What does it mean to go through quarantine?
As a general rule, if you are sentenced to a year or less you will remain in the local county jail. If the judge sentences you to a year or more he can send you to prison. When sentenced to prison the person will be sent to Jackson, MI where they will go through “quarantine.”
Quarantine is where the person is processed and classified based on several factors, including prior record, substance abuse issues, the length of the sentence and the crime convicted of. Once the classification process is over, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) will send them to the appropriate prison somewhere in the state of Michigan. The “quarantine” process normally takes approximately a month to complete before knowing exactly where the person will serve their time.
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Marcus D. Wilcox
Attorney at Law, esq.
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