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MN Stat § 243.49 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.49 — Commitment Papers; Duty Of Court Administrator.

243.49 COMMITMENT PAPERS; DUTY OF COURT ADMINISTRATOR. Upon a plea of guilty or finding of guilty after trial, the court administrator of every court which sentences a defendant for a felony or gross misdemeanor to the custody of the commissioner of corrections or to the superintendent of the workhouse or work farm, shall provide the officer or person having custody of the defendant a certified record for commitment, including a copy of the indictment and plea. The record shall also include the trial judge's impressions of the defendant's mental and physical condition, general character, capacity, disposition, habits and special needs. The certified record for commitment may be used as evidence in any postconviction proceeding brought by the defendant. The court administrator shall also deliver to the sheriff or other officer or person conveying the defendant to the correctional facility, workhouse, or work farm designated by the commissioner of corrections or the judge a warrant of commitment together with a certified copy of the warrant directing the conveyor to deliver the person and the certified record for commitment to the principal officer in charge of the correctional facility, workhouse, or work farm. Upon the delivery of any person, the principal officer in charge of the correctional facility, workhouse, or work farm shall keep the certified copy of the warrant of commitment and endorse the principal officer's receipt upon the original, which shall be filed with the sentencing court. The court administrator shall retain a recording and the court reporter's notes of all proceedings. History:  (10797) RL s 5436; 1911 c 228 s 1; 1961 c 602 s 1; 1965 c 869 s 15; 1967 c 696 s 1; 1969 c 448 s 2; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1983 c 40 s 1; 1985 c 38 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 2017 c 95 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 243.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.50 — Payment Of Court Reporter.

243.50 PAYMENT OF COURT REPORTER. Such transcripts and tapes shall be furnished by the court reporter who shall be paid therefor by the state courts, on certificates duly certified to by the judge presiding at the sentence, the same fee per folio provided by statute for transcripts of testimony furnished to parties ordering the same in civil proceedings and for tapes on a costs basis. History:  (10798) 1911 c 228 s 2; 1965 c 869 s 16; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 216 art 7 s 18
MN Stat § 243.515 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.515 — Transfer Under Treaty; Extradition Under Treaty.

243.515 TRANSFER UNDER TREATY; EXTRADITION UNDER TREATY. Whenever a treaty is in force between the United States and a foreign country providing for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, and for the extradition of persons residing in the territory of the United States who have been charged with or convicted of crime committed within the territory of that foreign country, the governor may, on behalf of the state and subject to the terms of the appropriate treaty, authorize the commissioner of corrections to: (1) consent to the transfer or exchange of offenders; and (2) deliver any inmate of a state correctional facility for whom an extradition demand has been made pursuant to this section to the custody of the appropriate officials of the United States for surrender to the proper officials of that foreign country. The commissioner of corrections shall take any other action necessary to implement the participation of this state in the treaty. The extradition of any convicted offender from the custody of the commissioner of corrections shall not diminish the effect of any sentence pursuant to which the offender was committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections. The sentence shall continue to run during the time that the offender is in the custody of the appropriate officials of the United States or the foreign country to which extradited. The offender shall not be subject to return to the territory of the United States and to the custody of the commissioner of corrections pursuant to this section unless there remains an unserved portion of the Minnesota sentence. History:  1981 c 238 s 1; 1985 c 74 s 1
MN Stat § 243.53 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.53 — Correctional Institutions; Occupancy Limits Of Cells.

243.53 CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS; OCCUPANCY LIMITS OF CELLS. Subdivision 1. Separate cells. (a) When there are sufficient cells available, each inmate shall be confined in a separate cell. Each inmate shall be confined in a separate cell in institutions classified by the commissioner as custody level five institutions. (b) Correctional institutions classified by the commissioner as custody level one, two, three, or four institutions must permit multiple occupancy, except segregation units, to the greatest extent possible not to exceed the limits of facility infrastructure and programming space. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1997 c 238 s 6] History:  (10801) RL s 5439; 1992 c 571 art 11 s 2; 1997 c 238 s 2; 2001 c 210 s 14; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 5 s 4; 2004 c 156 s 1
MN Stat § 243.55 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.55 — Contraband Articles; Exceptions; Penalty.

