Sec. 4. Subject to constitutional powers vested in the executive and judicial departments of the state, the department shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all of the following: (a) Probation officers of this state, and the administration of all orders of probation. (b) Pardons, reprieves, commutations, and paroles. (c) Penal institutions, correctional farms, probation recovery camps, prison labor and industry, wayward minor programs, and youthful trainee institutions and programs for the care and supervision of youthful trainees. (d) The lifetime electronic monitoring program established under section 85.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.204
State department of corrections; jurisdiction
Applied in 34 court decisions — leading case 478 F. Supp. 1075 - Glover v. Johnson (1979)
Most recently applied in 324 Mich. App. 130 - People of Michigan v. William Lawrence Rucker (May 2018)
1953, Act 232, Eff
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