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• Repealed - Department of Corrections (791.1 - 791.123) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• State Department of Corrections; Creation; Powers and Duties; Administration; Michigan Corrections Commission; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Members; Officers and Assistants; Director as Executive Head; Vacancy; Compensation and Expenses; Executive Office; Office Accommodations; Meetings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.201
  There is hereby created a state department of corrections, hereinafter called the department, which shall possess the powers and perform the duties granted and...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.201a
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "corrections code of 1953".
• Michigan Corrections Commission; Election of Chairperson and Other Officers; Meetings; Quorum; Powers and Duties; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.202
  (1) The commission shall elect annually a chairperson and other officers as it considers expedient. A meeting shall be held not less than once...
• Corrections Commission; Director of Corrections, Appointment, Qualifications, Salary, Powers and Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.203
  The commission shall appoint a director of corrections who shall be qualified by training and experience in penology. He shall hold office at the...
• State Department of Corrections; Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.204
  Subject to constitutional powers vested in the executive and judicial departments of the state, the department shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all of the...
• Corrections Commission; Assistant Directors, Powers and Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.205
  The director, subject to the approval of the commission, shall appoint an assistant director in charge of probation, an assistant director in charge of...
• Employment or Appointment by Department of Person Convicted or Charged With Felony - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.205a
  (1) Beginning on the effective date of this section, an individual who has been convicted of a felony, or who is subject to any...
• Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.206
  (1) The director may promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to provide for...
• Report to Governor and Legislature; Time; Order by Board of Auditors; Printing and Distribution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.207
  On or before the 15th day of January of each year, the commission shall make to the governor and legislature a report of the...
• Records of Department; Accessibility by Governing Bodies of Senate and House Fiscal Agency - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.207a
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the governing bodies of the senate and house fiscal agencies shall have access to all records of...
• Division of Criminal Statistics; Powers and Duties of Director - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.208
  Within the department there shall be established a general division of criminal statistics under the supervision and control of the director. He shall have...
• Corrections Commission; Crime Prevention and Criminology Research - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.209
  The commission shall study the problem of crime prevention and foster research in criminology. It shall lend its aid in local crime prevention activities.
• Corrections Commission; Bond of Officers and Employees, Purpose - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.210
  The commission may require a bond from any officer or employee appointed by or subject to the control of the commission, conditioned upon the...
• Corrections Commission; Powers and Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.211
  The commission shall exercise the powers and duties created by Act No. 89 of the Public Acts of 1935, being sections 798.101 to 798.103,...
• Interstate Corrections Compact; Contracts; Suitability of Institutions for Confinement; Out - of - State Transfer of Prisoners; Conditions; Report - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.211a
  (1) The director of corrections may enter into contracts on behalf of this state as the director considers appropriate to implement the participation of...
• Michigan Corrections Commission; Seal; Rules and Orders; Records and Papers as Evidence; Commission as Body Corporate; Leasing Lands and Granting Easements; Availability of Certain Writings to Public - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.212
  (1) The commission shall devise a seal, and the rules of the commission shall be published over the seal of the commission. All orders...
• Corrections Commission; Gifts, Donations, Bonds, Real or Personal Property; Purpose - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.213
  The commission may receive on behalf of the state of Michigan any grant, devise, bequest, donation, gift or assignment of money, bonds or choses...
• Corrections Commission; Estimation of Needs and Cost, Submission to Department of Administration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.214
  The commission shall prepare for submission to the department of administration the estimated needs and costs to operate the department, and the several penal...
• "correctional Facility" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.215
  As used in this act, "correctional facility" means a facility or institution which is maintained and operated by the department.
• Establishment of Correctional Facility; Determination of Need; Comprehensive Plan; Notice of Proposal; Local Advisory Board; Public Hearing Required; Procedure; Public Notice of Hearings; Minutes of Hearing; Finding and Notice of Final Site Selection; Option to Lease, Purchase, or Use Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.216
  (1) The department shall develop a comprehensive plan for determining the need for establishing various types of correctional facilities, for selecting the location of...
• Action for Noncompliance With Site Selection Process - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.217
  (1) A person who resides in the city, village, or township in which the department has determined a need for a correctional facility may...
• Relations With City, Village, or Township in Which Facility Located; Duties of Advisory Committee or Advisory Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.218
  After a correctional facility is established, the department shall maintain relations with the city, village, or township in which the facility is located. The...
• Applicability of Mcl 791.215 to 791.219 to Correctional Facilities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.219
  This section and sections 15 to 18 shall apply to correctional facilities established or proposed after the effective date of the concurrent resolution approving...
• Repealed. 1995, Act 28, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1995. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1987, Act 176, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1987. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Scott Correctional Facility; Western Wayne Correctional Facility; Capacity Limits; Increase - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.220e
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), not more than 880 prisoners shall be housed at the Scott correctional facility and not more than...
