Sec. 1. (1) Except as provided in section 2, a person shall not sell, give, or furnish, either directly or indirectly, any alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance to a prisoner who is in or on a correctional facility or dispose of that liquor, drug, poison, or controlled substance in any manner that allows a prisoner or employee of the correctional facility who is in or on a correctional facility access to it. (2) Except as provided in section 2, a person who knows or has reason to know that another person is a prisoner shall not sell, give, or furnish, either directly or indirectly, any alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance to that prisoner anywhere outside of a correctional facility. (3) Except as provided in section 2, a person shall not bring any alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance into or onto a correctional facility. (4) Except as provided in section 2, a prisoner shall not possess any alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.281
Alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance; prohibitions
Applied in 28 court decisions — leading case 174 Mich. App. 339 - People v. Rau (1989)
Most recently applied in 321 Mich. App. 1 - People of Michigan v. Vicki Renee Dickinson (August 2017)
1909, Act 17, Eff
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