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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.90 — Office Of Ombudsperson; Creation; Qualifications; Function.

241.90 OFFICE OF OMBUDSPERSON; CREATION; QUALIFICATIONS; FUNCTION.
The Office of Ombudsperson for the Department of Corrections is hereby created. The ombudsperson shall be appointed by the governor in the unclassified service and may be removed only for just cause. The ombudsperson shall be selected without regard to political affiliation, and shall be a person highly competent and qualified to analyze questions of law, administration, and public policy. No person may serve as ombudsperson while holding any other public office. The ombudsperson for corrections shall be accountable to the governor and shall have the authority to investigate decisions, acts, and other matters of the Department of Corrections so as to promote the highest attainable standards of competence, efficiency, and justice in the administration of corrections.
History:
1Sp2019 c 5 art 3 s 3; 2023 c 52 art 11 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.91 — Definition.

241.91 DEFINITION.
For the purposes of sections 241.90 to 241.95, "administrative agency" or "agency" means any division, official, or employee of the Department of Corrections, including the commissioner of corrections, charged with the care and custody of inmates and any regional or local correctional facility licensed or inspected by the commissioner of corrections, whether public or private, established and operated for the detention and confinement of adults or juveniles, including but not limited to programs or facilities operating under chapter 401, secure juvenile detention facilities, municipal holding facilities, juvenile temporary holdover facilities, regional or local jails, lockups, work houses, work farms, and detention facilities, but does not include:
(1) any court or judge;
(2) any member of the senate or house of representatives;
(3) the governor or the governor's personal staff;
(4) any instrumentality of the federal government;
(5) any interstate compact; or
(6) any person responsible for the supervision of offenders placed on supervised release, parole, or probation.
History:
1Sp2019 c 5 art 3 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.92 — Organization Of Office Of Ombudsperson.

241.92 ORGANIZATION OF OFFICE OF OMBUDSPERSON.
Subdivision 1.
Employee selection.
The ombudsperson may select, appoint, and compensate out of available funds assistants and employees as deemed necessary to discharge responsibilities. The ombudsperson and full-time staff shall be members of the Minnesota State Retirement Association.
Subd. 2.
Assistant ombudsperson.
The ombudsperson may appoint an assistant ombudsperson in the unclassified service.
Subd. 3.
Delegation of duties.
The ombudsperson may delegate to staff members any of the ombudsperson's authority or duties except the duty of formally making recommendations to an administrative agency or reports to the Office of the Governor or to the legislature.
History:
1Sp2019 c 5 art 3 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.94 — Access By Ombudsperson To Data.

241.94 ACCESS BY OMBUDSPERSON TO DATA.
Notwithstanding section 13.384 or 13.85, the ombudsperson has access to corrections and detention data and medical data maintained by an agency and classified as private data on individuals or confidential data on individuals when access to the data is necessary for the ombudsperson to perform the powers under section 241.93.
History:
1Sp2019 c 5 art 3 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 241 — Corrections; Department; Facilities › Section 241.95 — Publication Of Recommendations; Reports.

241.95 PUBLICATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS; REPORTS.
Subdivision 1.
Publication.
The ombudsperson may publish conclusions and suggestions by transmitting them to the Office of the Governor. Before announcing a conclusion or recommendation that expressly or impliedly criticizes an administrative agency or any person, the ombudsperson shall consult with that agency or person. When publishing an opinion adverse to an administrative agency or any person, the ombudsperson shall include in the publication any statement of reasonable length made to the ombudsperson by that agency or person in defense or mitigation of the action.
Subd. 2.
Annual report.
In addition to whatever reports the ombudsperson may make on an ad hoc basis, the ombudsperson shall report to the governor and the senate and house committee chairs and ranking minority members for the committees and divisions with fiscal and policy jurisdiction over public safety and corrections at the end of each year on the ombudsperson's functions during the preceding year.
History:
1Sp2019 c 5 art 3 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.085 — State Policy Regarding Placement Of Juveniles Out Of State.

