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MN Stat § 241.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.17 — Reburial.

241.17 REBURIAL. Subdivision 1. Removal of buried person. The commissioner of corrections may remove the body of any person now buried in a cemetery situated upon the land belonging to the state for public institution purposes and rebury it in a cemetery created under the provisions of section 241.16 by complying with the provisions set forth in the following subdivisions of this section. Subd. 2. Petition for removal. The commissioner shall petition the district court of the county wherein the present cemetery is situated setting forth the reasons for such removal, the place to which the body is to be removed, and praying for an order of the court authorizing such removal. Upon the presentation of such petition, the court shall make its order setting the time, which shall not be less than 60 days from the date of the order, and the place for hearing the same. The commissioner shall serve the nearest relative or, if the commissioner cannot locate any relative, some friend of the person whose body is to be removed by mailing to the friend or relative a copy of the petition and court's order 30 days before the date of hearing and file the commissioner's affidavit of mailing with the court administrator of district court. If the commissioner is unable to locate a relative or friend, the commissioner shall make an affidavit to that effect and file the same with the court administrator of district court. Subd. 3. Hearing. Upon the hearing of such petition, if the court determines that it is for the best interests of the public, the relatives and friends that such body be removed and that the same will be conducted in a manner commensurate with the methods commonly employed for the reburial of the dead in the community, the court shall make its order authorizing such removal, setting forth the time within which such removal shall be accomplished and the place to which the body is to be removed. Upon completion of such removal, the director shall cause the name of the person so removed to be entered in the register, together with the number of the lot in the cemetery and file an affidavit thereof with the court administrator of district court. History:  1961 c 750 s 24; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 241.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.18 — Abandonment Of Cemetery; Court Order.

241.18 ABANDONMENT OF CEMETERY; COURT ORDER. If the court makes its order under the provisions of section 241.17 authorizing the removal of bodies from a cemetery and the same is accomplished in accordance with such order and the commissioner files affidavits of such removal as hereinbefore provided, together with the commissioner's affidavit that the commissioner has caused a thorough search to be made, and there are no more dead bodies remaining in such cemetery to the best of the commissioner's knowledge, information and belief, the court may make its order authorizing the abandonment of such cemetery and thereby discontinue its use as such. History:  1961 c 750 s 25; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 241.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.20 — Inmates To Do Conservation Work.

241.20 INMATES TO DO CONSERVATION WORK. Whenever the commissioner of corrections deems it conducive to the rehabilitation of inmates of correctional institutions under the commissioner's control the commissioner may use selected inmates in the general improvement, maintenance, conservation, reforestation, soil erosion control, soil rehabilitation, and cultivation of any land within the control of the commissioner and, pursuant to agreement with the head of any other state department or agency, of lands under control of such department or agency. History:  (10846-11) 1935 c 297 s 1; 1957 c 440 s 1; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 241.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.21 — Inmates Available To State Departments.

241.21 INMATES AVAILABLE TO STATE DEPARTMENTS. To carry out the purposes of section 241.20, the commissioner of corrections may make inmates available to the head of any state department or agency for work upon any land which is within the jurisdiction or control of such department or agency, and the commissioner of corrections and the head of any state department or agency having land under its jurisdiction or control may enter into written agreements upon such terms as may be necessary to provide for the use and the orderly supervision of such inmates. History:  (10846-12) 1935 c 297 s 2; 1957 c 440 s 2; 1959 c 263 s 2
MN Stat § 241.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.22 — May Expend Money.

241.22 MAY EXPEND MONEY. For the purposes of sections 241.20 to 241.23, the commissioner of corrections may lawfully expend money from the current expense appropriations, revolving funds, and building appropriations of any state correctional facility under the commissioner's control, including the contingent fund appropriated to the commissioner of corrections. History:  (10846-13) 1935 c 297 s 3; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1971 c 24 s 21; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 4
MN Stat § 241.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.23 — Chief Executive Officer To Make Selection.

