Michigan Laws 801.57 – Failure of certain actions to reduce population to level prescribed in MCL 801.56(1); equal reduction of original sentences
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 801.57
- County jail: means a facility operated by a county for the physical detention and correction of persons charged with or convicted of criminal offenses and ordinance violations, persons found guilty of civil or criminal contempt, and juveniles detained by court order. See Michigan Laws 801.51
- Prisoner: means a person who is currently being physically detained in a county jail. See Michigan Laws 801.51
- 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
If the actions taken pursuant to section 5 and 6 do not reduce the county jail‘s population to the level prescribed in section 6(1) within 28 days of the declaration of the county jail overcrowding state of emergency, the original sentences, not including good time, of all prisoners sentenced to and housed in the county jail on that date shall be equally reduced by the sheriff by the least possible percentage reduction necessary, not to exceed 30%, to reduce the county jail’s prisoner population to the level prescribed in section 6(1).