Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.57 (2026)

Failure of certain actions to reduce population to level prescribed in MCL 801.56(1); equal reduction of original sentences.

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COUNTY JAIL OVERCROWDING STATE OF EMERGENCY

Act 325 of 1982

801.57 Failure of certain actions to reduce population to level prescribed in MCL 801.56(1); equal reduction of original sentences.

Sec. 7.

If the actions taken pursuant to sections 5 and 6 do not reduce the county jail's population to the level prescribed in section 6(1) within 28 days of the declaration of the county jail overcrowding state of emergency, the original sentences, not including good time, of all prisoners sentenced to and housed in the county jail on that date shall be equally reduced by the sheriff by the least possible percentage reduction necessary, not to exceed 30%, to reduce the county jail's prisoner population to the level prescribed in section 6(1).

History: 1982, Act 325, Eff. Feb. 8, 1983 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988

PopularName Notes:

Jail Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1986–2008 · leading case: Kent Cnty. Prosecutor v. Kent Cnty. Sheriff, 391 N.W.2d 341 (Mich. 1986).

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Kent Cnty. Prosecutor v. Kent Cnty. Sheriff, 391 N.W.2d 341 (Mich. 1986). “6 MCL 801.57; MSA 28.1748(7). 7 MCL 801.56, 801.”

In Re Muskegon Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 469 N.W.2d 441 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 3× “MCL 801.57; MSA 28.1748(7) requires that if, after twenty-eight days from the declaration of a jail overcrowding emergency, the jail population has not been sufficiently reduced, the sheriff shall reduce the sentences of all prisoners by the least percentage possible, not to…”

People v. Grazhidani, 746 N.W.2d 622 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 3× “At issue here are the provisions of MCL 801.57: If the actions taken pursuant to [MCL 801.”

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