Jones v. Department of Corrections

*648Young, J.

We granted leave to appeal in this case to consider whether plaintiff parolee was properly discharged from prison where defendant, the Department of Corrections, failed to conduct a timely fact-finding hearing under MCL 791.240a on plaintiffs parole violation charges.1 Because we conclude that nothing in the plain language of MCL 791.240a permits the release of a parole violator under the circumstances of this case and that the appropriate remedy for the department’s failure to timely conduct a fact-finding hearing is a writ of mandamus, we reverse the judgment of the Court of…