State Treasurer v. Wilson

This case involves an action by the Michigan Department of Corrections to obtain reimbursement from an inmate for the cost of maintaining the inmate while housed in a state prison. The statute involved is the Prison Reimbursement Act (now the State Correctional Facility Reimbursement Act), MCL 800.401 et seq.; MSA 28.1701 et seq. Our previous opinion is reported at 132 Mich App 648; 347 NW2d 770 (1984). In that opinion we affirmed an order of the circuit court which dismissed the case on the ground that the Prison Reimbursement Act was violative of equal protection standards. However, the…