Michigan Laws 800.283a – Cellular telephone or wireless communication device to prisoner prohibited; confiscation
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Attorney's Note
Under the Michigan Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:| Class | Prison | Fine |
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| E | up to 5 years |
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 800.283a
- 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.
- Correctional facility: means any of the following:
(i) A state prison, reformatory, work camp, or community corrections center. See Michigan Laws 800.281aDepartment: means the department of corrections. See Michigan Laws 800.281a person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l 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
(1) A person shall not sell, give, or furnish, or aid in the selling, giving, or furnishing of, a cellular telephone or other wireless communication device to a prisoner in a correctional facility, or dispose of a cellular telephone or other wireless communication device in or on the grounds of a correctional facility.
(2) A prisoner shall not possess or use a cellular telephone or other wireless communication device in a correctional facility or on the grounds of a correctional facility except as authorized by the department of corrections.
(3) A cellular telephone or other wireless communication device sold, given, furnished, possessed, or used in violation of this section is subject to confiscation and disposal under this section as contraband. If a cellular telephone or other wireless communication device is confiscated under this section, and the cellular telephone or other wireless device is serviceable but no longer needed for purposes of a criminal prosecution under this section, the cellular telephone or other wireless device shall be donated to a nonprofit organization that provides cellular telephones and other wireless communication devices to military personnel, or to any other charity approved by the warden of the facility where the device was confiscated.