Chapter I - General Provisions - Illinois Statutes

      (730 ILCS 5/Ch. I heading)CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

      (730 ILCS 5/Ch. I Art. 1 heading)ARTICLE 1. SHORT TITLE, PURPOSES

(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.)