Bill Text: MI SB0909 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

Michigan Senate Bill 909 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Corrections; state facilities; number of prisoners allowed at correctional facilities; limit and require remaining prisoners to be placed in jails and other secure facilities. Amends 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.201 - 791.285) by adding sec. 20k

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-24 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB0909 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0909-Introduced.html

SENATE BILL No. 909

April 24, 2014, Introduced by Senators PROOS, BRANDENBURG, BOOHER, MARLEAU, KOWALL, JANSEN, PAPPAGEORGE and COLBECK and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled

"Corrections code of 1953,"

(MCL 791.201 to 791.285) by adding section 20k.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 20k. The department shall house a maximum of 38,000

prisoners in correctional facilities operated by the department. If

the prisoner population under the jurisdiction of the department

exceeds 38,000 prisoners, the prison population exceeding that

number shall be housed in jails and other secure facilities

considered appropriate by the department. If a prisoner is housed

under this section in a jail or other secure facility, the prisoner

shall be housed only in a jail or other secure facility that is