• Construction of Correctional Facility; Requirements; Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.220f
  (1) A correctional facility constructed after the effective date of this section shall be constructed in compliance with at least 1 of the following...
• Youth Correctional Facility - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.220g
  (1) The department may establish a youth correctional facility which shall house only prisoners committed to the jurisdiction of the department who are 19...
• Order of Restitution; Deductions and Payments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.220h
  (1) If a prisoner is ordered to pay restitution to the victim of a crime and the department receives a copy of the restitution...
• Michigan Youth Correctional Facility in Webber Township, Lake County; Use; Interlocal Agreements; Contract for Housing, Custody, and Care of Detainees or Inmates From Other Agencies; Requirements; Oversight; Civil Liability; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.220i
  (1) If the Michigan youth correctional facility established pursuant to section 20g in Webber township, Lake county, Michigan, is not utilized by the department...
• Correctional Facility Described in Mcl 791.220g; Use; Interlocal Agreements; Contract for Housing, Custody, and Care of Detainees or Inmates From Other Agencies; Requirements; Oversight; Civil Liability; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.220i.amended
  (1) If the correctional facility described in section 20g is not utilized by the department for housing inmates or detainees under the terms of...
• Contract Resulting in Annual Savings; Employment Consideration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.220j.added
  (1) This act does not prohibit the department from contracting with an operator of a privately owned correctional facility to house and manage inmates...
• Bureau of Probation; Creation; Supervision - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.221
  There is hereby established within the department a bureau of probation. This bureau shall be under the direction and supervision of the assistant director...
• Probation Officers; Appointment, Supervision, and Removal; Grounds for Removal of Probation Employee; Receipt of Compensation, Gift, or Gratuity as Misdemeanor; Powers and Duties of Commission - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.222
  (1) The commission shall appoint, supervise, and remove probation officers for the circuit court and recorder's court of this state, in the manner provided...
• Assistant Director as Administrative Head; Powers and Duties; Forms for Reports by Probation Officers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.223
  The assistant director in charge of probation shall be the administrative head of the bureau of probation subject to the authority and supervision of...
• Probation Personnel as Members of State Classified Civil Service; Compensation of County Probation Employees; Plan; Rents, Contractual Services, Supplies, Materials, and Equipment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.223a
  (1) Effective April 1, 1980, all probation personnel in the circuit court of this state and recorder's court of the city of Detroit shall...
• Repealed. 1979, Act 89, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Probation Service; Compensation of Probation Officers; Service Grants - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.225
  Where the courts of more than 1 county are served by the same probation officer or officers, the compensation of such officer or officers...
• Supervision Fees; Collection; Records; Payment; Waiver; Determination; Allocation of Money Collected for Other Obligations; Administrative Costs; Enhanced Services; Unpaid Amounts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.225a
  (1) The department shall collect supervision fees ordered under section 13(2) of chapter II or section 1 or 3c of chapter XI of the...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 179, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1972. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1979, Act 89, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Information on Juvenile Probationers; Assistance; Free Access to Books, Records, Files, and Documents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.228
  (1) The department of social services and the probate court of this state shall furnish to the department information, on request, concerning any individual...
• Privileged or Confidential Communications; Access to Records, Reports, and Case Histories; Confidential Relationship Inviolate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.229
  Except as otherwise provided by law, all records and reports of investigations made by a probation officer, and all case histories of probationers shall...
• Privileged or Confidential Communications; Access to Records, Reports, and Case Histories; Confidential Relationship Inviolate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.229.amended
  Except as otherwise provided by law, all records and reports of investigations made by a probation officer, and all case histories of probationers shall...
• Repealed. 1994, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 19, 1994. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Exemptions From Disclosure Under Freedom of Information Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.230a
  The home addresses, telephone numbers, and personnel records of employees of the department, employees of the center for forensic psychiatry, and employees of a...
• Bureau of Field Services; Establishment; Direction and Supervision by Deputy Director; Appointment; Duties; Assistants - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.231
  There is established within the department a bureau of field services, under the direction and supervision of a deputy director in charge of field...
• Parole Board; Establishment; Appointment, Terms, and Removal of Members; Vacancy; Salary and Expenses; Designation and Responsibility of Chairperson; Powers and Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.231a
  (1) Beginning October 1, 1992, there is established in the department, a parole board consisting of 10 members who shall be appointed by the...
• Repealed. 1992, Act 181, Eff. Nov. 15, 1992. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Grant of Parole; Conditions; Paroles - in - Custody; Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.233
  (1) The grant of a parole is subject to all of the following: (a) A prisoner shall not be given liberty on parole until...
