Sec. 58a.

As used in this chapter:

(a) "Confinement sanction" means a violation sanction resulting in confinement in a departmental facility or local county jail for not more than 60 days.

(b) "Controlled substance" means that term as defined under section 7104 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7104.

(c) "Evidenced-based practices" means a progressive, organizational use of direct and current scientific evidence to guide and inform efficient and effective correctional services that have been shown to reduce recidivism.

(d) "Graduated sanction" means any of a wide range of offender accountability measures and programs, including, but not limited to, electronic supervision tools, drug and alcohol testing and monitoring, day or evening reporting centers, community service or work crew, rehabilitative interventions such as substance abuse or mental health treatment, reporting requirements, residential treatment, counseling, confinement, and incarceration.

(e) "Nonconfinement sanction" means a violation sanction that does not result in imprisonment in the custody of the department or the county jail, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

(i) Extension of the period of supervision with the time period provided by law.

(ii) Additional reporting and compliance requirements.

(iii) Testing for the use of controlled substances or alcohol.

(iv) Counseling or treatment for behavioral health problems, including substance abuse.

(f) "Parole sanction certainty program" means the program created under this chapter that utilizes a set of established graduated sanctions to supervise eligible offenders that have been placed on parole sanction certainty supervision.

(g) "Parole sanction certainty supervision" means being placed on parole subject to conditions and sanctions as set forth in the parole sanction certainty program created under this chapter.

(h) "Supervised individual" means an individual who is placed on parole subject to parole sanction certainty supervision under this chapter.

(i) "Supervising agent" means the parole agent assigned to directly supervise an individual on parole sanction certainty supervision.

(j) "Validated risk and needs assessment" means a tool or tools adopted by the department that have been validated as to the effectiveness of the tool in determining a supervised individual's likely risk of reoffense, violent reoffense, or both, as well as the offender's criminogenic needs.

History: Add. 2017, Act 1, Eff. June 29, 2017 Popular Name: Department of Corrections Act