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Code · Michigan · Chapter 798 — Corrections

798.16 Failure of probationer or prisoner to work diligently and productively or to obey rules; applicability of disciplinary procedures required by MCL 791.251 to 791.25

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798.16 Failure of probationer or prisoner to work diligently and productively or to obey rules; applicability of disciplinary procedures required by MCL 791.251 to 791.255.
Sec. 6.
(1)A probationer who fails to work diligently and productively at the program of the unit, or who fails to obey the rules of behavior established for the unit, may be reported to the sentencing court for possible revocation of probation and may be housed in a county jail while awaiting a probation revocation determination.
(2)A prisoner who fails to work diligently and productively at the program of the unit, or who fails to obey the rules of behavior established for the unit, shall be returned to a state correctional facility and shall no longer be eligible for placement in the program. A prisoner removed from a unit for this purpose shall be credited for the time served in the unit except that all disciplinary credits accumulated in the unit may be forfeited.
(3)Disciplinary procedures required by sections 51 to 55 of Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1953, being sections 791.251 to 791.255 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, are not applicable in determining whether the rules of behavior established for the unit have been violated, except where the removal from the unit and the forfeiture of disciplinary credits are at issue.
History: 1988, Act 287, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1992
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