• Repealed. 1982, Act 314, Imd. Eff. Oct. 15, 1982. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Eligibility for Parole; Minimum Term - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.233b
  A person convicted and sentenced for the commission of any of the following crimes other than a prisoner subject to disciplinary time is not...
• "major Controlled Substance Offense" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.233b[1]
  791.233b[1] "Major controlled substance offense" defined. Sec. 33b. As used in section 34, "major controlled substance offense" means any of the following: (a) A...
• "prisoner Subject to Disciplinary Time" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.233c
  As used in this act, "prisoner subject to disciplinary time" means that term as defined in section 34 of Act No. 118 of the...
• Samples for Dna Identification Profiling - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.233d
  (1) Each prisoner serving a sentence in a state correctional facility, and each probationer placed at the special alternative incarceration program under the special...
• Parole Guidelines; Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.233e
  (1) The department shall develop parole guidelines that are consistent with section 33(1)(a) and that shall govern the exercise of the parole board's discretion...
• Prisoners Subject to Jurisdiction of Parole Board; Indeterminate and Other Sentences; Termination of Sentence; Ineligibility for Parole; Criteria for Placement on Parole; Conditions; Interview; Release on Parole; Discretion of Parole Board; Appeal to Circuit Court; Cooperation With Law Enforcement by Prisoner Violating Mcl 333.7401; Offenses Occurring Before Certain Date; Notice to Prosecuting Attorney Before Granting Parole; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.234
  (1) Except as provided in section 34a, a prisoner sentenced to an indeterminate sentence and confined in a state correctional facility with a minimum...
• Placement of Prisoner in Special Alternative Incarceration Unit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.234a
  (1) A prisoner sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment under the jurisdiction of the department, regardless of when he or she was sentenced,...
• Placement of Prisoner on Parole; Release to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Deportation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.234b
  (1) Notwithstanding sections 33 and 34, and subject to subsection (3), the parole board shall place a prisoner described in subsection (2) on parole...
• Prisoner Reentry; Identification Documents; Refusal of Prisoner to Obtain Documents; Written Information to Be Provided to Prisoner; Electronic Access by Secretary of State to Prisoner Information; Reentry Success Fund - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.234c
  (1) The department, by contract or otherwise, shall assist prisoners with reentry into the community, including, but not limited to, doing both of the...
• Release of Prisoner on Parole; Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.235
  (1) The release of a prisoner on parole shall be granted solely upon the initiative of the parole board. The parole board may grant...
• Order of Parole; Notice; Rescission; Amendment; Conditions; Supervision; Restitution; Payment of Parole Supervision Fee; Condition Requiring Payment of Assessment or Minimum State Cost; Compliance With Sex Offenders Registration Act; Violation of Certain Sections; Condition Requiring Housing in Community Corrections Center or Community Residential Home; Condition Requiring Payment by Parolee; Review to Ensure Payment of Restitution; Report of Violation; Registration of Parolee; Electronic Monitoring; Condition to Protect Named Person; Release of Prisoner; Notice of Residence or Domicile; Monitoring by Global Positioning Monitoring System; Written Consent to Submit to Search; "violent Felony" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.236
  (1) All paroles shall be ordered by the parole board and shall be signed by the chairperson. Written notice of the order shall be...
• Collection of Supervision Fee by Parole Board; Limitation; Payment; Determination of Amount; Allocation of Money Collected for Other Obligations; Waiver of Fee; Determination and Collection of Fee for Offender Transferred to State Under Interstate Compact; Administrative Costs; Unpaid Amounts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.236a
  (1) The parole board shall include in each order of parole that the department of corrections shall collect a parole supervision fee of not...
• Paroled or Discharged Prisoner; Furnishing Clothing, Transportation, and Money; Repayment of Money; Prisoner Identification Card; Cost of Implementing Section - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.237
  (1) When a prisoner is released upon parole, the department shall provide the prisoner with clothing and a nontransferable ticket to the place in...
• Custody of Paroled Prisoner; Warrant for Return of Paroled Prisoner; Incarceration Pending Hearing; Treatment as Escaped Prisoner; Time During Parole Violation Not Counted as Time Served; Forfeiture of Good Time; Committing Crime While on Parole; Construction of Parole - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.238
  (1) Each prisoner on parole shall remain in the legal custody and under the control of the department. The deputy director of the bureau...
• Paroled Prisoner; Arrest Without Warrant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.239
  A probation officer, a parole officer, a peace officer of this state, or an employee of the department other than a probation or parole...
• Arrest for Alleged Parole Violation; Right to Preliminary Hearing; Notice of Hearing; Rights At Hearing; Postponement; Notice of Charges, Summary of Evidence, and Determination of Guilt When Preliminary Hearing Not Held - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.239a
  (1) Within 10 days after an arrest for an alleged violation of parole, the parolee shall be entitled to a preliminary hearing to determine...
