November 14, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Hansen and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 197c (MCL 750.197c), as amended by 1998 PA 510.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 197c. (1) A person lawfully imprisoned in a jail, other
place of confinement established by law for any term, or lawfully
imprisoned for any purpose at any other place, including but not
limited to hospitals and other health care facilities or awaiting
examination, trial, arraignment, sentence, or after sentence
awaiting or during transfer to or from a prison, for a crime or
offense, or charged with a crime or offense who, without being
discharged from the place of confinement, or other lawful
imprisonment by due process of law, through the use of violence,
threats of violence or dangerous weapons, assaults an employee of
the place of confinement or other custodian knowing the person to
be an employee or custodian or breaks the place of confinement and
escapes, or breaks the place of confinement although an escape is
not actually made, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment
for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $2,500.00, or
both.
(2) As used in this section:
(a)
"Place of confinement" includes a youth correctional
facility operated by the department of corrections, a local unit of
government, or a private vendor under section 20g
20i of 1953 PA
232,
MCL 791.220g 791.220i.
(b) "Employee" includes persons who are employed by the place
of confinement as independent contractors.