April 26, 2007, Introduced by Senator GILBERT and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1945 PA 210, entitled
"An act to authorize county sheriffs to adopt rules and regulations
for the conduct of prisoners in their custody; to provide for the
keeping of certain records in connection with said prisoners; and
to credit said prisoners with good behavior allowance for obeying
said rules and regulations,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 51.282), as amended by 1986 PA 115.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. (1) The sheriff shall cause to be kept a record of
each and all infractions of the rules and regulations by prisoners,
with the names of the persons so offending and the date and
character
of each offense, and shall examine such those records as
often
as may be necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of
this act.
(2)
Every prisoner whose record shows that there are no
violations
of the rules and regulations shall be is entitled to a
reduction
from his or her sentence as follows: 1 day 2 days for
each
6 7 days of the sentence.
(3) The sheriff may, by general rule, subject to amendment
from time to time, prescribe how much of the good time earned under
this
subsection (2) a
prisoner shall forfeit for any infraction of
the
general rules and regulations. , and for For any act of
insubordination, the sheriff may, by special order, take away any
portion of or the whole of the good time made by any prisoner up to
the
date of such that offense. The sheriff, may as a reward for
especially good conduct, in case of insubordination, may restore to
any prisoner the whole or any portion of the good time lost because
of any minor infraction of the rules.