• Prisoner Convicted of Violent Felony; Placement on Parole; Special Provisions; History of Substance Abuse; Report on Parole Violators; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.240
  (1) If a prisoner serving a sentence for conviction of a violent felony is placed on parole, both of the following special provisions apply:...
• Parole; Revocation; Violation; Right to Fact - Finding Hearing; Time and Location of Hearing; Parolee Determined to Be Indigent; Appointment of Attorney; Notice; Rights At Hearing; Postponement; Notice to Director if Hearing Not Conducted Within Certain Time Period; Insufficient Evidence; Reinstatement to Parole Status; Finding of Parole Violation; Revocation of Parole; Noncompliance With Order to Make Restitution; "Violent Felony" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.240a
  (1) After a prisoner is released on parole, the prisoner's parole order is subject to revocation at the discretion of the parole board for...
• Order Rescinding or Reinstating Parole - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.241
  When the parole board has determined the matter it shall enter an order rescinding such parole, or reinstating the original order of parole or...
• Final Order of Discharge; Certificate; Period of Parole - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.242
  (1) If a paroled prisoner has faithfully performed all of the conditions and obligations of parole for the period of time fixed in the...
• Applications for Pardon; Filing, Information - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.243
  All applications for pardons, reprieves and commutations shall be filed with the parole board upon forms provided therefor by the parole board, and shall...
• Parole Board Interview of Prisoner Serving Sentence for First Degree Murder or Sentence of Imprisonment for Life Without Parole; Board Duties Upon Own Initiation or Receipt of Application for Reprieve, Commutation, or Pardon; Files as Public Record - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.244
  (1) Subject to the constitutional authority of the governor to grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons, 1 member of the parole board shall interview a...
• Hearing; Administering Oath to Witness - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.245
  In the conduct of any hearing or investigation as herein provided any member of the parole board may administer the oath to any witness.
• Decisions and Recommendations of Parole Board; Majority Vote Required - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.246
  All decisions and recommendations of the parole board required by this act shall be by a majority vote of the parole board or a...
• Hearings Division; Creation; Appointment and Duties of Hearing Administrator; Duties of Hearings Division; Supervision and Qualifications of Hearing Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.251
  (1) There is created within the department a hearings division. The division is under the direction and supervision of the hearings administrator who is...
• Procedures Applicable to Prisoner Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.252
  The following procedures shall apply to each prisoner hearing conducted pursuant to section 51(2): (a) The parties shall be given an opportunity for an...
• Official Record of Hearing; Preparation; Contents; Exclusion of Certain Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.253
  (1) The department shall prepare an official record of a hearing which shall include: (a) Questions and offers of proof, objections, and rulings on...
• Rehearing; Order; Request; Conduct; Evidence; Amending or Vacating Decision or Order; Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.254
  (1) The department shall provide for a rehearing of a matter that was subject to a hearing, pursuant to this section. A rehearing may...
• Motion or Application for Rehearing; Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies; Application for Direct Review in Circuit Court; Transmitting Copy of Record to Court; Proof of Procedural Irregularity; Scope of Review; Action by Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.255
  (1) A prisoner aggrieved by a final decision or order of a hearings officer shall file a motion or application for rehearing in order...
• Prisoners Confined in Another State; Right to Hearings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.256
  (1) A prisoner sentenced under the laws of this state who is imprisoned in another state pursuant to the interstate corrections compact is entitled...
• Bureau of Prisons; Establishment, Direction and Supervision - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.261
  There is hereby established within the department, a bureau of prisons. This bureau shall be under the direction and supervision of the assistant director...
• Definitions; Administration of State Correctional Facilities; Supervision and Inspection of Jails and Lockups; Rules and Standards; Variance; Advice and Services; Enforcement of Orders; Residence of Sheriff as Part of County Jail; Visitation and Inspection by Member of Commission or Designee; Records; Forms; Violation as Misdemeanor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.262
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Holding cell" means a cell or room in a facility of a local unit of government that...
• Local Lockup Advisory Board; Creation; Appointment, Term, and Expenses of Members; First Meeting; Election of Chairperson; Quorum; Model Policy; Review - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.262a
  (1) A local lockup advisory board is created within the bureau of prisons. The board shall consist of 7 members appointed for a period...
• Housing Inmates in County Jail Cell Designed and Constructed for Single Occupancy; Conditions; Classification System; Doors; Visual Supervision; Indemnification for Expense or Damages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.262b
  (1) The rules and standards promulgated under section 62(3) do not prohibit the housing of 2 inmates in a county jail cell that is...
