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. Sec. 1. There is hereby created a state department of corrections, hereinafter called the department, which shall possess the powers […]
791.201a Short title. Sec. 1a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “corrections code of 1953”. History: Add. 2002, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002 Popular Name: Department of Corrections Act
791.202 Michigan corrections commission; election of chairperson and other officers; meetings; quorum; powers and duties; conducting business at public meeting; notice. Sec. 2. (1) The commission shall elect annually a chairperson and other officers as it considers expedient. A meeting shall be held not less than once each month or at other times as considered […]
791.203 Corrections commission; director of corrections, appointment, qualifications, salary, powers and duties. Sec. 3. The commission shall appoint a director of corrections who shall be qualified by training and experience in penology. He shall hold office at the pleasure of the commission except that he may be removed for cause and only after a public […]
791.204 State department of corrections; jurisdiction. Sec. 4. Subject to constitutional powers vested in the executive and judicial departments of the state, the department shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all of the following: (a) Probation officers of this state, and the administration of all orders of probation. (b) Pardons, reprieves, commutations, and paroles. (c) Penal […]
791.205 Corrections commission; assistant directors, powers and duties. Sec. 5. The director, subject to the approval of the commission, shall appoint an assistant director in charge of probation, an assistant director in charge of pardons and paroles, an assistant director in charge of penal institutions, an assistant director in charge of prison industries, and an […]
791.205a Employment or appointment by department of person convicted or charged with felony; prohibition; exception; policy. Sec. 5a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual who has been convicted of a felony, or who is subject to any pending felony charges, shall not be employed by or appointed to a position in […]
791.206 Rules. Sec. 6. (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 all of the following: (a) The control, management, and operation of the general affairs of the department. (b) Supervision and control of probationers and probation officers throughout […]
791.207 Report to governor and legislature; time; order by board of auditors; printing and distribution. Sec. 7. On or before the 15th day of January of each year, the commission shall make to the governor and legislature a report of the department for the preceding fiscal year. Such report, if so ordered by the board […]
791.207a Records of department; accessibility by governing bodies of senate and house fiscal agency. Sec. 7a. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the governing bodies of the senate and house fiscal agencies shall have access to all records of the department of corrections relating to individuals under the supervision of the department of corrections […]
791.208 Division of criminal statistics; powers and duties of director. Sec. 8. Within the department there shall be established a general division of criminal statistics under the supervision and control of the director. He shall have the power and it shall be his duty to obtain from all chiefs of police, sheriffs, state police, prosecuting […]
791.208a Definitions; recidivism rates; collection and maintenance of data; manner. Sec. 8a. (1) As used in this act: (a) “Recidivism” means any rearrest, reconviction, or reincarceration in prison or jail for a felony or misdemeanor offense or a probation or parole violation of an individual as measured first after 3 years and again after 5 […]
791.209 Corrections commission; crime prevention and criminology research. Sec. 9. The commission shall study the problem of crime prevention and foster research in criminology. It shall lend its aid in local crime prevention activities. History: 1953, Act 232, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953 Popular Name: Department of Corrections Act
791.210 Corrections commission; bond of officers and employees, purpose. Sec. 10. The commission may require a bond from any officer or employee appointed by or subject to the control of the commission, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and the accounting for all money and property within his control. History: 1953, Act 232, […]
791.211 Corrections commission; powers and duties. Sec. 11. 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, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and by any interstate compact made and entered into pursuant to said act, in regard to […]
791.211a Interstate corrections compact; contracts; suitability of institutions for confinement; out-of-state transfer of prisoners; conditions. Sec. 11a. (1) The director of corrections may enter into contracts on behalf of this state as the director considers appropriate to implement the participation of this state in the interstate corrections compact under article III of the interstate corrections […]
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. Sec. 12. (1) The commission shall devise a seal, and the rules of the commission shall be published over the seal of the commission. All orders of […]
791.213 Corrections commission; gifts, donations, bonds, real or personal property; purpose. Sec. 13. The commission may receive on behalf of the state of Michigan any grant, devise, bequest, donation, gift or assignment of money, bonds or choses in action, or of any property, real or personal, and accept the same, so that the right and […]
791.214 Corrections commission; estimation of needs and cost, submission to department of administration. Sec. 14. The commission shall prepare for submission to the department of administration the estimated needs and costs to operate the department, and the several penal institutions under the jurisdiction of the department, in accordance with the requirements of the laws of […]
791.214a Family reunification policy; family advisory board; creation; membership, duties. Sec. 14a. (1) The department shall create a family reunification policy. The family reunification policy must include the creation of a permanent family advisory board that consists of not fewer than 11 and not more than 16 members, including the following: (a) One individual designated […]
