Section 798.13 - Special alternative incarceration units; establishment; purposes; transportation to unit; processing; transfer(1) The department shall establish special alternative incarceration units for the purpose of housing and training probationers eligible for special alternative incarceration pursuant to section 3b of chapter XI of the code of criminal procedure, Act No. 175 of the Public Acts of 1927, being section 771.3b of the Michigan Compiled Laws. A probationer who is placed in a unit by a court shall be transported by the county sheriff directly to a unit and shall not be processed through the department's reception center for prisoners. The department may transfer a probationer from 1 unit to another unit at the department's discretion, during the probationer's incarceration in a unit.(2) The department shall establish special alternative incarceration units for the purpose of housing and training prisoners eligible for special alternative incarceration pursuant to section 34a of Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1953, being section 791.234a of the Michigan Compiled Laws.1988, Act 287, Imd. Eff. 8/1/1988 ;--Am. 1992, Act 23, Imd. Eff. 3/19/1992.