• Housing Inmates in County Jail Cell; Conditions; Classification System; Doors; Visual Supervision - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.262c
  (1) The rules and standards promulgated under section 62(3) shall not prohibit the housing of 2 or more inmates in a county jail cell...
• Wardens; Appointment; Personnel; "correctional Facility" Explained - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.263
  (1) The wardens of the correctional facilities of this state shall be appointed by the director of corrections and shall be within the state...
• Wardens; Appointment; Personnel; "correctional Facility" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.263.amended
  (1) The wardens of the correctional facilities of this state shall be appointed by the director of corrections and shall be within the state...
• Compensation of Correctional or Youth Correctional Facility Employees Injured by Inmate Assault or Injured During Riot; Exception; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.263a
  (1) A person employed by the department of corrections in a correctional facility who is injured as a result of an assault by a...
• Compensation of Correctional or Youth Correctional Facility Employees Injured by Inmate Assault or Injured During Riot; Exception; "Correctional Facility" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.263a.amended
  (1) A person employed by the department of corrections in a correctional facility who is injured as a result of an assault by a...
• Classification of Prisoners; Classification Committee; Information; Filing; Investigation; Computation of Sentence; Recomputation Based on Amended Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.264
  (1) The assistant director in charge of the bureau of correctional facilities shall classify the prisoners in correctional facilities. The assistant director shall appoint...
• Transfer or Re - Transfer of Prisoners; Confinement in Secure Correctional Facility; "offender" Defined; Transfer of Offenders to Country of Citizenship; Notification to Judge and Prosecutor; Objections; "secure Correctional Facility" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.265
  (1) Under rules promulgated by the director of the department, the assistant director in charge of the bureau of correctional facilities, except as otherwise...
• Transfer or Re - Transfer of Prisoner; Confinement in Secure Correctional Facility; "offender" Defined; Transfer of Offenders to Country of Citizenship; Notification to Judge and Prosecutor; Objections; "secure Correctional Facility" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.265.amended
  (1) Under rules promulgated by the director of the department, the assistant director in charge of the bureau of correctional facilities, except as otherwise...
• Extending Limits of Confinement; Rules; Escape From Custody; Eligibility for Extensions of Limits of Confinement; Placement in Community Residential Home; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.265a
  (1) Under prescribed conditions, the director may extend the limits of confinement of a prisoner when there is reasonable assurance, after consideration of all...
• Extending Limits of Confinement; Rules; Escape From Custody; Eligibility for Extensions of Limits of Confinement; Placement in Community Residential Home; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.265a.amended
  (1) Under prescribed conditions, the director may extend the limits of confinement of a prisoner when there is reasonable assurance, after consideration of all...
• Definitions; Transfer of Mentally or Physically Disabled Prisoner to Medical Institution; Duration; Determination of Mental or Physical Disability; Financial Responsibility of Department; Regulations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.265b
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Medical institution" means that term as defined in section 106(2) of Act No. 280 of the Public...
• Work Camp; Construction, Maintenance, and Operation; Purpose; Assignment of Prisoners; Displacement of Employed Persons or Workers on Strike or Locked Out; Agreement of Bargaining Unit; Citizens Advisory Committee; Report; Escape; Reimbursement of Department; Collecting and Dispersing Wages; Amount of Wages; Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.265c
  (1) As used in this section, "work camp" means a correctional facility that houses prisoners who are made available for work as provided in...
• Occurrences Requiring Entry in Law Enforcement Information Network; Occurrences Requiring Certain Information to Be Made Available on Line; Time Limitation; Scope of Entry; "state Correctional Facility" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.265d
  (1) If 1 or more of the following occur, the department shall make an entry in the law enforcement information network: (a) A prisoner...
• Transfer of Prisoner to Community Placement Facility; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.265e
  When a prisoner is transferred into a community placement facility of any kind, including a community corrections center, halfway house, or resident home, the...
• Housing Prisoners; Prohibitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.265f
  (1) Beginning September 30, 1990, a prisoner who is serving a sentence for conviction of an assaultive crime shall not be placed in a...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.265g
  As used in this section and sections 65h and 65i: (a) "Community corrections center" means that term as defined in section 65a. (b) "Community...
• Placement in Community Corrections Center or Community Residential Home; Community Status Criteria; Location of Center; Prisoner Population; Curfew; Random Checks - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.265h
  (1) A prisoner who does not meet the community status criteria shall not be placed in a community corrections center or community residential home....
• Citizens' Council - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.265i
  (1) The legislative body of a city, village, or township in which a community corrections center is located may form a 5-member citizens' council...
• Commitment by Courts; Purpose of Classification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.266
  For the purpose of classification, all convicted prisoners shall be committed by courts of criminal jurisdiction of the state, to the commission, at a...
