Michigan Compiled Laws 232-1953-i Chapter I Department Of Corrections. (791.201...791.220j)

• Section 791.201 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.
  There is hereby created a state department of corrections, hereinafter called the department, which shall possess the powers and perform the duties granted and...
• Section 791.201a Short Title.
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the “corrections code of 1953”. History: Add. 2002, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29,...
• Section 791.202 Michigan Corrections Commission; Election Of Chairperson And Other Officers; Meetings; Quorum; Powers And Duties; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice.
  (1) The commission shall elect annually a chairperson and other officers as it considers expedient. A meeting shall be held not less than once...
• Section 791.203 Corrections Commission; Director Of Corrections, Appointment, Qualifications, Salary, Powers And Duties.
  The commission shall appoint a director of corrections who shall be qualified by training and experience in penology. He shall hold office at the...
• Section 791.204 State Department Of Corrections; Jurisdiction.
  Subject to constitutional powers vested in the executive and judicial departments of the state, the department shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all of the...
• Section 791.205 Corrections Commission; Assistant Directors, Powers And Duties.
  The director, subject to the approval of the commission, shall appoint an assistant director in charge of probation, an assistant director in charge of...
• Section 791.205a Employment Or Appointment By Department Of Person Convicted Or Charged With Felony.
  (1) Beginning on the effective date of this section, an individual who has been convicted of a felony, or who is subject to any...
• Section 791.206 Rules.
  (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...
• Section 791.207 Report To Governor And Legislature; Time; Order By Board Of Auditors; Printing And Distribution.
  On or before the 15th day of January of each year, the commission shall make to the governor and legislature a report of the...
• Section 791.207a Records Of Department; Accessibility By Governing Bodies Of Senate And House Fiscal Agency.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the governing bodies of the senate and house fiscal agencies shall have access to all records of...
• Section 791.208 Division Of Criminal Statistics; Powers And Duties Of Director.
  Within the department there shall be established a general division of criminal statistics under the supervision and control of the director. He shall have...
• Section 791.209 Corrections Commission; Crime Prevention And Criminology Research.
  The commission shall study the problem of crime prevention and foster research in criminology. It shall lend its aid in local crime prevention activities....
• Section 791.210 Corrections Commission; Bond Of Officers And Employees, Purpose.
  The commission may require a bond from any officer or employee appointed by or subject to the control of the commission, conditioned upon the...
• Section 791.211 Corrections Commission; Powers And Duties.
  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,...
• Section 791.211a Interstate Corrections Compact; Contracts; Suitability Of Institutions For Confinement; Out-of-state Transfer Of Prisoners; Conditions; Report.
  (1) The director of corrections may enter into contracts on behalf of this state as the director considers appropriate to implement the participation of...
• Section 791.212 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.
  (1) The commission shall devise a seal, and the rules of the commission shall be published over the seal of the commission. All orders...
• Section 791.213 Corrections Commission; Gifts, Donations, Bonds, Real Or Personal Property; Purpose.
  The commission may receive on behalf of the state of Michigan any grant, devise, bequest, donation, gift or assignment of money, bonds or choses...
• Section 791.214 Corrections Commission; Estimation Of Needs And Cost, Submission To Department Of Administration.
  The commission shall prepare for submission to the department of administration the estimated needs and costs to operate the department, and the several penal...
• Section 791.215 “correctional Facility” Defined.
  As used in this act, “correctional facility” means a facility or institution which is maintained and operated by the department. History: Add. 1980, Act...
• Section 791.216 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.
  (1) The department shall develop a comprehensive plan for determining the need for establishing various types of correctional facilities, for selecting the location of...
• Section 791.217 Action For Noncompliance With Site Selection Process.
  (1) A person who resides in the city, village, or township in which the department has determined a need for a correctional facility may...
• Section 791.218 Relations With City, Village, Or Township In Which Facility Located; Duties Of Advisory Committee Or Advisory Board.
  After a correctional facility is established, the department shall maintain relations with the city, village, or township in which the facility is located. The...
• Section 791.219 Applicability Of Mcl 791.215 To 791.219 To Correctional Facilities.
  This section and sections 15 to 18 shall apply to correctional facilities established or proposed after the effective date of the concurrent resolution approving...
• Section 791.220-791.220c Repealed. 1995, Act 28, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1995.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to definitions, corrections regions, selection and recommendation of sites, placement procedures, and rules.Popular Name: Department of Corrections Act
• Section 791.220d Repealed. 1987, Act 176, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1987.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to demolition of Michigan reformatory in Ionia.Popular Name: Department of Corrections Act
• Section 791.220e Scott Correctional Facility; Western Wayne Correctional Facility; Capacity Limits; Increase.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), not more than 880 prisoners shall be housed at the Scott correctional facility and not more than...
• Section 791.220f Construction Of Correctional Facility; Requirements; Definition.
  (1) A correctional facility constructed after the effective date of this section shall be constructed in compliance with at least 1 of the following...
• Section 791.220g Youth Correctional Facility.
  (1) The department may establish a youth correctional facility which shall house only prisoners committed to the jurisdiction of the department who are 19...
• Section 791.220h Order Of Restitution; Deductions And Payments.
  (1) If a prisoner is ordered to pay restitution to the victim of a crime and the department receives a copy of the restitution...
• Section 791.220i Correctional Facility Described In Mcl 791.220g; Use; Interlocal Agreement; Contract For Housing, Custody, And Care Of Detainees Or Inmates From Other Agencies; Requirements; Performance Of Duties By Personnel; Oversight; Civil Liability; Definitions.
  (1) If the correctional facility described in section 20g is not utilized by the department for housing inmates or detainees under the terms of...
• Section 791.220j Contract Resulting In Annual Savings; Employment Consideration.
  (1) This act does not prohibit the department from contracting with an operator of a privately owned correctional facility to house and manage inmates...

Last modified: October 10, 2016