Sec. 3.
Prisoners arrested on civil process, other than for civil contempt, shall be kept in rooms separate and distinct from those in which prisoners detained on a criminal charge or conviction are confined. Prisoners arrested for civil contempt shall not be housed with other prisoners detained on criminal charges, except those detained on a misdemeanor charge. Except as otherwise provided in this section, prisoners arrested on civil and criminal process shall not be put or kept in the same room.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 148 ;-- CL 1857, 5577 ;-- CL 1871, 7364 ;-- How. 8941 ;-- CL 1897, 10534 ;-- CL 1915, 14762 ;-- CL 1929, 17699 ;-- CL 1948, 801.103 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 156, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986