241.23 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO MAKE SELECTION. When inmates are to be used in any work authorized by sections 241.20 to 241.23, they shall be selected, with the approval of the commissioner of corrections, by the chief executive officer of any state adult correctional facility, in the following manner and order of preference: (1) suitable inmates of state adult minimum security facilities; (2) inmates who are not habitual offenders or guilty of heinous crimes and who, in the opinion of the chief executive officers of the facilities, are not incorrigible and who are physically capable and otherwise suitable for the character of the work provided for in sections 241.20 to 241.23. History:  (10846-14) 1935 c 297 s 4; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1971 c 24 s 22; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1983 c 264 s 2
MN Stat § 241.241 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.241 — Prison Gardening Program.

241.241 PRISON GARDENING PROGRAM. The commissioner shall establish a gardening program for inmates at each correctional facility where space and security allows for operation of a garden. The garden shall be primarily tended by inmates. The commissioner shall strive to raise produce that can be used to feed inmates in state correctional facilities. The commissioner shall donate any portion of the harvest that cannot be used to feed inmates to food shelves and charities located near the correctional facility where the produce was grown. History:   2012 c 155 s 3
MN Stat § 241.251 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.251 — Press And Media Access For Inmates.

241.251 PRESS AND MEDIA ACCESS FOR INMATES. Subdivision 1. Right of press access. Any inmate of a state correctional facility shall be permitted to speak in person or by phone at the inmate's own expense to any representative of the public news media, as defined in subdivision 4, on a daily basis between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. except in emergency situations as defined in subdivision 5; provided that it does not interfere with the inmate's regularly assigned duties. The right to speak in person with a representative of the news media shall not constitute a regular facility visit. Correctional authorities may limit the exercise of privileges conferred by this section by any individual inmate to one telephone call or interview per week. Subd. 2. Right of correspondence. Any inmate or group of inmates of a state correctional facility shall be permitted to correspond by mail with any public news media or representatives thereof, as defined in subdivision 4, on a regular basis. Subd. 3. News media interviews. Subject to the provisions of section 243.55 and the duty of the chief executive officer to take reasonable precautions to prevent the introduction of contraband into a correctional facility, representatives of the public news media shall, upon their own request, be permitted to interview any consenting inmate or representatives of a consenting group of inmates of the state at the times and under the circumstances described in subdivision 1. Any representative of the public news media who is denied access to a correctional facility must be given the reasons therefor in writing, and the representative may appeal such denial to the commissioner of corrections. Subd. 4. Definition; news media representative. A "representative of the public news media" means a person employed by and authorized to represent any television station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, any radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, national wire service, or any newspaper or periodical having a monthly statewide circulation of at least 1,000 copies. Subd. 5. Definition; emergency. An emergency shall be defined as a situation in which, in the best judgment of the correctional authorities, there is an imminent threat to life, security or property. History:  1974 c 560 s 1; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 241.265 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.265 — Higher Education; Certain Payments Prohibited.

241.265 HIGHER EDUCATION; CERTAIN PAYMENTS PROHIBITED. The commissioner may not pay for a college education program beyond the associate of arts degree level for an inmate convicted of first- or second-degree murder. The commissioner of corrections may only pay for an associate of arts college education program for an inmate convicted of first or second degree murder if the inmate's participation in the program does not increase the cost of the program to the institution. History:   1996 c 408 art 8 s 2
MN Stat § 241.271 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.271 — Reimbursement Of Counties And Municipalities; Budget Request.

241.271 REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES; BUDGET REQUEST. The Department of Corrections shall include in its budget requests such amounts as may be claimed by any county or municipality necessary to reimburse said county or municipality for expenses of a county attorney or sheriff or municipal police department resulting from activities involving inmates of state correctional institutions located in its county or municipality. History:   1974 c 557 s 11
MN Stat § 241.278 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.278 — Agreements For Work Force Of State Or County Jail Inmates.

