§ 800.33 Record of major misconduct charges as part of parole eligibility report; reduction from sentence; good time, disciplinary credits, or special disciplinary credits; forfeiture; disciplinary credit
§ 800.34 Disciplinary time; receipt for each major misconduct; accumulation; consideration for concurrent or consecutive sentences; reduction; “prisoner subject to disciplinary time” defined
§ 800.35 Rules
§ 800.41 Enforcement of discipline; attempted escapes; “correctional facility” and “corrections officer” defined
§ 800.42 Prisoner in correctional facility having security classification of I, II, III, IV, V, or VI; personal property; disposal; definitions
§ 800.43 Receipt or possession of certain material; prohibition; list; notice; appeal; limits on amount
§ 800.44 Uniform; color
§ 800.48 Conveyance of convict to prison; duty of sheriff
§ 800.49 Conveyance of convict to prison; fees and expenses; payment
§ 800.50 Conveyance of convict to prison; certified copy of sentence; delivery to warden, use as evidence
§ 800.61 Escaped convicts; measures for apprehension; reward; sentence
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 800 > Act 118 of 1893 - Prison Code

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • prisoner subject to disciplinary time: includes both of the following:
    (a) A prisoner sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment for any of the following crimes committed on or after December 15, 1998:
    (i) A violation of section 625(4) or (5) of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 800.34
  • 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