• Temporary Confinement; Study of Prisoner; Suitability of Prisoner to Type of Rehabilitation Required; Report; Execution of Confinement Order; Test for Hiv or Antibody to Hiv; Applicability of Subsection (2); Housing Prisoner in Administrative Segregation, Inpatient Health Care Unit, or Unit Separate From General Prisoner Population; Reporting Positive Test Result; Exposure of Employee to Blood or Body Fluid of Prisoner; Testing Employee; Employee Equipment; Hiv Positive Prisoner Not to Work in Health Facility; Seroprevalence Study; Disclosure of Test Results; Counseling; Aids Education Program; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.267
  (1) Quarters for temporary confinement apart from those of regular inmates shall be provided for convicted prisoners upon commitment at each of the state...
• Nonemergency Medical, Dental, or Optometric Services; Intentional Injury; Copayment or Payment by Prisoner; on - Site Medical Treatment; Report on Feasibility and Cost - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.267a
  (1) A prisoner who receives nonemergency medical, dental, or optometric services at his or her request is responsible for a copayment fee to the...
• Exposure of Employee to Blood or Body Fluid of Prisoner; Request to Test Prisoner for Hiv or Hbv Infection; Form and Contents of Request; Determination; Prisoner Consent Not Required; Counseling; Determination Not Requiring Hiv or Hbv Infection Testing; Notice of Hiv or Hbv Test Results; Confidentiality; Forms; Violation of Subsection (8) as Misdemeanor; Report; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.267b
  (1) If an employee of the department sustains a percutaneous, mucous membrane, or open wound exposure to the blood or body fluids of a...
• Payment of Filing Fees or Costs by Prisoner; Court Order to Make Monthly Payments; Removal of Amount From Prisoner Institutional Account - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.268
  If a prisoner is ordered by a court to make monthly payments for the purpose of paying the balance of filing fees or costs...
• Visits From Minors; Conditions; Restrictions; "minor" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.268a
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a prisoner may be permitted to receive visits from a minor brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half...
• Confiscation and Disposal of Items in Possession of Prisoner; Request of Victim or Victim's Representative; "Victim's Representative" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.269.added
  (1) Upon the request of a victim or a victim's representative, the department shall confiscate and dispose of any of the following that are...
• Subjecting Visitor to Pat Down Search; Condition; Waiver; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.269a
  (1) A visitor to a state correctional facility shall not be subjected to a pat down search unless every person performing or assisting in...
• Subjecting Visitor to Pat Down Search; Condition; Waiver; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.269a.amended
  (1) A visitor to a state correctional facility shall not be subjected to a pat down search unless every person performing or assisting in...
• Monitoring of Telephone Communications; Conditions; Disclosure of Obtained Information; Evidence in Criminal Prosecution; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.270
  (1) A correctional facility may monitor telephone communications over telephones available for use by prisoners in the correctional facility if all of the following...
• Monitoring of Telephone Communications; Conditions; Disclosure of Obtained Information; Evidence in Criminal Prosecution; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.270.amended
  (1) A correctional facility may monitor telephone communications over telephones available for use by prisoners in the correctional facility if all of the following...
• Bureau of Prison Industries; Supervision of Industrial Plants - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.271
  The assistant director of the bureau of prison industries is hereby vested with the control, management, coordination and supervision of the industrial plants connected...
• Powers and Duties Transferred; Department Abolished; Rules and Regulations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.281
  The powers and duties vested by law in the state department of corrections created under the provisions of Act No. 4 of the Public...
• Transfers of Appropriations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.282
  The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, the commission may, with the approval...
• Repeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.283
  Act No. 4 of the Public Acts of the Second Extra Session of 1947, as amended, being sections 791.1 to 791.123, inclusive, of the...
• Lifetime Electronic Monitoring Program; Establishment; Implementation; Manner of Wearing or Carrying; Reimbursement; Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.285
  (1) The lifetime electronic monitoring program is established in the department. The lifetime electronic monitoring program shall implement a system of monitoring individuals released...
• Repealed - Executive Reorganization Order (791.301 - 791.301) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Transfer of Department of Corrections to New Department of Corrections; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Michigan Corrections Commission to New Department of Corrections - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.302
  791.302 Transfer of department of corrections to new department of corrections; transfer of powers and duties of Michigan corrections commission to new department of...
• Abolition of Bureau of Field Services and Position of Deputy Director of Bureau of Field Services; Transfer of Powers and Duties to Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.303
  791.303 Abolition of bureau of field services and position of deputy director of bureau of field services; transfer of powers and duties to director...
• Establishment of Michigan Parole and Commutation Board Within Department of Corrections; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Parole Board to Michigan Parole and Commutation Board; Abolishment of Parole Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.304
  791.304 Establishment of Michigan parole and commutation board within department of corrections; transfer of powers and duties of parole board to Michigan parole and...