242.085 STATE POLICY REGARDING PLACEMENT OF JUVENILES OUT OF STATE.
It is the policy of this state that delinquent juveniles be supervised and programmed for within the state. Courts are requested, to the greatest extent possible and when in the best interests of the child, to place these juveniles within the state.
History:
1997 c 239 art 9 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.09 — Cooperation; Other Agencies.

242.09 COOPERATION; OTHER AGENCIES.
The commissioner of human services, the commissioner of education, and the state commissioner of health shall advise, cooperate with and assist the commissioner of corrections in carrying out the duties and responsibilities assigned by this chapter, and for these purposes may attend meetings. Their facilities and services and those of other state agencies, particularly of the Department of Human Services, shall be made available to the commissioner of corrections upon the terms the governor directs.
History:
1947 c 595 s 1; 1949 c 575 s 1; 1955 c 261 s 1; 1961 c 750 s 2; 1973 c 654 s 3; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1977 c 392 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 2003 c 130 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.10 — Hearing Officers, Powers; Probation, Commitment, Parole.

242.10 HEARING OFFICERS, POWERS; PROBATION, COMMITMENT, PAROLE.
The commissioner of corrections may designate from among the members of the commissioner's staff, one or more hearing officers and delegate to them the authority to grant or revoke probation, commit to an institution, grant or revoke parole, or issue final discharge to any person under the control of the commissioner pursuant to a commitment to the commissioner by a juvenile court of this state. Any person aggrieved by an order issued by a hearing officer may appeal to the commissioner or to a review panel established by the commissioner within the department pursuant to rules issued by the commissioner.
History:
1947 c 595 s 1; 1949 c 575 s 1; 1951 c 383 s 2; 1953 c 33 s 1; 1973 c 654 s 4; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1977 c 392 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.14 — Placement In Penal Institution Prohibited.

242.14 PLACEMENT IN PENAL INSTITUTION PROHIBITED.
The commissioner of corrections shall not have power by virtue of any commitment to the commissioner by a juvenile court, as authorized by section 260B.198, to place a committed child in a penal institution.
History:
1947 c 595 s 1; 1951 c 553 s 2; 1959 c 698 s 1; 1961 c 750 s 3; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1977 c 392 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.18 — Study Of Offender's Background; Rehabilitation.

242.18 STUDY OF OFFENDER'S BACKGROUND; REHABILITATION.
(a) When a person has been committed to the commissioner of corrections, the commissioner under rules shall forthwith cause the person to be examined and studied, and investigate all of the pertinent circumstances of the person's life and the antecedents of the crime or other delinquent conduct because of which the person has been committed to the commissioner, and thereupon order the treatment the commissioner determines to be most conducive to rehabilitation. Except as authorized in paragraph (b), persons convicted of crimes shall not be detained in institutions for adjudicated delinquents, nor shall delinquent children be detained in institutions for persons convicted of crimes. The court and the prosecuting and police authorities and other public officials shall make available to the commissioner of corrections all pertinent data in their possession in respect to the case.
(b) Upon review of safety considerations and the treatment and programming needs of a juvenile convicted of a crime, the commissioner may commit the juvenile to the facility that best meets rehabilitative needs.
History:
1947 c 595 s 1; 1961 c 750 s 4; 1973 c 654 s 5; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1977 c 392 s 4; 1983 c 274 s 18; 1986 c 444; 2023 c 52 art 11 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.192 — Charges To Counties.

242.192 CHARGES TO COUNTIES.
The commissioner shall charge counties or other appropriate jurisdictions 65 percent of the per diem cost of confinement, excluding educational costs and nonbillable service, of juveniles at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing and of juvenile females committed to the commissioner of corrections. This charge applies to juveniles committed to the commissioner of corrections and juveniles admitted to the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing under established admissions criteria. This charge applies to both counties that participate in the Community Corrections Act and those that do not. The commissioner shall determine the per diem cost of confinement based on projected population, pricing incentives, and market conditions. All money received under this section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
History:
1997 c 239 art 9 s 16; 1998 c 367 art 9 s 11; 1999 c 216 art 4 s 7; 2000 c 488 art 7 s 2; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 18 s 12; 2002 c 220 art 6 s 8; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2020 c 110 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.195 — Juvenile Sex Offenders.

