CORRECTIONS CODE OF 1953
Act 232 of 1953
791.203 Corrections commission; director of corrections, appointment, qualifications, salary, powers and duties.
Sec. 3.
The commission shall appoint a director of corrections who shall be qualified by training and experience in penology. He shall hold office at the pleasure of the commission except that he may be removed for cause and only after a public hearing before the commission. He shall receive such salary as shall be appropriated by the legislature, together with actual and necessary traveling and other expenses. The director shall be the chief administrative officer of the commission and shall be responsible to the commission for the exercise of the powers and duties prescribed and conferred by this act, and for such other powers and duties as may be assigned by the commission, subject at all times to its control. Subject to the provisions of this act, and to the rules and regulations adopted by the commission, the director shall have full power and authority to supervise and control the affairs of the department, and the several bureaus thereof, and he shall carry out the orders of the commission.
History: 1953, Act 232, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in
15
cases (
6 in the last 5 years), 1971–2025 · leading case:
Lickfeldt v. Dep't of Corr., 636 N.W.2d 272 (Mich. Ct. App. 2001).
Lickfeldt v. Dep't of Corr., 636 N.W.2d 272 (Mich. Ct. App. 2001).
· cites it 2× “However, if a sentence is consecutive to more than one series of sentences, that sentence shall remain active until the controlling consecutive series has been served, even though the other sentence(s) in the non-controlling series is terminated.”
Blank v. Dep't of Corr., 611 N.W.2d 530 (Mich. 2000).
· cites it 2× “§ 791.203; MSA 28.2273. It also delegated to the director the authority to promulgate rules for "the management and control of state penal institutions.”
Green v. Dep't of Corr., 186 N.W.2d 792 (Mich. Ct. App. 1971).
· cites it 2× “3 MCLA § 791.203 (Stat Ann 1968 Rev § 28.2273).”
Green v. Tudor, 685 F. Supp. 2d 678 (W.D. Mich. 2010).
“110CB), MCL 791.203. Relief Requested: Prisoner Rashad seeks a thorough investigation into these allegations and that librarian Tudor be disciplined in accordance [with] PD-02.”
Edmond v. Dep't of Corr., 656 N.W.2d 842 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002).
· cites it 6× “MCL 791.203 gives the director “full power and authority to supervise and control the affairs of the department .”
Edmond v. Corr. Dept., 656 N.W.2d 842 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003).
· cites it 6× “§ 791.203 gives the director "full power and authority to supervise and control the affairs of the department.”
Teets 759627 v. Vanderwagon (W.D. Mich. 2025).
· cites it 5× “) Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.203 discusses the appointment of “a director of corrections.”
People of Michigan v. David Omar Adams (Mich. Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 2× “For example, the MDOC policy directive for prisoner discipline cites multiple sources of authority, including MCL 791.203 (commission, director of corrections, qualifications, salary, powers, and duties); MCL 791.”
Harp v. Hallett (E.D. Mich. 2022).
“Laws § 791.203 states that a grievance at any step “shall be rejected” by the Grievance Coordinator3 “if .”
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