Sec. 1845.
(1) All prisoners committed to any jail upon process for contempt or committed for misconduct in the cases prescribed by law, shall be actually confined and detained within the jail until they are discharged from the jail by due course of law or are removed to some other jail or place of confinement in the cases provided by law.
(2) If any sheriff or keeper of a jail permits or suffers any prisoner so committed to jail to go or be at large out of his prison, except by virtue of writ of habeas corpus or order of court or as otherwise provided by the law, he is liable for the damages sustained to the party aggrieved. And he is also guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961
Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)
236-1961-18 - Chapter 18 Process and Arrests (600.1801...600.1865)
Section 600.1801 - Process; Service and Return; Service on Sheriff or Deputies.
Section 600.1805 - Process; Expiration or Vacancy in Office of Sheriff; Effect.
Section 600.1809 - Process; Amendment of Return.
Section 600.1811 - Process; Appointment of Substitute Server.
Section 600.1815 - Capias Ad Respondendum; Abolishment.
Section 600.1821 - Arrest; Exemptions.
Section 600.1825 - Arrest; Privileged Persons.
Section 600.1831 - Civil Process; Exemptions.
Section 600.1835 - Civil Process; Privileged Persons.
Section 600.1841 - Civil Process; Service on Great Lakes or Border Waters.
Section 600.1845 - Confinement in Jail; Liability for Release, Penalty.
Section 600.1851 - Repealed. 1967, Act 178, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.
Section 600.1852 - Service of Process Outside This State; Order.
Section 600.1855 - Service of Process; Public Bodies, Duties of Officers.