HB0087 Summary

• Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to increase the minimum age for placing an alleged delinquent minor in a detention facility from 10 years of age to 13 years of age.

• Modifies Section 5-410 to require minors be at least 13 years old (previously 10) to be kept or detained in an authorized detention facility when probable cause exists that they are delinquent.

• Changes Section 5-710 to specify that minors placed in detention as a sentencing disposition must be 13 years of age or older (previously 10) and detained in a juvenile detention home.

• Updates Section 5-720 regarding probation revocation to require detained minors to be at least 13 years of age (previously 10) when detained in a juvenile detention home.