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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2293 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Rep. Tony M. McCombie 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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| | HB2293 | | LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b |
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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) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3-2-5. Organization of the Department of Corrections |
| 8 | | and the Department of Juvenile Justice. |
| 9 | | (a) There shall be a Department of Corrections which shall |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 99-628, eff. 1-1-17.) |
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