Bill Text: IL HB2899 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2899 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB2899-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB2899 Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Constance A. Howard 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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AN ACT concerning corrections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Section 3-2-5 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/3-2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5)
Sec. 3-2-5. Organization of the Department of Corrections
and the Department of Juvenile Justice.
(a) There shall be an Adult Division within the the
Department which shall be administered by an Assistant Director
appointed by the Governor under The Civil Administrative Code
of Illinois. The Assistant Director shall be under the
direction of the Director. The Adult Division shall be
responsible for all persons committed or transferred to the
Department under Sections 3-10-7 or 5-8-6 of this Code.
(b) There shall be a Department of Juvenile Justice which
shall be administered by a Director appointed by the Governor
under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The Department
of Juvenile Justice shall be responsible for all persons under
17 years of age when sentenced to imprisonment and committed to
the Department under subsection (c) of Section 5-8-6 of this
Code, Section 5-10 of the Juvenile Court Act, or Section 5-750
of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Persons under 17 years of

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age committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice pursuant to
this Code shall be sight and sound separate from adult
offenders committed to the Department of Corrections.
(c) The Department shall create a gang intelligence unit
under the supervision of the Director. The unit shall be
specifically designed to gather information regarding the
inmate gang population, monitor the activities of gangs, and
prevent the furtherance of gang activities through the
development and implementation of policies aimed at deterring
gang activity. The Director shall appoint a Corrections
Intelligence Coordinator.
All information collected and maintained by the unit shall
be highly confidential, and access to that information shall be
restricted by the Department. The information shall be used to
control and limit the activities of gangs within correctional
institutions under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Department
of Corrections and may be shared with other law enforcement
agencies in order to curb gang activities outside of
correctional institutions under the jurisdiction of the
Department and to assist in the investigations and prosecutions
of gang activity. The Department shall establish and promulgate
rules governing the release of information to outside law
enforcement agencies. Due to the highly sensitive nature of the
information, the information is exempt from requests for
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act as the
information contained is highly confidential and may be harmful

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if disclosed.
The Department shall file an annual report with the General
Assembly on the profile of the inmate population associated
with gangs, gang-related activity within correctional
institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department, and an
overall status of the unit as it relates to its function and
performance.
(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)