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Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities
Section 241.01 — Creation Of Department. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner. The Department of Corrections is created under...
Section 241.016 — Annual Performance Report Required. - Subdivision 1. Annual report. (a) The Department of Corrections shall...
Section 241.018 — Per Diem Calculation. - Subdivision 1. State correctional facilities. (a) The commissioner of corrections...
Section 241.02 — Transfer Of Powers And Duties. - Subdivision 1. State prisons and reformatories. All the powers and...
Section 241.021 — Licensing And Supervision Of Facilities. - Subdivision 1. Correctional facilities; inspection; licensing. (a) Except as provided...
Section 241.0222 — Contracts With Newly Constructed Jail Facilities That Provide Access To Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs. - Notwithstanding section 16C.05, subdivision 2, the commissioner may enter into...
Section 241.023 — Designation Of State Correctional Facilities. - 241.023 MS 1975 Supp [Repealed, 1976 c 149 s 63]...
Section 241.025 — Fugitive Apprehension Unit. - Subdivision 1. Authorization. The commissioner of corrections may appoint peace...
Section 241.026 — Correctional Officers Discipline Procedures. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the...
Section 241.05 — Religious Activities. - The commissioner of corrections shall allow inmates of all prisons...
Section 241.06 — Record Of Inmates; Commissioner Of Corrections. - Subdivision 1. General. The commissioner of corrections shall keep in...
Section 241.065 — Conditional Release Data System. - Subdivision 1. Definition. As used in this section, "conditional release"...
Section 241.067 — Release Of Inmates; Duties Of Commissioner. - Subdivision 1. Duties upon release. When releasing an inmate from...
Section 241.068 — Homelessness Mitigation Plan; Annual Reporting On Homelessness. - Subdivision 1. Homelessness mitigation plan; report. (a) The commissioner of...
Section 241.07 — Transfer Of Inmates To Other State Institutions. - The commissioner of corrections may transfer an inmate of any...
Section 241.08 — Money Of Inmates Of Correctional Institutions. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner custodian of money. The chief executive officer...
Section 241.09 — Unclaimed Money Or Personal Property Of Inmates Of Correctional Facilities. - Subdivision 1. Money. When the chief executive officer of any...
Section 241.10 — Disposal Of Funds; Correctional Institutions. - Every officer and employee of the several institutions under the...
Section 241.105 — Social Security Administration Incentive Payments; Inmate Discharge Planning. - Money received by the commissioner of corrections from the Social...
Section 241.11 — Protection Against Fire. - The commissioner of corrections shall provide at each institution adequate...
Section 241.13 — Contingent Account; Damage Deposits; Correctional Institutions. - Subdivision 1. Contingent account. The commissioner of corrections may permit...
Section 241.14 — Physical Examinations For Employment In Correctional Facilities. - No new employee shall begin employment in any correctional facility...
Section 241.16 — Cemetery At Correctional Facilities. - Subdivision 1. Cemetery establishment. The commissioner of corrections may establish,...
Section 241.17 — Reburial. - Subdivision 1. Removal of buried person. The commissioner of corrections...
Section 241.18 — Abandonment Of Cemetery; Court Order. - If the court makes its order under the provisions of...
Section 241.20 — Inmates To Do Conservation Work. - Whenever the commissioner of corrections deems it conducive to the...
Section 241.21 — Inmates Available To State Departments. - To carry out the purposes of section 241.20, the commissioner...
Section 241.22 — May Expend Money. - For the purposes of sections 241.20 to 241.23, the commissioner...
Section 241.23 — Chief Executive Officer To Make Selection. - When inmates are to be used in any work authorized...
Section 241.241 — Prison Gardening Program. - The commissioner shall establish a gardening program for inmates at...
Section 241.251 — Press And Media Access For Inmates. - Subdivision 1. Right of press access. Any inmate of a...
Section 241.26 — Private Employment Of Inmates Of State Correctional Institutions In Community. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner. When consistent with the public interest and...
Section 241.265 — Higher Education; Certain Payments Prohibited. - The commissioner may not pay for a college education program...
Section 241.27 — Vocational Training Of Inmates; Minnesota Correctional Industries; Revolving Accounts. - Subdivision 1. Establishment of Minnesota correctional industries; MINNCOR industries. For...
Section 241.271 — Reimbursement Of Counties And Municipalities; Budget Request. - The Department of Corrections shall include in its budget requests...
Section 241.272 — Fee Collection. - Subdivision 1. Definition. (a) As used in this section, the...
Section 241.275 — Productive Day Initiative Programs; Correctional Facilities. - Subdivision 1. Program establishment. (a) As used in this section,...
