{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-791.251","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.251","heading":"Hearings division; creation; appointment and duties of hearing administrator; duties of hearings division; supervision and qualifications of hearing officer.","body":"Sec. 51.\n\nThere is created within the department a hearings division. The division is under the direction and supervision of the hearings administrator who is appointed by the director of the department.\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in this section, the hearings division is responsible for each prisoner hearing the department conducts that may result in the loss by a prisoner of a right, including but not limited to any 1 or more of the following matters:\n\nAn infraction of a prison rule that may result in punitive segregation, loss of disciplinary credits, or the loss of good time.\n\nA security classification that may result in the placement of a prisoner in administrative segregation.\n\nA special designation that permanently excludes, by department policy or rule, a person under the jurisdiction of the department from community placement.\n\nVisitor restrictions.\n\nHigh or very high assaultive risk classifications.\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in this section, the hearings division is responsible for each prisoner hearing that may result in the accumulation of disciplinary time.\n\nThe hearings division is not responsible for a prisoner hearing that is conducted for prisoners transferred under section 11a to an institution of another state pursuant to the interstate corrections compact.\n\nThe hearings division is not responsible for a prisoner hearing that is conducted as a result of a minor misconduct charge that would not cause a loss of good time or disciplinary credits, or result in placement in punitive segregation.\n\nEach hearings officer of the department is under the direction and supervision of the hearings division. Each hearings officer hired by the department after October 1, 1979, shall be an attorney.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 791","Act Act-232-of-1953"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-791-251","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"c22a9e2a98a60ca7c1f947051a4e207f662e73425b5a483dad5fcb18e03611b2","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-791.246","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-791.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}