§ 791.401 Short title
§ 791.402 Definitions
§ 791.403 Office of community corrections; creation; office as autonomous entity; composition; appointment of administrator; state community corrections advisory board; creation; appointment, representation, an
§ 791.404 Duties of state board; recidivism rates, collection and maintenance of data; manner
§ 791.405 Duties of office
§ 791.406 Application for funding and other assistance; county advisory board; regional advisory board; city-county advisory board; city advisory board
§ 791.407 Membership and appointment of boards
§ 791.408 Comprehensive corrections plan
§ 791.409 Jurisdiction of sentencing court
§ 791.410 Nonprofit service agency; application for direct state funding; notice; appointment or creation of advisory board; contract with nonprofit service agency; limitation on direct funding
§ 791.411 Authorized payments for community corrections programs; funding for administration; current spending not to be supplanted
§ 791.413 Transfer of records, property, personnel, and unexpended balances of appropriations and other resources
§ 791.414 Rules

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 791 > Act 511 of 1988 - Community Corrections Act

  • City advisory board: means a community corrections advisory board created by a city under section 6 and 7. See Michigan Laws 791.402
  • City-county advisory board: means a community corrections advisory board created by a county and the largest city by population within that county under section 6 and 7. See Michigan Laws 791.402
  • Community corrections program: means a program that is operated by or contracted for by a city, county, or group of counties, or is operated by a nonprofit service agency, and that offers programs, services, or both, instead of incarceration in prison, and that are locally operated and provide a continuum of programming options from pretrial through post-adjudication. See Michigan Laws 791.402
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • County advisory board: means a community corrections advisory board created by a county under section 6 and 7. See Michigan Laws 791.402
  • Defense attorney: Represent defendants in criminal matters.
  • Department: means the department of corrections. See Michigan Laws 791.402
  • 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.
  • Evidence-based practices: means a progressive, organizational use of direct, current scientific evidence to guide and inform efficient and effective correctional services. See Michigan Laws 791.402
  • 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.
  • Moderate to high risk: means that the individual assessed has scored in the moderate to high range of risk using an actuarial, objective, validated risk and need assessment instrument. See Michigan Laws 791.402
  • Nonprofit service agency: means a nonprofit organization that provides treatment, guidance, training, or other rehabilitative services to individuals, families, or groups in such areas as health, education, vocational training, special education, social services, psychological counseling, alcohol and drug treatment, community service work, victim restitution, and employment. See Michigan Laws 791.402
  • Office: means the office of community corrections created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 791.402
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Plan: means a comprehensive corrections plan submitted by a county, city, or regional advisory board under section 8. See Michigan Laws 791.402
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Recidivism: means any rearrest, reconviction, or reincarceration in prison or jail for a felony or misdemeanor offense or a probation or parole violation of an individual as measured first after 3 years and again after 5 years from the date of his or her release from incarceration, placement on probation, or conviction, whichever is later. See Michigan Laws 791.402
  • Regional advisory board: means a community corrections advisory board created by a group of 2 or more counties under section 6 and 7. See Michigan Laws 791.402
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • 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
  • State board: means the state community corrections advisory board created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 791.402
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o