241.278 AGREEMENTS FOR WORK FORCE OF STATE OR COUNTY JAIL INMATES. The commissioner of corrections, in the interest of inmate rehabilitation or to promote programs under section 241.275, subdivision 2, may enter into interagency agreements with state, county, or municipal agencies, or contract with nonprofit agencies to manage, fund, or partially fund the cost of programs that use state or county jail inmates as a work force. The commissioner is authorized to receive funds via these agreements and these funds are appropriated to the commissioner for community service programming or when prison industries are party to the agreement, shall be deposited in the Minnesota correctional industries revolving fund for use as described under section 241.27, subdivision 2. History:  1998 c 367 art 9 s 9; 2007 c 54 art 6 s 10
MN Stat § 241.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.28 — Citation.

241.28 CITATION. Sections 241.28 to 241.30 may be cited as the Interstate Corrections Compact. History:   1969 c 595 s 1
MN Stat § 241.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.30 — Powers With Relation To Compact.

241.30 POWERS WITH RELATION TO COMPACT. The commissioner of corrections or a designee is hereby authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular. History:  1969 c 595 s 3; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 241.301 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.301 — Fingerprints Of Inmates, Parolees, And Probationers From Other States.

241.301 FINGERPRINTS OF INMATES, PAROLEES, AND PROBATIONERS FROM OTHER STATES. The commissioner of corrections shall establish procedures so that whenever this state receives an inmate, parolee, or probationer from another state under sections 241.28 to 241.30 or 243.1605, fingerprints and thumbprints of the inmate, parolee, or probationer are obtained and forwarded by electronic entry into a Bureau of Criminal Apprehension-managed searchable database within 24 hours of receipt. The bureau shall convert the fingerprints and thumbprints into an electronic format for entry into the searchable database within three business days of receipt if the data is not entered by the commissioner. History:  1992 c 571 art 13 s 2; 2008 c 299 s 4; 2013 c 86 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 241.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.32 — Establishment And Operation By State.

241.32 ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION BY STATE. Subdivision 1. Community correctional programs. The commissioner of corrections may establish and operate community correctional programs or contract with existing public and private agencies for separate custody or specialized care and treatment of persons under the commissioner's custody and control or under the custody and control of the commissioner of corrections or on conditional release under section 241.26. Subd. 2. Custodial control. Any person admitted to a community correctional program by action of the commissioner of corrections shall be and remain under the control of the commissioner of corrections and may be conditionally released therefrom in the manner and for such periods of time as may be ordered by the commissioner. Subd. 3. Acquisition of program funds. To establish and operate community correctional programs or to provide such services through agreement with public and private agencies the commissioner is authorized to accept gifts, grants, and subsidies from any lawful source and to negotiate with the federal government, or any agency, bureau, or department thereof to obtain funds for the purposes of this subdivision, which gifts, grants, subsidies, and funds are hereby appropriated to the commissioner. Subd. 4. Emergency housing rental agreements. The commissioner of corrections may enter into rental agreements per industry standards for emergency housing for inmates. History:  1971 c 685 s 1-3; 1973 c 622 s 2; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1983 c 274 s 18; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 18 s 10; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113
MN Stat § 241.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.33 — Definitions.

241.33 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope of definitions. For purposes of sections 241.33 to 241.342, the following terms have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Blood-borne pathogens. "Blood-borne pathogens" means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Subd. 3. Correctional facility. "Correctional facility" means a state or local correctional facility. Subd. 4. Corrections employee. "Corrections employee" means an employee of a state or local correctional agency. Subd. 5. Inmate. "Inmate" means an individual who is in the custody or under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections or a local correctional authority and is confined in a state or local correctional facility either before or after conviction. Subd. 6. Significant exposure. "Significant exposure" means contact likely to transmit a blood-borne pathogen, in a manner supported by the most current guidelines and recommendations of the United States Public Health Service at the time an evaluation takes place, that includes: (1) percutaneous injury, contact of mucous membrane or nonintact skin, or prolonged contact of intact skin; and (2) contact, in a manner that may transmit a blood-borne pathogen, with blood, tissue, or potentially infectious body fluids. History:   2000 c 422 s 27
MN Stat § 241.331 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.331 — Conditions For Applicability Of Procedures.

