Michigan Compiled Laws Complete Through PA 91 of 2026
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Sec. 196.
Breaking, escaping or attempting to break or escape from county work farms, etc.—Any
person lawfully committed to any work farm, factory or shop established and provided by law
by the various counties of this state for the confinement, punishment and reformation of
persons sentenced thereto, who shall escape from or break away therefrom with intent to
escape therefrom, or who shall attempt by any force or violence or in any other manner to
break or escape from said work farm, factory or shop, whether such escape be effected or not,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment at said work farm, factory or
shop or in the county jail of such county at the discretion of the court, for a term of not more
than double the term for which he was so sentenced, to commence from and after the
expiration of his former sentence.§ 750.196Breaking prison; county work farm, factory or shop
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