Section 791.1101. Definitions.

Rule 101.  As used in these rules:

(a)     "Department" means the department of corrections.

(b)     "Director" means the director of the department.

(c)     "Facility" means a corrections center, technical rule violation center, special alternative incarceration program facility, an institution, or a part thereof that is maintained by the department.

(d)     "Institution" means a facility that is under the administrative control of the deputy director of correctional facilities administration

(e)      "Offender" means a prisoner, parolee, or probationer who is committed to the jurisdiction of the department.

(f)         "Ombudsman" or "corrections ombudsman" means the office of the legislative corrections ombudsman created by 1975 PA 46, MCL 4.351 et seq.

(g)       "Resident" means a prisoner who is committed to the jurisdiction of the department.

History: 1979 AC; 1989 AACS; 1993 AACS; 2002 AACS.