Michigan Laws 764.23 – Escape from custody or from state correctional facility; pursuit and retaking or arrest without warrant; definition
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(1) If a person who has been lawfully arrested escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody he or she escaped or was rescued may immediately pursue and retake him or her at any time and in any place within the state without a warrant.
(2) If a prisoner escapes from a state correctional facility, or willfully fails to remain within the extended limits of his or her confinement as prescribed in section 65a of 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.265a, the prisoner may be pursued and arrested, without a warrant, by a person who is either of the following:
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 764.23
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- 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
- 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
(a) An employee of the department of corrections who is designated by the director of the department of corrections as having the authority to pursue and arrest escaped prisoners.
(b) An employee of a private vendor that operates a youth correctional facility under section 20g of 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.20g, if that employee meets the same criteria established by the director of the department of corrections for departmental employees described in subdivision (a).
(3) As used in this section, “state correctional facility” means any facility that houses prisoners committed to the jurisdiction of the department of corrections, including a prison, reformatory, camp, community corrections center, halfway house, resident home, or a youth correctional facility operated by the department of corrections or a private vendor under section 20g of 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.232.