Terms Used In Michigan Laws 800.41

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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
  (1) If a prisoner assaults or batters a corrections officer or any other person, damages or attempts to damage any part of a correctional facility, attempts to escape, or resists or disobeys a lawful command, the corrections officers of the correctional facility shall use all suitable means to defend themselves, to enforce discipline, to secure offenders, and to prevent any escape.
  (2) As used in this section:
  (a) “Correctional facility” means any of the following:
  (i) A state facility that houses prisoners committed to the jurisdiction of the department of corrections.
  (ii) A state youth correctional facility operated by the department of corrections.
  (iii) A correctional facility operated by a private vendor authorized under the laws of this state to receive prisoners.
  (b) “Corrections officer” means either of the following:
  (i) A state correctional officer as defined in section 2 of the correctional officers’ training act of 1982, 1982 PA 415, MCL 791.502.
  (ii) A correctional officer employed by a correctional facility described in subdivision (a)(ii).

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