241.331 CONDITIONS FOR APPLICABILITY OF PROCEDURES. Subdivision 1. Request for procedures. A corrections employee may request that the procedures of sections 241.33 to 241.342 be followed when the corrections employee may have experienced a significant exposure to an inmate. Subd. 2. Conditions. The correctional facility shall follow the procedures in sections 241.33 to 241.342 when all of the following conditions are met: (1) a licensed physician determines that a significant exposure has occurred following the protocol under section 241.341; (2) the licensed physician for the corrections employee needs the inmate's blood-borne pathogens test results to begin, continue, modify, or discontinue treatment in accordance with the most current guidelines of the United States Public Health Service, because of possible exposure to a blood-borne pathogen; and (3) the corrections employee consents to providing a blood sample for testing for a blood-borne pathogen. History:   2000 c 422 s 28
MN Stat § 241.332 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.332 — Information Required To Be Given To Individuals.

241.332 INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO INDIVIDUALS. Subdivision 1. Information to inmate. (a) Before seeking any consent required by the procedures under sections 241.33 to 241.342, a correctional facility shall inform the inmate that the inmate's blood-borne pathogen test results, without the inmate's name or other uniquely identifying information, shall be reported to the corrections employee if requested and that test results collected under sections 241.33 to 241.342 are for medical purposes as set forth in section 241.338 and may not be used as evidence in any criminal proceedings or civil proceedings, except for procedures under sections 144.4171 to 144.4186. (b) The correctional facility shall inform the inmate of the insurance protections in section 72A.20, subdivision 29. (c) The correctional facility shall inform the inmate that the inmate may refuse to provide a blood sample and that the inmate's refusal may result in a request for a court order to require the inmate to provide a blood sample. (d) The correctional facility shall inform the inmate that the correctional facility will advise the corrections employee of the confidentiality requirements and penalties before the employee's health care provider discloses any test results. Subd. 2. Information to corrections employee. (a) Before disclosing any information about the inmate, the correctional facility shall inform the corrections employee of the confidentiality requirements of section 241.339. (b) The correctional facility shall inform the corrections employee of the insurance protections in section 72A.20, subdivision 29. History:  2000 c 422 s 29; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 34
MN Stat § 241.333 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.333 — Disclosure Of Positive Blood-borne Pathogen Test Results.

241.333 DISCLOSURE OF POSITIVE BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGEN TEST RESULTS. If the conditions of sections 241.331 and 241.332 are met, the correctional facility shall ask the inmate if the inmate has ever had a positive test for a blood-borne pathogen. The correctional facility must attempt to get existing test results under this section before taking any steps to obtain a blood sample or to test for blood-borne pathogens. The correctional facility shall disclose the inmate's blood-borne pathogen test results to the corrections employee without the inmate's name or other uniquely identifying information. History:   2000 c 422 s 30
MN Stat § 241.334 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections|Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities|Section 241.334 — Consent Procedures Generally.

241.334 CONSENT PROCEDURES GENERALLY. (a) For purposes of sections 241.33 to 241.342, whenever the correctional facility is required to seek consent, the correctional facility shall obtain consent from an inmate or an inmate's representative consistent with other law applicable to consent. (b) Consent is not required if the correctional facility has made reasonable efforts to obtain the representative's consent and consent cannot be obtained within 24 hours of a significant exposure. (c) If testing of available blood occurs without consent because the inmate is unconscious or unable to provide consent, and a representative cannot be located, the correctional facility shall provide the information required in section 241.332 to the inmate or representative whenever it is possible to do so. (d) If an inmate dies before an opportunity to consent to blood collection or testing under sections 241.33 to 241.342, the correctional facility does not need consent of the inmate's representative for purposes of sections 241.33 to 241.342. History:   2000 c 422 s 31