§ 800.281 Alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance; prohibitions
§ 800.281a Definitions
§ 800.282 Persons not in violation of MCL 800.281; limitation on wine for use of clergy; applicability of MCL 800.281(3)
§ 800.283 Weapons; prohibitions
§ 800.283a Cellular telephone or wireless communication device to prisoner prohibited; confiscation
§ 800.284 Search of persons coming to correctional facility
§ 800.285 Violation as felony; penalty; prosecution for delivery or possession of controlled substance
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 800 > Act 17 of 1909 - Liquor, Narcotics, and Weapons Prohibited in Prisons

  • Alcoholic liquor: means any spirituous, vinous, malt, or fermented liquor, liquid, or compound whether or not medicated, containing 1/2 of 1% or more of alcohol by volume and which is or readily can be made suitable for beverage purposes. See Michigan Laws 800.281a
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Chief administrator: means the warden, superintendent, or other employee approved or designated by the department of corrections as the chief administrative officer of a correctional facility. See Michigan Laws 800.281a
  • Controlled substance: means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in schedules 1 to 5 of part 72 of 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 800.281a
  • Correctional facility: means any of the following:
    (i) A state prison, reformatory, work camp, or community corrections center. See Michigan Laws 800.281a
  • Department: means the department of corrections. See Michigan Laws 800.281a
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Prescription drug: means prescription drug as defined in section 17708 of 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 800.281a
  • Prisoner: means a person committed to the jurisdiction of the department who has not been released on parole or discharged. See Michigan Laws 800.281a
  • shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o