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Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.231

Bureau of field services; establishment; direction and supervision by deputy director; appointment; duties; assistants.

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CORRECTIONS CODE OF 1953


Act 232 of 1953


791.231 Bureau of field services; establishment; direction and supervision by deputy director; appointment; duties; assistants.

Sec. 31.

    There is established within the department a bureau of field services, under the direction and supervision of a deputy director in charge of field services, who shall be appointed by the director and who shall be within the state civil service. The deputy director shall direct and supervise the work of the bureau of field services and shall formulate methods of investigation and supervision and develop various processes in the technique of supervision by the parole staff. The deputy director is responsible for all investigations of persons eligible for release from state penal institutions, and for the general supervision of persons released from penal institutions. The deputy director in charge of the bureau of field services is responsible for the collection and preservation of records and statistics with respect to paroled prisoners as may be required by the director and the chairperson of the parole board. The deputy director shall employ parole officers and assistants as may be necessary, subject to the approval of the director. The deputy director shall select secretarial and other assistants as may be necessary and may obtain permanent quarters for the staff as may be necessary.

History: 1953, Act 232, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 314, Imd. Eff. Oct. 15, 1982

Compiler's Notes:

    For transfer of authority, powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the Bureau of Field Services and the deputy director in charge of field services to the Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections, see E.R.O. No. 1992-3, compiled at MCL 791.303 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1967–2016 · leading case: People v. Clark
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People v. Clark (2016) michctapp · cites it 2× “In re Parole of Bivings, 242 Mich App 363, 372 ; 619 NW2d 163 (2000): MCL 791.231 et seq. The Parole Board has the discretion to grant or deny parole and to discharge the prisoner if the prisoner satisfactorily completes the terms of parole.”
Jones v. Department of Corrections (2003) mich · cites it 2× “This statutory scheme makes clear that, with limited exception, [8] matters of parole lie solely within the broad discretion of the parole board, and that the freedom enjoyed by a *721 paroled prisoner is a limited freedom. [9] The release of a prisoner on parole "shall be…”
People v. Fleming (1987) mich · cites it 2× “MCL 791.231 et seq.; MSA 28.2301 et seq. Any changes in the parole provisions of the "lifer law" should be made by the Legislature, not the judiciary.”
People v. Oscar Moore (1987) michctapp · cites it 2× “MCL 791.231 et seq; MSA 28.2301 et seq. Any changes in the parole provisions of the "lifer law" should be made by the Legislature, not the judiciary.”
Morales v. Michigan Parole Bd. (2004) michctapp “” The circuit court held that “a prisoner does have a right to a parole board’s decision made in accordance with the law.”
Kenneth Foster v. Sharee Booker (2010) ca6 “1125 (§ 32(3)), and created instead a board of ten members “who shall not be within the state civil service,” Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.231 a(1) (emphasis added); see 1992 Mich.”
In re Parole of Hill (2012) michctapp “”) (quotation marks and citation omitted); Haeger, 294 Mich App at 549, 574-575 (holding that an inmate had no due process rights during prosecutorial appeal of parole order); Sweeton v Brown, 27 F 3d 1162, 1164-1165 (CA6, 1994) (holding that Michigan’s parole system,…”
People v. Gregorczyk (1989) michctapp · cites it 2× “See MCL 791.231 et seq.; MSA 28.2301 et seq. In light of all of this, it is a source of confusion, to say the least, as to why the department released the defendant and discharged him from parole prior to serving even the minimum five years imposed by the trial court.”
Hopkins v. Parole Board (2000) michctapp “Our consideration and analysis of the language within various provisions of chapter m of the Department of Corrections act, MCL 791.231 et seq.; MSA *641 28.2301 et seq.”
People v. Young (1997) michctapp · cites it 2× “§ 791.231 et seq.; M.S.A. § 28.2301 et seq.”
People v. Lessard (1970) michctapp · cites it 2× “5 See MCLA § 791.231 et seq. (Stat Ann 1951 Rev § 28.”
People v. Shillings (1967) michctapp “6 CLS 1961, § 791.231 et seq. (Stat Ann 1954 Bev § 28.”
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