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| 1 | if disclosed.
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| 2 | The Department shall file an annual report with the General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly on the
profile of the inmate
population associated | ||||||
| 4 | with gangs, gang-related activity within correctional
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| 5 | institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department,
and an | ||||||
| 6 | overall status of the unit as it relates to its function and
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| 7 | performance.
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| 8 | (Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)
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