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Act 17 of 1909
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LIQUOR, NARCOTICS, AND WEAPONS PROHIBITED IN PRISONS

Act 17 of 1909

AN ACT to prohibit or limit the access by prisoners and by employees of correctional facilities to certain weapons and wireless communication devices and to alcoholic liquor, drugs, medicines, poisons, and controlled substances in, on, or outside of correctional facilities; to prohibit or limit the bringing into or onto certain facilities and real property, and the disposition of, certain weapons, substances, and wireless communication devices; to prohibit or limit the selling, giving, or furnishing of certain weapons, substances, and wireless communication devices to prisoners; to prohibit the control or possession of certain weapons, substances, and wireless communication devices by prisoners; and to prescribe penalties.


History: 1909, Act 17, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 164, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 1977 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 343, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1982 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 540, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006




The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentTypeDescription
Section 800.281SectionAlcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance; prohibitions.
Section 800.281aSectionDefinitions.
Section 800.282SectionPersons not in violation of MCL 800.281; limitation on wine for use of clergy; applicability of MCL 800.281(3).
Section 800.283SectionWeapons; prohibitions.
Section 800.283aSectionCellular telephone or wireless communication device to prisoner prohibited; confiscation.
Section 800.284SectionSearch of persons coming to correctional facility.
Section 800.285SectionViolation as felony; penalty; prosecution for delivery or possession of controlled substance.
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