Section 241.278 — Agreements For Work Force Of State Or County Jail Inmates. - The commissioner of corrections, in the interest of inmate rehabilitation...
Section 241.28 — Citation. - Sections 241.28 to 241.30 may be cited as the Interstate...
Section 241.29 — Compact. - The Interstate Corrections Compact is hereby enacted into law and...
Section 241.30 — Powers With Relation To Compact. - The commissioner of corrections or a designee is hereby authorized...
Section 241.301 — Fingerprints Of Inmates, Parolees, And Probationers From Other States. - The commissioner of corrections shall establish procedures so that whenever...
Section 241.31 — Establishment And Operation By Municipality. - Subdivision 1. Establishment of program. Notwithstanding any provisions of Minnesota...
Section 241.32 — Establishment And Operation By State. - Subdivision 1. Community correctional programs. The commissioner of corrections may...
Section 241.33 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope of definitions. For purposes of sections 241.33...
Section 241.331 — Conditions For Applicability Of Procedures. - Subdivision 1. Request for procedures. A corrections employee may request...
Section 241.332 — Information Required To Be Given To Individuals. - Subdivision 1. Information to inmate. (a) Before seeking any consent...
Section 241.333 — Disclosure Of Positive Blood-borne Pathogen Test Results. - If the conditions of sections 241.331 and 241.332 are met,...
Section 241.334 — Consent Procedures Generally. - (a) For purposes of sections 241.33 to 241.342, whenever the...
Section 241.335 — Testing Of Available Blood. - Subdivision 1. Procedures with consent. If a sample of the...
Section 241.336 — Blood Sample Collection For Testing. - Subdivision 1. Procedures with consent. (a) If a blood sample...
Section 241.337 — No Care Or Treatment Withheld. - A correctional facility shall not withhold care or treatment on...
Section 241.338 — Use Of Test Results. - Blood-borne pathogen test results of an inmate obtained under sections...
Section 241.339 — Test Information Confidentiality. - Test results obtained under sections 241.33 to 241.342 are private...
Section 241.341 — Protocol For Exposure To Blood-borne Pathogens. - (a) Correctional facilities shall follow applicable Occupational Safety and Health...
Section 241.342 — Immunity. - A correctional facility, licensed physician, and designated health care personnel...
Section 241.40 — Periodic Reviews Of Substance Abuse Assessment Process. - By January 15, 2007, and at least once every three...
Section 241.415 — Release Plans; Substance Abuse. - The commissioner shall cooperate with community-based corrections agencies to determine...
Section 241.416 — Substance Abuse Programs; Record Keeping. - The commissioner shall keep adequate records regarding inmate participation in...
Section 241.67 — Sex Offender Treatment; Programs; Standards; Data. - Subdivision 1. Sex offender treatment. A sex offender treatment system...
Section 241.69 — Mental Health Unit; Establishment. - Subdivision 1. Authority; rules. The commissioner of corrections shall, in...
Section 241.70 — Programs For Female Offenders. - Subdivision 1. Type of programs. Adult women charged with or...
Section 241.71 — Creation Of Advisory Task Force. - The commissioner of corrections may appoint an advisory task force...
Section 241.72 — Program Funding. - Subdivision 1. Grants-in-aid. To assist those counties or agencies that...
Section 241.73 — Duties Of Commissioner. - The commissioner of corrections shall: (1) review all county plans...
Section 241.75 — Inmate Health Care Decisions. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b),...
Section 241.80 — American Indian Cultural Program. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner of corrections shall develop a...
Section 241.85 — Educational Assessments. - Subdivision 1. Assessments; programming plans. The commissioner of corrections shall...
Section 241.86 — Mentoring Grant For Children Of Incarcerated Parents. - Subdivision 1. Mentoring grant. The commissioner of corrections shall award...
Section 241.87 — Definitions. - As used in sections 241.88 and 241.89, the following terms...
Section 241.88 — Restraining An Incarcerated Pregnant Woman. - Subdivision 1. Restraint. (a) A representative of a correctional facility...
Section 241.89 — Requirements For An Incarcerated Woman. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies only to a woman:...
Section 241.90 — Office Of Ombudsperson; Creation; Qualifications; Function. - The Office of Ombudsperson for the Department of Corrections is...
Section 241.91 — Definition. - For the purposes of sections 241.90 to 241.95, "administrative agency"...
Section 241.92 — Organization Of Office Of Ombudsperson. - Subdivision 1. Employee selection. The ombudsperson may select, appoint, and...
