Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Corrections
Executive Bureau
Community Status; Eligibility Criteria
Part 6 - PRISONER RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
Section R. 791.6605 - Access to the news media and interviews; suspension during emergencies

Universal Citation: MI Admin Code R. 791.6605

Current through Vol. 24-16, September 15, 2024

Rule 605.

(1) A prisoner shall be allowed uncensored correspondence with a news media representative subject to R 791.6603.

(2) A prisoner shall be allowed telephone access to a news media representative subject to reasonable regulation. Access by a prisoner in a facility also is subject to R 791.6638.

(3) A prisoner in a facility may be personally interviewed by a news media representative only during a visit conducted pursuant to R 791.6607 through R 791.6611 and R 791.6614, except that a prisoner on community status pursuant to R 791.4410 shall not be personally interviewed in a community corrections center. A news media representative shall not be allowed to use or possess a camera or other audio or visual recording device while on a visit with a prisoner.

(4) Except if housed in a facility, a parolee or a probationer may be personally interviewed by a news media representative unless interviews are not permitted by an order of probation or parole.

(5) The warden may temporarily suspend prisoner access to the news media during emergencies or disorders. Such suspension shall end with the return to normalcy.

(6) Nothing in this rule creates an enforceable right of a prisoner, the news media, or a news media representative.

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