243.55 CONTRABAND ARTICLES; EXCEPTIONS; PENALTY. Subdivision 1. Contraband; bringing into correctional facility; felony. Any person who brings, sends, or in any manner causes to be introduced into any state correctional facility or state hospital, or within or upon the grounds belonging to or land or controlled by any such facility or hospital, or is found in possession of any controlled substance as defined in section 152.01, subdivision 4, or any firearms, weapons or explosives of any kind, without the consent of the chief executive officer thereof, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, punished by imprisonment for a term of not more than ten years. Any person who brings, sends, or in any manner causes to be introduced into any state correctional facility or within or upon the grounds belonging to or land controlled by the facility, or is found in the possession of any intoxicating or alcoholic liquor or malt beverage of any kind without the consent of the chief executive officer thereof, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. The provisions of this section shall not apply to physicians carrying drugs or introducing any of the above described liquors into such facilities for use in the practice of their profession; nor to sheriffs or other peace officers carrying revolvers or firearms as such officers in the discharge of duties. Subd. 2. Search for contraband. The chief executive officer of any state correctional facility may, under rules prescribed by the commissioner of corrections, provide for the search of all persons admitted into the facility or upon the grounds thereof. The head of any state hospital may, under rules prescribed by the commissioner of human services, provide for the search of all persons admitted into the hospital or upon the grounds thereof. Any contraband as described in subdivision 1 is subject to confiscation by the chief executive officer of a facility or the head of a hospital. Subd. 3. State hospital or hospital; definition. As used in this section, "state hospital" or "hospital" means any state-operated facility or hospital under the authority of the commissioner of human services for (a) persons with mental illness, developmental disabilities, or chemical dependency, (b) sex offenders, (c) persons with a sexual psychopathic personality, or (d) sexually dangerous person. History:  (10803) 1913 c 196 s 1; 1915 c 241 s 1; 1923 c 391 s 1; 1959 c 85 s 1; 1974 c 291 s 1; 1979 c 102 s 6; 1980 c 390 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 2; 1989 c 290 art 3 s 24; 1Sp1994 c 1 art 2 s 21; 2004 c 288 art 3 s 6; 2005 c 56 s 1
MN Stat § 243.552 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.552 — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Prohibition.

243.552 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PROHIBITION. Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, an "unmanned aerial vehicle" means an aircraft that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft. Subd. 2. Crimes. (a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly flies an unmanned aerial vehicle in the airspace over a state correctional facility or over the grounds belonging to or land controlled by the facility without the written consent of the commissioner of corrections or designee. (b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person violates paragraph (a) and uses the vehicle to: (1) record images, including but not limited to video and photographs, of the correctional facility or its grounds; or (2) introduce or attempt to introduce any items that are not contraband under section 243.55. History:   2020 c 110 s 5
MN Stat § 243.555 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.555 — Smoking By Inmates Prohibited.

243.555 SMOKING BY INMATES PROHIBITED. No inmate in a state correctional facility may possess or use tobacco or a tobacco-related device. For the purposes of this section, "tobacco" and "tobacco-related device" have the meanings given in section 609.685, subdivision 1. This section does not prohibit the possession or use of tobacco or a tobacco-related device by an adult as a part of a traditional Indian spiritual or cultural ceremony. For purposes of this section, an Indian is a person who is a member of an Indian tribe as defined in section 260.755, subdivision 12. History:  1996 c 408 art 8 s 5; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2
MN Stat § 243.556 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.556 — Restrictions On Inmates' Computer Access.

243.556 RESTRICTIONS ON INMATES' COMPUTER ACCESS. Subdivision 1. Restrictions to use of online services. No adult inmate in a state correctional facility may use or have access to any Internet service or online service, except for work, educational, and vocational purposes approved by the commissioner. Subd. 2. Restrictions on computer use. The commissioner shall restrict inmates' computer use to legitimate work, educational, and vocational purposes. Subd. 3. Monitoring of computer use. The commissioner shall monitor all computer use by inmates and perform regular inspections of computer equipment. History:   1997 c 239 art 9 s 23
MN Stat § 243.557 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.557 — Inmate Meals.

243.557 INMATE MEALS. Where inmates in a state correctional facility are not routinely absent from the facility for work or other purposes, the commissioner must make three meals available Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, and at least two meals available on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. History:   1Sp2003 c 2 art 5 s 5
MN Stat § 243.56 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.56 — Communication With Chief Executive Officer And Commissioner.

