093_HB2537

 
                                     LRB093 06822 MKM 06967 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to juvenile detention centers.

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

 4        Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by
 5    adding Section 3-2-7.1 as follows:

 6        (730 ILCS 5/3-2-7.1 new)
 7        Sec.   3-2-7.1.  Full   staffing.    The   Department  of
 8    Corrections shall, at all times, maintain  a  full  staff  of
 9    full-time  correctional  officers  (one  officer  for  each 7
10    detainees) at all county juvenile detention centers.

11        Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
12    becoming law.