• Creation of Michigan Parole Board Within Department of Corrections; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Michigan Parole and Commutation Board to Michigan Parole Board; Abolishment of Michigan Parole and Commutation Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.305
  791.305 Creation of Michigan parole board within department of corrections; transfer of powers and duties of Michigan parole and commutation board to Michigan parole...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.401
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "community corrections act".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.402
  As used in this act: (a) "City advisory board" means a community corrections advisory board created by a city pursuant to sections 6 and...
• Office of Community Alternatives; Creation; Office as Autonomous Entity; Composition; Appointment and Duties of Executive Director; State Community Corrections Board; Creation; Function; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Members; Vacancy; Expenses; Chairperson - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.403
  (1) An office of community alternatives is created within the department. The office shall exercise its powers and duties including budgeting and management as...
• Duties of State Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.404
  The state board shall do all of the following: (a) Develop and establish goals, offender eligibility criteria, and program guidelines for community corrections programs....
• Duties of Office - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.405
  The office shall do all of the following: (a) Provide technical assistance and training to cities, counties, regions, or nonprofit service agencies in developing,...
• Application for Funding and Other Assistance; County Advisory Board; Regional Advisory Board; City - County Advisory Board; City Advisory Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.406
  (1) A county may elect to apply for funding and other assistance under this act by a vote of the county board of commissioners...
• Membership of Boards - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.407
  (1) A county advisory board, regional advisory board, city-county advisory board, or city advisory board shall consist of the following: (a) One member shall...
• Comprehensive Corrections Plan - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.408
  (1) A county, city, city-county, or regional advisory board, on behalf of the city, county, or counties it represents, may apply for funding and...
• Jurisdiction of Sentencing Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.409
  A sentencing court that places a person in a community corrections program shall retain jurisdiction over the person as a probationer under chapter XI...
• Nonprofit Service Agency; Application for Direct State Funding; Notice; Appointment or Creation of Advisory Board; Contract With Nonprofit Service Agency; Limitation on Direct Funding - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.410
  (1) In any jurisdiction that has not elected to apply for funding under this act and has not appointed an advisory board or participated...
• Authorized Payments for Community Corrections Programs; Funding for Administration; Current Spending Not to Be Supplanted - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.411
  (1) The office shall authorize payments from funds appropriated to the office for community corrections programs to cities, counties, regions, or agencies for the...
• Annual Report; Biannual Report - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.412
  (1) The office shall submit an annual report not later than November l of each year, detailing the individual requests received by the state...
• Transfer of Records, Property, Personnel, and Unexpended Balances of Appropriations and Other Resources - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.413
  Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this act, any records, property, personnel, and unexpended balances of appropriations and other resources...
• Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.414
  The office, with the approval of the state board, shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.501
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "correctional officers' training act of 1982".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.502
  As used in this act: (a) "Central training academy" means the central training academy established pursuant to section 15. (b) "Correctional facility" means a...
• Correctional Officers' Training Council; Creation; Duties; Membership - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.503
  The correctional officer's training council is created within the department and shall establish standards regarding training and education as prescribed in this act. The...
• Council Members; Terms; Appointment; Vacancy; Reappointment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.504
  (1) All members of the council shall hold office for a term of 3 years. Successors shall be appointed in the same manner as...
• Council Chairperson and Vice - Chairperson; Designation; Terms of Office; Reelection; Location and Number of Council Meetings; Special Meetings; Establishment of Procedures and Requirements; Conduct of Business At Public Meeting; Public Notice; Compensation; Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.505
  (1) The council shall designate from among its members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson who shall serve for 1-year terms and who may be...
• Council Member Not Disqualified From Holding Public Office or Employment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.506
  A member of the council shall not be disqualified from holding any public office or employment by reason of his or her appointment or...
• Executive Secretary; Appointment; Functions and Duties; Compensation; Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.507
  There shall be an executive secretary of the council who shall be appointed by the council upon recommendations from the director of the department....
• Administrative Support Services; Separate Appropriation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.508
  Administrative support services for the council and executive secretary shall be provided by the department as provided by separate appropriation for the council.
• Certification or Recertification of State Correctional Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.509
  Beginning 6 months after the effective date of this act, a person shall not be a state correctional officer unless he or she is...
• Automatic Certification and Annual Recertification of State Correctional Officer; Recertification Requirements; Approval of Minimum Standards and Requirements for Certification and Recertification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.510
  (1) Beginning September 30, 1983, a person who is employed as a state correctional officer on March 30, 1983, shall automatically be certified and...