242.195 JUVENILE SEX OFFENDERS.
Subdivision 1.
Sex offender programs.
(a) The commissioner of corrections shall develop a plan to provide for a range of sex offender programs, including intensive sex offender programs, for juveniles within state juvenile correctional facilities and through purchase of service from county and private residential and outpatient juvenile sex offender programs. The plan may include co-payments from the offenders, third-party payers, local agencies, and other funding sources as they are identified.
(b) The commissioner shall establish and operate a residential sex offender program at one of the state juvenile correctional facilities. The program must be structured to address both the therapeutic and disciplinary needs of juvenile sex offenders. The program must afford long-term residential treatment for a range of juveniles who have committed sex offenses and have failed other treatment programs or are not likely to benefit from an outpatient or a community-based residential treatment program.
Subd. 2.
Secure confinement.
If a juvenile sex offender committed to the custody of the commissioner is in need of secure confinement, the commissioner shall provide for the appropriate level of sex offender treatment within a secure facility or unit in a state juvenile correctional facility.
Subd. 3.
Dispositions.
When a juvenile is committed to the commissioner of corrections by a juvenile court, upon a finding of delinquency for a sex offense, the commissioner may, for the purposes of treatment and rehabilitation:
(1) order the child confined to a state juvenile correctional facility that provides the appropriate level of juvenile sex offender treatment;
(2) purchase sex offender treatment from a county and place the child in the county's qualifying juvenile correctional facility;
(3) purchase sex offender treatment from a qualifying private residential juvenile sex offender treatment program and place the child in the program;
(4) purchase outpatient juvenile sex offender treatment for the child from a qualifying county or private program and order the child released on parole under treatment and other supervisions and conditions the commissioner believes to be appropriate;
(5) order reconfinement or renewed parole, revoke or modify any order, or discharge the child under the procedures provided in section 242.19, subdivision 2, clauses (3), (4), and (5); or
(6) refer the child to a local social services agency or licensed child-placing agency for placement in foster care, or when appropriate, for initiation of child in need of protection or services proceedings under section 242.19, subdivision 2, clause (6).
Subd. 4.
Qualifying facilities; treatment programs.
The commissioner may not place a juvenile in a correctional facility under this section unless the facility has met the requirements of section 241.021, subdivision 2.
History:
1989 c 290 art 4 s 2; 1992 c 571 art 8 s 5; 1993 c 146 art 2 s 14; 1994 c 631 s 31; 2005 c 136 art 3 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.20 — Training.

242.20 TRAINING.
As a means of correcting the socially harmful tendencies of a person committed to the commissioner of corrections, the commissioner may require participation by the person in vocational, physical, educational and corrective training and activities and conduct and modes of life as seem best adapted to fit the person for return to full liberty without danger to the public welfare. The commissioner of corrections may receive money from the sale of articles manufactured by a person committed to Corrections Department's custody and confined in a correctional facility under the control of the commissioner and expend the money so received for the purchase of materials to be made into other articles for sale.
History:
1947 c 595 s 1; 1953 c 352 s 1; 1973 c 654 s 7; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1981 c 192 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.21 — Cooperation; State Institutions, Local Police Officers.

242.21 COOPERATION; STATE INSTITUTIONS, LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS.
The commissioner of corrections may enter into agreement with the commissioner of human services, with local probation officers or other public officials and with public or private agencies, schools or institutions, for custody, separate care, special treatment, training, or diagnostic services of persons committed to the care or subject to the control of the commissioner of corrections. The commissioner of corrections may pay any costs incurred by such agreements to the extent that funds for such purposes are made available to the commissioner by the legislature.
History:
1947 c 595 s 1; 1949 c 575 s 1; 1955 c 261 s 1; 1959 c 263 s 3; 1969 c 280 s 1; 1973 c 654 s 8; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1983 c 274 s 18; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.22 — Local Probation Officer; Powers, Duties.