243.56 COMMUNICATION WITH CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND COMMISSIONER. Every inmate of a state correctional facility may communicate, in writing, with the chief executive officer of the facility and the commissioner of corrections, under rules prescribed by the commissioner for that purpose. History:  (10804) RL s 5441; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1979 c 102 s 7
MN Stat § 243.57 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.57 — Contagious Disease; Removal Of Inmates.

243.57 CONTAGIOUS DISEASE; REMOVAL OF INMATES. In case of an epidemic of any infectious or contagious disease in any state correctional facility under control of the commissioner of corrections, by which the health or lives of the inmates may be endangered, the chief executive officer thereof, with the approval of the commissioner of corrections may cause the inmates so affected to be removed to some other secure and suitable place or places for care and treatment; and, if the facility is destroyed, in whole or in part, by fire or other casualty and becomes unsuitable for proper detention and custody of the inmates, the chief executive officer, with the approval of the commissioner, may remove them, or any number of inmates, to another safe and appropriate place as may be provided. History:  (10805) RL s 5442; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 16
MN Stat § 243.58 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.58 — Escaped Inmates; Warrant; Reward.

243.58 ESCAPED INMATES; WARRANT; REWARD. If an inmate escapes from any state correctional facility under the control of the commissioner of corrections, the commissioner shall issue a warrant directed to any peace officer requiring that the fugitive be taken into immediate custody and returned to any state correctional facility designated by the commissioner. The chief executive officer of the facility from which the escape occurred shall use all proper means to apprehend and return the escapee, which may include the offer of a reward of not more than $100 to be paid from the state treasury, for information leading to the arrest and return to custody of the escapee. History:  (10806) RL s 5443; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 17; 1983 c 264 s 7
MN Stat § 243.59 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.59 — Communication With Inmates.

243.59 COMMUNICATION WITH INMATES. No person, without the consent of the chief executive officer, shall bring into or carry out of any state correctional facility any writing or any information to or from any inmate thereof. Every violation of this provision shall be a misdemeanor, and punished accordingly. On discovery, such person may be arrested by any prison officer without warrant. History:  (10807) RL s 5444; 1979 c 102 s 8
MN Stat § 243.61 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.61 — Contract Labor; Tools And Machinery.

243.61 CONTRACT LABOR; TOOLS AND MACHINERY. No contracts for leasing the labor of prisoners confined in any such institution, at a certain rate per diem, giving the contractor full control of the labor of the prisoners, shall be made; but such prisoners shall be employed, under rules established by the commissioner of corrections, in such industries as shall, from time to time, be fixed upon by the officers in charge and the commissioner, or in the manufacture of articles by the piece, under the so-called "piece price system," by contracts with persons furnishing the materials. The chief officer, under the direction of the commissioner, shall purchase such tools, implements, and machinery as the officer shall deem necessary for the work. History:  (10810) RL s 5447; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 243.62 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.62 — Selling Of Labor Of Inmates Prohibited.

243.62 SELLING OF LABOR OF INMATES PROHIBITED. It is unlawful for the commissioner of corrections, or the chief executive officer of any state adult correctional facility, or any person exercising control of or supervision over any inmate sentenced to and confined in the facility to enter into any contract or agreement, or any arrangement, in which the labor or service of the inmate is either sold or leased or otherwise disposed of for hire to any person or to any party. History:  (10811) 1909 c 481 s 1; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1983 c 264 s 8
MN Stat § 243.75 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.75 — Minnesota Correctional Facility-st. Cloud.

243.75 MINNESOTA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-ST. CLOUD. There is established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud at St. Cloud, Minnesota, in which may be placed persons committed to the commissioner of corrections by the courts of this state who, in the opinion of the commissioner, may benefit from the programs available thereat. The general control and management of the facility shall be under the commissioner of corrections. History:  (10823) RL s 5453; 1945 c 565 s 4; 1947 c 80 s 1; 1949 c 127 s 1; 1951 c 292 s 1; 1953 c 255 s 1; 1955 c 244 s 1; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1961 c 750 s 14 subd 3; 1963 c 214 s 1; 1979 c 102 s 9
MN Stat § 243.87 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.87 — Goods Made For National Defense.

243.87 GOODS MADE FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE. Nothing in section 241.27 shall be construed to prevent the production or sale of any article for purposes of national defense during times of national emergency where such production or sale is otherwise permitted by the laws of the United States or the state of Minnesota. History:  1953 c 616 s 4; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 102
MN Stat § 243.90 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.90 — Minnesota Correctional Facility-shakopee.