Section 241.93 — Powers Of Ombudsperson; Investigations; Action On Complaints; Recommendations. - Subdivision 1. Powers. The ombudsperson may: (1) prescribe the methods...
Section 241.94 — Access By Ombudsperson To Data. - Notwithstanding section 13.384 or 13.85, the ombudsperson has access to...
Section 241.95 — Publication Of Recommendations; Reports. - Subdivision 1. Publication. The ombudsperson may publish conclusions and suggestions...
Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles
Section 242.085 — State Policy Regarding Placement Of Juveniles Out Of State. - It is the policy of this state that delinquent juveniles...
Section 242.09 — Cooperation; Other Agencies. - The commissioner of human services, the commissioner of education, and...
Section 242.10 — Hearing Officers, Powers; Probation, Commitment, Parole. - The commissioner of corrections may designate from among the members...
Section 242.14 — Placement In Penal Institution Prohibited. - The commissioner of corrections shall not have power by virtue...
Section 242.18 — Study Of Offender's Background; Rehabilitation. - When a person has been committed to the commissioner of...
Section 242.19 — Disposition Of Juvenile Offenders. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1977 c 392 s 14] Subd. 2....
Section 242.192 — Charges To Counties. - The commissioner shall charge counties or other appropriate jurisdictions 65...
Section 242.195 — Juvenile Sex Offenders. - Subdivision 1. Sex offender programs. (a) The commissioner of corrections...
Section 242.20 — Training. - As a means of correcting the socially harmful tendencies of...
Section 242.21 — Cooperation; State Institutions, Local Police Officers. - The commissioner of corrections may enter into agreement with the...
Section 242.22 — Local Probation Officer; Powers, Duties. - Any person committed to the commissioner of corrections from a...
Section 242.31 — Restoration Of Civil Rights; Possession Of Firearms. - Subdivision 1. Restoration. Whenever a person who has been committed...
Section 242.32 — Constructive Programs; Cooperation Secure Placement. - Subdivision 1. Community-based programming. The commissioner of corrections shall be...
Section 242.385 — Minnesota Correctional Facility-lino Lakes. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. There is hereby established the Minnesota Correctional...
Section 242.41 — Minnesota Correctional Facility-red Wing. - There is established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing at Red...
Section 242.43 — Commissioner Duties; Children Committed To Commissioner. - The commissioner of corrections shall receive, clothe, maintain, and instruct...
Section 242.44 — Pupils. - The commissioner of corrections, so far as the accommodations of...
Section 242.45 — Children Committed By United States Courts. - The commissioner of corrections shall receive into custody and keep...
Section 242.46 — Probation Services; Juvenile Courts. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1977 c 392 s 14] Subd. 2....
Section 242.47 — Interference With Inmates. - Every person who abducts, conceals, entices, carries away, or improperly...
Section 242.48 — No Roads Or Streets Through Grounds. - No individual, copartnership, or corporation, public or private, shall lay...
Section 242.55 — Academic Program. - The academic program at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing shall...
Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults
Section 243.05 — Commissioner Of Corrections; Powers, Limitations. - Subdivision 1. Conditional release. (a) The commissioner of corrections may...
Section 243.055 — Computer Restrictions. - Subdivision 1. Restrictions to use of online services. If the...
Section 243.15 — Female Prisoners; Pregnant. - When it shall be made to appear by the properly...
Section 243.1605 — Interstate Compact For Adult Offender Supervision. - ARTICLE I PURPOSE The compacting states to this interstate compact...
Section 243.1606 — Advisory Council On Interstate Adult Offender Supervision. - Subdivision 1. Membership. The Advisory Council on Interstate Adult Offender...
Section 243.1607 — Interstate Adult Offender Supervision Compact Administrator. - (a) The commissioner of corrections or the commissioner's designee shall...
Section 243.161 — Residing In Minnesota Without Permission Under Interstate Compact; Penalty. - Subdivision 1. MS 2004 [Repealed, 2002 c 268 s 7]...
Section 243.166 — Registration Of Predatory Offenders. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2005 c 136 art 3 s 31]...
Section 243.167 — Registration Under Predatory Offender Registration Law For Other Offenses. - Subdivision 1. Definition. As used in this section, "crime against...
Section 243.17 — Sheriff, Expenses Conveying Prisoners. - Subdivision 1. Allowed expenses. The commissioner of management and budget...
Section 243.20 — Discharge; Clothing; Money. - Upon the release by discharge or on parole of any...
Section 243.21 — Trespassing Upon Institution Grounds; Detention. - Subdivision 1. Prohibition. No person shall trespass or loiter upon...
Section 243.211 — Unauthorized Communication With Prisoners. - Every person who, not being authorized by law or by...
