Unified Code of Corrections - Unified Code of Corrections

(730 ILCS 5/1-1-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1001-1-1) Sec. 1-1-1. Short title. This Code shall be known and may be cited as the Unified Code of Corrections. (Source: P.A. 77-2097.) (730 ILCS 5/1-1-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1001-1-2) Sec. 1-1-2. Purposes. The purposes of this Code of Corrections are to: (a) prescribe sanctions proportionate to the seriousness of the offenses and permit the recognition of differences in rehabilitation possibilities among individual offenders; (b) forbid and prevent the commission of offenses; (c) prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of persons adjudicated offenders or delinquents; and (d) restore offenders to useful citizenship. (Source: P.A. 77-2097.) (730 ILCS 5/3-1-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-1-1) Sec. 3-1-1. Meanings of Words and Phrases. For the purposes of t...