243.90 MINNESOTA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-SHAKOPEE. There is established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee at Shakopee, Minnesota, in which may be placed persons committed to the commissioner of corrections by the courts of this state who, in the opinion of the commissioner, may benefit from the programs thereat. The general control and management of the facility shall be under the commissioner. History:  (10839) 1915 c 324 s 1; 1921 c 29 s 1; 1937 c 75 s 1; 1955 c 261 s 1; 1959 c 263 s 3; 1967 c 398 s 1; 1979 c 102 s 10
MN Stat § 243.91 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.91 — Transfer Of Female Offenders.

243.91 TRANSFER OF FEMALE OFFENDERS. When special circumstances warrant, or when the chief executive officer of any county jail, workhouse or work farm shall determine that any female inmate of such facility over the age of 18 years cannot be safely maintained therein or whose presence is detrimental to the internal discipline and well-being of such institution or that such inmate can benefit from the treatment, care and training available at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee, the officer may, with the consent of the commissioner of corrections and the sentencing court, transfer such female inmate to the facility for confinement, care, treatment and training therein according to the sentence imposed by the court. Such transfer shall be made in accordance with rules prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner of corrections may contract with the political subdivisions operating and maintaining the jails, workhouses or work farms from which such selected female inmates are transferred to the state facility for reimbursement to the state for all costs and expenses incurred for the care, custody, subsistence, treatment, and training of such transferees. The chief executive officer of the transferring institution shall send with such transferee a duly certified copy of the warrant or order of commitment under which such inmate is held, together with such other data as the commissioner of corrections may require, and such warrant or order of commitment shall constitute sufficient authority for the commissioner to hold such inmate on behalf of the sending institution. History:  (10835) 1919 c 106 s 1; 1967 c 398 s 2; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 243.93 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.93 — Correctional Facility Site Selection Committee.

243.93 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SITE SELECTION COMMITTEE. Subdivision 1. Creation; membership. (a) An advisory task force is created to coordinate the site selection process for state correctional facilities. The task force shall convene when the legislature authorizes the planning of a new correctional facility. The task force, to be known as the site selection committee, consists of the: (1) commissioner of corrections or the commissioner's designee; (2) deputy commissioner of corrections who has supervision and control over correctional facilities; (3) commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee; (4) commissioner of administration or the commissioner's designee; (5) chairs of the senate Crime Prevention Committee and Crime Prevention Finance Division and the ranking members of that committee and division from the minority political caucus, or the chairs' and ranking members' designees; and (6) chairs of the house of representatives Judiciary Committee and Judiciary Finance Division and the ranking members of that committee and division from the minority political caucus or the chairs' and ranking members' designees. (b) The chairs of the senate Crime Prevention Finance Division and house of representatives Judiciary Finance Division, or the chairs' designees, shall chair the committee. Subd. 2. Site selection process. The committee shall develop a correctional site selection process that most effectively and efficiently utilizes state financial resources for construction of correctional facilities. The committee may include such other factors as the committee considers relevant as criteria for the site selection process. Subd. 3. Recommendations. Before recommendation of an individual site for a correctional facility, the committee shall require that all costs associated with the facility and the site be identified and reported, including but not limited to construction costs, site improvement, infrastructure upgrades, and operating costs for that site. The commissioners of administration and corrections and any other agencies involved with site construction or land acquisition shall cooperate with the committee in supplying information described in this subdivision and any other information required for project budgets under section 16B.335. Subd. 4. Report. The committee shall report its recommendations for the siting of correctional facilities to the legislature. Subd. 5. Legislative authorization of site. Each site for a new state of Minnesota correctional facility shall be chosen in the law authorizing and providing funding for the facility. Subd. 6. Staffing. The committee may utilize employees from the legislative and executive branch entities with membership on the committee. The Department of Administration shall provide administrative support. History:   1997 c 239 art 9 s 24
MN Stat § 243.94 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults|Section 243.94 — Minnesota Correctional Facility-rush City.

243.94 MINNESOTA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-RUSH CITY. There is established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Rush City at Rush City, Minnesota, in which may be placed persons committed to the commissioner of corrections by the courts of this state who, in the opinion of the commissioner, may benefit from the programs available in the facility. The general control and management of the facility shall be under the commissioner of corrections. History:   1999 c 216 art 4 s 8