Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.205 (2026)

Corrections commission; assistant directors, powers and duties.

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CORRECTIONS CODE OF 1953

Act 232 of 1953

791.205 Corrections commission; assistant directors, powers and duties.

Sec. 5.

The director, subject to the approval of the commission, shall appoint an assistant director in charge of probation, an assistant director in charge of pardons and paroles, an assistant director in charge of penal institutions, an assistant director in charge of prison industries, and an assistant director in charge of a youth division. The assistant directors shall exercise and perform the respective powers and duties prescribed and conferred by this act, and such other powers and duties as may be assigned by the director, subject at all times to his control.

History: 1953, Act 232, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953

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Department of Corrections Act

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2002–2020 · leading case: Edmond v. Dep't of Corr., 656 N.W.2d 842 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002).

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Edmond v. Dep't of Corr., 656 N.W.2d 842 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 3× “” MCL 791.205 authorizes the director to appoint assistant *157 directors to “exercise and perform the respective powers and duties prescribed and conferred by this act.”

Edmond v. Corr. Dept., 656 N.W.2d 842 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 3× “§ 791.205 authorizes the director to appoint assistant directors to "exercise and perform the respective powers and duties prescribed and conferred by this act.”

Earl Booth v. Dep't of Corr. (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “” Under MCL 791.205, the director has authority to appoint an assistant director in charge of penal institutions who is authorized to “exercise and perform the respective powers and duties prescribed and conferred by this act, and such other powers and duties as may be assigned…”

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