MI SB1449

Changes "re-transfer" to "retransfer" and clarifies that prisoners subject to disciplinary time must remain in secure correctional facilities during their minimum sentence except for specific supervised absences.

Removes private vendor youth facility supervision from the list of approved supervision types for prisoners subject to disciplinary time who are temporarily away from secure facilities.

Adds "transitional employment," "cognitive," and "treatment" program participation as eligible activities for extended confinement limits, allowing prisoners to participate in these programs while housed in community corrections centers or residential homes.

Eliminates the prohibition on extending confinement limits to prisoners subject to disciplinary time, allowing the director to grant extensions for visiting critically ill relatives, attending funerals, and obtaining medical services under escort.

Restructures subsections (5) through (9) in section 65a by removing the blanket restriction on disciplinary time prisoners and maintaining existing restrictions on violent crime offenders until 180 days of minimum sentence remain, and on first-degree murder convicts until a parole release date is established and 15 years are served.