242.22 LOCAL PROBATION OFFICER; POWERS, DUTIES.
Any person committed to the commissioner of corrections from a county having a probation officer of a juvenile court may be placed on probation by the commissioner under the supervision of the probation officer who shall assume supervision as though it were pursuant to a judgment or order of the juvenile court. The probation officer shall cooperate with the commissioner of corrections in providing treatment for the person consistent with the purposes of this chapter, but nothing therein shall give the commissioner direction or control over the probation officer or require the probation officer or subordinates to perform duties not otherwise required by law.
History:
1947 c 595 s 1; 1951 c 459 s 2; 1961 c 750 s 6; 1969 c 9 s 108; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.31 — Restoration Of Civil Rights; Possession Of Firearms.

242.31 RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS; POSSESSION OF FIREARMS.
Subdivision 1.
Restoration.
Whenever a person who has been committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections upon conviction of a crime following certification under the provisions of section 260B.125 is finally discharged by order of the commissioner, that discharge shall restore the person to all civil rights. The commissioner shall file a copy of the order with the district court of the county in which the conviction occurred.
Subd. 2.
Order of discharge.
Whenever a person described in subdivision 1 has been placed on probation by the court pursuant to section 609.135 and, after satisfactory fulfillment of it, is discharged from probation, the court shall issue an order of discharge pursuant to subdivision 2a and section 609.165.
This order restores the defendant to civil rights.
Subd. 2a.
Crimes of violence; ineligibility to possess firearms.
The order of discharge must provide that a person who has been convicted of a crime of violence, as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 5, is not entitled to ship, transport, possess, or receive a firearm for the remainder of the person's lifetime. Any person who has received such a discharge and who thereafter has received a relief of disability under United States Code, title 18, section 925, or whose ability to possess firearms has been restored under section 609.165, subdivision 1d, shall not be subject to the restrictions of this subdivision.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1996 c 408 art 9 s 10]
History:
1947 c 595 s 1; 1961 c 59 s 1; 1965 c 52 s 1; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1977 c 392 s 5; 1983 c 264 s 3,4; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 569 s 14; 1994 c 576 s 3; 1995 c 226 art 3 s 14; 1996 c 408 art 9 s 3,4; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2; 2003 c 28 art 3 s 1; 2005 c 83 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.385 — Minnesota Correctional Facility-lino Lakes.

242.385 MINNESOTA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-LINO LAKES.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment.
There is hereby established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Lino Lakes, at Lino Lakes, Minnesota, to which may be delivered 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.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1974 c 156 s 4]
History:
1957 c 956 s 1,2; 1969 c 502 s 1; 1974 c 156 s 1; 1978 c 793 s 69
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.41 — Minnesota Correctional Facility-red Wing.

242.41 MINNESOTA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-RED WING.
There is established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing at Red Wing, Minnesota, in which may be placed persons committed to the commissioner of corrections by the courts of this state or admitted consistent with established admissions criteria. When reviewing placement requests from counties, the commissioner shall take into consideration the purpose of the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing which is to educate and provide treatment for serious and chronic juvenile offenders for which the county has exhausted local resources. The general control and management of the facility shall be under the commissioner of corrections.
History:
(4470) RL s 1905; 1949 c 561 s 2; 1973 c 68 s 2; 1979 c 102 s 1; 2000 c 488 art 7 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.43 — Commissioner Duties; Children Committed To Commissioner.

242.43 COMMISSIONER DUTIES; CHILDREN COMMITTED TO COMMISSIONER.
The commissioner of corrections shall receive, clothe, maintain, and instruct all children duly committed to the Corrections Department and placed in a state correctional facility for juveniles and keep them in custody until placed on probation, paroled, or discharged. The commissioner may place any of these children in suitable foster care facilities or cause them to be instructed in such trades or employment as in the commissioner's judgment will be most conducive to their reformation and tend to the future benefit and advantage of these children. The commissioner may discharge any child so committed, or may recall to the facility at any time any child paroled, placed on probation, or transferred; and, upon recall, may resume the care and control thereof. The discharge of a child by the commissioner shall be a complete release from all penalties and disabilities created by reason of the commitment.
Upon the parole or discharge of any inmate of any state juvenile correctional facility, the commissioner of corrections may pay to each inmate released an amount of money not exceeding the sum of $10. All payments shall be made from the current expense fund of the facility.
History:
(4472) 1905 c 233 s 7; 1949 c 561 s 3; 1953 c 353 s 2; 1953 c 354 s 1; 1969 c 9 s 108; 1973 c 68 s 3; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 7; 2000 c 488 art 7 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.44 — Pupils.

