SENATE BILL No. 466

 

 

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.