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
located within this state.