Section 243.212 — Co-payments For Health Services. - Any inmate of an adult correctional facility under the control...
Section 243.23 — Compensation Paid To Inmates. - Subdivision 1. Compensation. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the...
Section 243.24 — Money, How Used; Forfeiture. - Subdivision 1. Sole benefit of inmate. Any money arising under...
Section 243.241 — Civil Action Money Damages. - Money damages recovered in a civil action by an inmate...
Section 243.251 — Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. - (a) "Veteran" means a person who served in the United...
Section 243.255 — Private Insurance Policies; Subrogation. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (a) "commissioner"...
Section 243.40 — Minnesota Correctional Facility-stillwater. - There is established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater at Stillwater, Minnesota,...
Section 243.465 — Diversified Labor Accounts. - Money received in payment for the services of inmate labor...
Section 243.48 — Visitors; State Correctional Facilities. - Subdivision 1. General searches. The commissioner of corrections, the state...
Section 243.49 — Commitment Papers; Duty Of Court Administrator. - Upon a plea of guilty or finding of guilty after...
Section 243.50 — Payment Of Court Reporter. - Such transcripts and tapes shall be furnished by the court...
Section 243.51 — United States Prisoners; Prisoners From Other States. - Subdivision 1. Contracting with other states and federal government. The...
Section 243.515 — Transfer Under Treaty; Extradition Under Treaty. - Whenever a treaty is in force between the United States...
Section 243.52 — Discipline; Prevention Of Escape; Duty To Report. - Subdivision 1. Discipline and prevention of escape. If any person...
Section 243.521 — Administrative And Disciplinary Segregation. - Subdivision 1. Authorization. In any adult correctional facility under the...
Section 243.53 — Correctional Institutions; Occupancy Limits Of Cells. - Subdivision 1. Separate cells. (a) When there are sufficient cells...
Section 243.55 — Contraband Articles; Exceptions; Penalty. - Subdivision 1. Contraband; bringing into correctional facility; felony. Any person...
Section 243.552 — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Prohibition. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, an...
Section 243.555 — Smoking By Inmates Prohibited. - No inmate in a state correctional facility may possess or...
Section 243.556 — Restrictions On Inmates' Computer Access. - Subdivision 1. Restrictions to use of online services. No adult...
Section 243.557 — Inmate Meals. - Where inmates in a state correctional facility are not routinely...
Section 243.56 — Communication With Chief Executive Officer And Commissioner. - Every inmate of a state correctional facility may communicate, in...
Section 243.57 — Contagious Disease; Removal Of Inmates. - In case of an epidemic of any infectious or contagious...
Section 243.58 — Escaped Inmates; Warrant; Reward. - If an inmate escapes from any state correctional facility under...
Section 243.59 — Communication With Inmates. - No person, without the consent of the chief executive officer,...
Section 243.61 — Contract Labor; Tools And Machinery. - No contracts for leasing the labor of prisoners confined in...
Section 243.62 — Selling Of Labor Of Inmates Prohibited. - It is unlawful for the commissioner of corrections, or the...
Section 243.75 — Minnesota Correctional Facility-st. Cloud. - There is established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud at St....
Section 243.87 — Goods Made For National Defense. - Nothing in section 241.27 shall be construed to prevent the...
Section 243.88 — Private Industry On Grounds Of Correctional Institutions. - Subdivision 1. Lease correctional buildings. Notwithstanding the provisions of any...
Section 243.90 — Minnesota Correctional Facility-shakopee. - There is established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee at Shakopee, Minnesota,...
Section 243.91 — Transfer Of Female Offenders. - When special circumstances warrant, or when the chief executive officer...
Section 243.93 — Correctional Facility Site Selection Committee. - Subdivision 1. Creation; membership. (a) An advisory task force is...
Section 243.94 — Minnesota Correctional Facility-rush City. - There is established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Rush City at Rush...
Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release
Section 244.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of sections 244.01 to 244.11,...
Section 244.03 — Rehabilitative Programs. - The commissioner shall provide appropriate mental health programs and vocational...
Section 244.035 — Sanctions Related To Litigation. - (a) As used in this section, "board" means a licensing...
Section 244.04 — Good Time. - Subdivision 1. Reduction of sentence; inmates sentenced for crimes committed...
Section 244.05 — Supervised Release Term. - Subdivision 1. Supervised release required. Except as provided in subdivisions...
Section 244.051 — Early Reports Of Missing Offenders. - All programs serving inmates on supervised release following a prison...
Section 244.0513 — Conditional Release Of Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offenders; Treatment. - Subdivision 1. Conditional release authority. The commissioner of corrections has...
