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92_HB4837eng HB4837 Engrossed LRB9213379LDtm 1 AN ACT concerning corrections. 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 5 by changing Section 3-2-5 as follows: 6 (730 ILCS 5/3-2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5) 7 Sec. 3-2-5. Organization of the Department. 8 (a) There shall be an Adult Division within the 9 Department thatwhichshall be administered by an Assistant 10 Director appointed by the Governor under The Civil 11 Administrative Code of Illinois. The Assistant Director shall 12 be under the direction of the Director. The Adult Division 13 shall be responsible for all persons committed or transferred 14 to the Department under Sections 3-10-7 or 5-8-6 of this 15 Code. 16 (b) There shall be a Juvenile Division within the 17 Department which shall be administered by an Assistant 18 Director appointed by the Governor under The Civil 19 Administrative Code of Illinois. The Assistant Director shall 20 be under the direction of the Director. The Juvenile Division 21 shall be responsible for all persons committed to the 22 Juvenile Division of the Department under Section 5-8-6 of 23 this Code or Section 5-10 of the Juvenile Court Act or 24 Section 5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. 25 (c) The Department shall create a gang intelligence unit 26 under the supervision of the Director. The unit shall be 27 specifically designed to gather information regarding the 28 inmate gang population, monitor the activities of gangs, and 29 prevent the furtherance of gang activities through the 30 development and implementation of policies aimed at deterring 31 gang activity. The Director shall appoint a Corrections HB4837 Engrossed -2- LRB9213379LDtm 1 Intelligence Coordinator. 2 All information collected and maintained by the unit 3 shall be highly confidential, and access to that information 4 shall be restricted by the Department. The information shall 5 be used to control and limit the activities of gangs within 6 correctional institutions under the jurisdiction of the 7 Illinois Department of Corrections and may be shared with 8 other law enforcement agencies in order to curb gang 9 activities outside of correctional institutions under the 10 jurisdiction of the Department and to assist in the 11 investigations and prosecutions of gang activity. The 12 Department shall establish and promulgate rules governing the 13 release of information to outside law enforcement agencies. 14 Due to the highly sensitive nature of the information, the 15 information is exempt from requests for disclosure under the 16 Freedom of Information Act as the information contained is 17 highly confidential and may be harmful if disclosed. 18 The Department shall file an annual report with the 19 General Assembly on the profile of the inmate population 20 associated with gangs, gang-related activity within 21 correctional institutions under the jurisdiction of the 22 Department, and an overall status of the unit as it relates 23 to its function and performance. 24 (Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99; 91-912, eff. 7-7-00.)