• Certification or Recertification of Person Employed as State Correctional Officer After March 30, 1983, but Before January 1, 1985; Requirements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.511
  (1) A person who is not employed as a state correctional officer on March 30, 1983, but who becomes employed as a state correctional...
• Certification or Recertification of Person Employed as State Correctional Officer; Requirements; Certification or Recertification of Correctional Officer or Immediate Supervisor At Former Detroit House of Correction; Conditions to Automatic Certification and Recertification of Department Direct Care Employee, Forensic Security Aide, or Work Camp Supervisor; Certification and Recertification of Forensic Security Aide At Huron Valley Center; Approval of Minimum Standards and Requirements for Certification and Recertification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.512
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4), a person who is not employed as a state correctional officer on March 30,...
• Minimum Standards and Requirements for State Correctional Officers; Development; Approval - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.513
  (1) Not later than June 30, 1983, and as often as necessary after that, the council shall develop minimum standards and requirements for state...
• Repealed. 2003, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Central Training Academy; Establishment; Provision of Funds; Separate Appropriation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.515
  The department shall establish a central training academy for use as an employee training center for state correctional officers. Funds necessary for the establishment...
• Certification Program for New Employee Training Offered by Community Colleges and Colleges; Decertification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.515a
  (1) Beginning April 1, 2013, and as often as necessary after that, the council shall develop minimum standards and requirements for a certification program...
• Annual Report - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.516
  The council shall make an annual report to the governor which includes pertinent data regarding the standards and requirements established and an evaluation on...
• Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.517
  The council shall promulgate rules necessary to implement this act pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.531
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "local corrections officers training act".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.532
  As used in this act: (a) "Board" means the local corrections officers advisory board created in section 9. (b) "Council" means the sheriffs coordinating...
• Sheriffs Coordinating and Training Office; Creation; Head of Office; Chief Executive Officer; Executive Secretary - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.533
  (1) The sheriffs coordinating and training office is created as an autonomous entity in the department of corrections. The department is not fiscally or...
• Qualifications and Appointment of Members; Vacancy; Reappointment; Terms - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.534
  (1) The council consists of 7 members selected as follows: (a) The president of the Michigan sheriffs' association. (b) One member appointed to the...
• Chairperson; Vice - Chairperson; Designation; Terms; Reelection; Meetings; Conduct; Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.535
  (1) The council shall designate from among its members a chairperson and vice-chairperson, who shall serve for 1-year terms and who may be reelected....
• Holding Public Office or Employment; Disqualification Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.536
  A member of the council shall not be disqualified from holding any public office or employment by reason of his or her appointment or...
• Administrative Support Services - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.537
  Administrative support services for the council and executive secretary shall be provided by the council as provided by separate appropriation for the council.
• Standards and Requirements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.538
  Not later than October 1, 2004 and as often as necessary after that, the council shall approve minimum standards and requirements for local corrections...
• Local Corrections Officers Advisory Board; Creation; Qualifications and Appointment of Members; Terms; Vacancy; Reappointment; Compensation; Development and Recommendation of Standards and Requirements; Training Facilities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.539
  (1) The local corrections officers advisory board is created within the council. The board shall consist of 9 members appointed by the council, as...
• Annual Report - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.540
  The board shall make an annual report to the council that includes pertinent data regarding the standards and requirements established and an evaluation on...
• Local Corrections Officer; Certification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.541
  Beginning April 1, 2004, a person shall not be a local corrections officer unless he or she is certified or recertified by the council...
• Local Corrections Officer; Evidence of Employment; Certification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.542
  Effective January 1, 2005, a person who is employed as a local corrections officer before January 1, 2005, upon furnishing the council satisfactory evidence...
• Local Corrections Officer; Certification; Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.543
  A person who was not employed as a local corrections officer before January 1, 2005 but who becomes employed as a local corrections officer...
• Collective Bargaining Agreement; Temporary Transfer or Assignment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.543a
  Nothing in this act supersedes a right granted under a collective bargaining agreement. A person who exercises a right pursuant to a collective bargaining...
• Duties of Council - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.544
  The council may do all of the following: (a) Enter into agreements with other public or private agencies or organizations to implement the intent...
• Local Corrections Officers Training Fund; Creation in State Treasury; Administration; Source of Funds; Use; Eligibility of Counties to Receive Grants; Reimbursement of Fee; Unexpended Funds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.545
  (1) The local corrections officers training fund is created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the council, which shall expend...
• Acceptance of Funds, Grants, and Gifts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.546
  The council may accept funds, grants, and gifts from any public or private source which shall be used to defray the expenses incident to...
• Transfer of Powers and Duties of Office of Community Alternatives to Department of Corrections by Type II Transfer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 791.601
  791.601 Transfer of powers and duties of office of community alternatives to department of corrections by type II transfer. WHEREAS, Article V, Section 2,...

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