Section 244.052 — Predatory Offenders; Notice. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "confinement"...
Section 244.0521 — Training Materials On The Dangers Of Predatory Offenders. - By October 1, 2010, the commissioner of corrections, in consultation...
Section 244.053 — Notice Of Release Of Certain Offenders. - Subdivision 1. Notice of impending release. At least 60 days...
Section 244.054 — Discharge Plans; Mentally Ill Offenders. - Subdivision 1. Offer to develop plan. The commissioner of human...
Section 244.056 — Predatory Offender; Seeking Housing In Different Jurisdiction. - If a corrections agency supervising an offender who is required...
Section 244.057 — Predatory Offender; Household With Children. - A corrections agency supervising an offender required to register as...
Section 244.065 — Private Employment Of Inmates Or Specialized Programming For Pregnant Inmates Of State Correctional Institutions In Community. - Subdivision 1. Work. When consistent with the public interest and...
Section 244.07 — Furloughs. - Subdivision 1. Authority. If consistent with the public interest, the...
Section 244.08 — Commissioner Of Corrections. - Subdivision 1. Authority; duties; powers. Effective May 1, 1980, the...
Section 244.085 — Felony Dwi Report. - By January 15 of each year, the commissioner shall report...
Section 244.09 — Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission. - Subdivision 1. Commission; establishment. There is hereby established the Minnesota...
Section 244.10 — Sentencing Hearing; Deviation From Guidelines. - Subdivision 1. Sentencing hearing. Whenever a person is convicted of...
Section 244.101 — Sentencing Of Felony Offenders Who Commit Offenses On And After August 1, 1993. - Subdivision 1. Executed sentences. When a felony offender is sentenced...
Section 244.11 — Appellate Review Of Sentence. - Subdivision 1. Generally. An appeal to the court of appeals...
Section 244.12 — Intensive Community Supervision. - Subdivision 1. Generally. The commissioner may order that an offender...
Section 244.13 — Intensive Community Supervision And Intensive Supervised Release. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of corrections shall establish programs...
Section 244.14 — Intensive Community Supervision; Basic Elements. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. This section governs the intensive community supervision...
Section 244.15 — Intensive Community Supervision; Phases I To Iv. - Subdivision 1. Duration. Phase I of an intensive community supervision...
Section 244.16 — Day-fines. - Subdivision 1. Model system. The Sentencing Guidelines Commission shall develop...
Section 244.17 — Challenge Incarceration Program. - Subdivision 1. Generally. (a) The commissioner may select offenders who...
Section 244.171 — Challenge Incarceration Program; Basic Elements. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. The commissioner shall administer an intensive, structured,...
Section 244.172 — Challenge Incarceration Program; Phases I To Iii. - Subdivision 1. Phase I. Phase I of the program lasts...
Section 244.173 — Challenge Incarceration Program; Evaluation And Report. - The commissioner shall develop a system for gathering and analyzing...
Section 244.18 — Local Correctional Fees; Imposition On Offenders. - Subdivision 1. Definition. As used in this section, "local correctional...
Section 244.19 — Probation Officers. - Subdivision 1. Appointment; joint services; state services. (a) If a...
Section 244.195 — Detention And Release; Probationers, Conditional Releasees, And Pretrial Releasees. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) As used in this subdivision, the...
Section 244.196 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in sections 244.196 to 244.199,...
Section 244.197 — Initiation Of Sanctions Conference. - Subdivision 1. Authority. Unless the district court directs otherwise, a...
Section 244.198 — Participation In Sanctions Conference. - Subdivision 1. Election to participate. If the offender elects to...
Section 244.199 — Election Not To Participate. - If the offender elects not to participate in the sanctions...
Section 244.1995 — Sanctions Conference Procedures. - The chief executive officer of a local corrections agency, with...
Section 244.20 — Probation Supervision. - Notwithstanding sections 244.19, subdivision 1, and 609.135, subdivision 1, the...
Section 244.21 — Information On Offenders Under Supervision; Reports. - Subdivision 1. Collection of information by probation service providers; report...
Section 244.22 — Probation Service Providers; Caseload Reduction Grant Money. - (a) The commissioner of corrections shall review the planned expenditures...
Section 244.24 — Classification System For Adult Offenders. - By February 1, 1998, all probation agencies shall adopt written...
Section 244.30 — Cap On Incarceration For First-time Supervised Release Violations; Exception For Sex Offenders. - (a) If the commissioner revokes the supervised release of a...
Section 244.32 — Alternatives To Incarceration Pilot Program. - (a) Agencies providing supervision to offenders on probation, parole, or...