The DOC provides room, board, and health care for all prisoners, as well as mental health care, substance abuse treatment, education and work, for offenders placed in its jurisdiction. All adults convicted of felonies for which the statutory maximum is more than one year may be sentenced to the State's prison system. The DOC also houses youthful offenders convicted as adults. The DOC supervises over 66,000 offenders in the community through probation and parole. Offenders sentenced to probation by circuit court judges are supervised by the DOC, whereas district court probationers are supervised at the county level.
Parolees are felons released from prison to community supervision.
Any probationer who violates the terms of probation may be sentenced to prison by a judge. Parole violators may be returned to prison or sent to Technical Rule Violator centers. Also, the DOC maintains statistical information for research, oversees Michigan State Industries, which sells prisoner-produced goods to government and nonprofit organizations, and interacts with local government through the community corrections, reimbursement, and enforcement of State jail rules. The division is responsible for the operation of all prisons and camps including the reception and classification process, and treatment and transfer of prisoners. The division is responsible for State probation and parole supervision.