Bill Text: MI SB0022 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Corrections; prisoners; department to provide rehabilitation programming for 18-to 22-year-old inmates that specifically takes the prisoners' age into consideration and to report certain information; require. Amends 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.201 - 791.285) by adding sec. 62d.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-18 - Assigned Pa 0016'17 With Immediate Effect [SB0022 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0022-Engrossed.html

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SB-0022, As Passed Senate, February 2, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 22

 

 

January 18, 2017, Introduced by Senator JOHNSON and referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled

 

"Corrections code of 1953,"

 

(MCL 791.201 to 791.285) by adding section 62d.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 62d. (1) Unless there are specific circumstances

 

preventing it from doing so, the department shall ensure that

 

prisoners in the custody of the department who are approximately 18

 

to 22 years of age are housed only with other prisoners who are

 

approximately 18 to 22 years of age. Unless there are specific

 

circumstances preventing it from doing so, the department shall

 

also ensure that the prisoners described in this subsection are

 

housed in the same correctional facilities in this state.

 

     (2) At a facility housing prisoners under subsection (1), the

 

department shall provide, to the extent it is able to do so,

 

programming designed for youth rehabilitation. The department shall

 

consult with the administrators of the family divisions of the

 

circuit courts in this state and seek recommendations regarding the

 

selection of programming designed for youth rehabilitation.

 

     (3) The department shall submit an annual report to the senate

 

and house committees responsible for legislation concerning

 

corrections issues detailing the extent to which the department has

 

implemented the housing requirements in subsection (1).

 

     (4) As used in this section, "correctional facility" means a

 

facility operated by the department, or by a private entity under

 

contract with the department, that houses prisoners under the

 

jurisdiction of the department.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.