Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice

{{Short description|State agency in Illinois, United States}}

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The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) is the code department{{cite book|title=Governing Illinois: Your Connection to State and Local Government|chapter=The Governor and the Executive Branch|pages=78–79|first=Judy Lee|last=Uphoff|editor1-first=Nancy S.|editor1-last=Lind|editor2-first=Erik|editor2-last=Rankin|edition=4th|publisher=Center Publications, Center for State Policy and Leadership, University of Illinois Springfield|year=2012|isbn=978-0-938943-28-0|url=http://illinoisissues.uis.edu/images/Chapter5Draft.pdf|access-date=2014-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622010608/http://illinoisissues.uis.edu/images/Chapter5Draft.pdf|archive-date=2013-06-22|url-status=dead}}{{ILCS|20|5|5-15}} of the Illinois state government that acts as the state juvenile corrections agency.

The department was formed on July 1, 2006. Previously, the Illinois Department of Corrections managed Illinois' juvenile facilities.{{cite web | url = http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/dept_overview/dept_overview.shtml | title = IDOC Overview | publisher = Illinois Department of Corrections | location = Springfield, Illinois | access-date = 2009-12-08 }}