242.44 PUPILS.
The commissioner of corrections, so far as the accommodations of the correctional facilities and other means at the commissioner's disposal will permit, may receive juvenile delinquents and juvenile offenders serving a juvenile disposition under section 260B.130, subdivision 4. The commissioner's housing of these individuals must be consistent with federal and state law, including established admissions criteria for Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing. The commissioner may place these youths at employment, may provide education suitable to their years and capacity, and may place them in suitable homes. Under rules prescribed by the commissioner, when deemed best for these youths, persons committed to the commissioner's care and custody by a juvenile court may be paroled or discharged from the facility by the commissioner. All pupils in the facility shall be clothed, instructed, and maintained by the commissioner of corrections.
History:
(4473) RL s 1907; 1949 c 260 s 1; 1949 c 561 s 4; 1973 c 68 s 4; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1973 c 725 s 42; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1981 c 192 s 8; 1982 c 615 s 3; 1986 c 444; 2000 c 488 art 7 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.45 — Children Committed By United States Courts.

242.45 CHILDREN COMMITTED BY UNITED STATES COURTS.
The commissioner of corrections shall receive into custody and keep until duly discharged all children within the prescribed ages committed to the commissioner by order of any court of the United States within the state for offenses committed against the laws of the United States, and for the support of which children the United States shall undertake to pay a per diem charge as determined by the commissioner of corrections.
History:
(4474) RL s 1908; 1909 c 122 s 1; 1949 c 561 s 5; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1981 c 192 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.46 — Probation Services; Juvenile Courts.

242.46 PROBATION SERVICES; JUVENILE COURTS.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 1977 c 392 s 14]
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1977 c 392 s 14]
Subd. 3.
Probation services.
The commissioner shall provide probation services to juvenile courts in counties that request it or as required by section 244.19. The commissioner shall cooperate with the judges to provide supervision to probation officers in all counties of not more than 200,000 population, in order to insure high uniform standards of operation. The costs of administrative and supervisory services shall be borne by the state.
History:
(4475) RL s 1909; 1917 c 343 s 2; 1949 c 561 s 6; 1959 c 698 s 2; 1961 c 430 s 1; 1961 c 750 s 12 subd 1; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1977 c 392 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 239 art 9 s 51; 2014 c 218 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.47 — Interference With Inmates.

242.47 INTERFERENCE WITH INMATES.
Every person who abducts, conceals, entices, carries away, or improperly interferes with, any juvenile inmate of a Minnesota correctional facility for juveniles is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
(4476) RL s 1910; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 31 s 4; 1981 c 192 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.48 — No Roads Or Streets Through Grounds.

242.48 NO ROADS OR STREETS THROUGH GROUNDS.
No individual, copartnership, or corporation, public or private, shall lay out, construct, or open any road or street upon or through any grounds of any state correctional facility without the consent of the commissioner of corrections.
History:
(4477) RL s 1912; 1949 c 561 s 7; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 242 — Corrections; Juveniles › Section 242.55 — Academic Program.

242.55 ACADEMIC PROGRAM.
The academic program at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing shall be conducted on a 12-month basis.
History:
1976 c 163 s 40; 1979 c 102 s 13; 2000 c 299 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.15 — Female Prisoners; Pregnant.

243.15 FEMALE PRISONERS; PREGNANT.
When it shall be made to appear by the properly verified petition of any woman, who has been sentenced to imprisonment in a penal institution in this state and is in prison thereunder, that she is about to give birth to a child, the commissioner of corrections, if satisfied of the truth of the petition, shall order the transfer of such woman to a public hospital to be designated in the order, there to be detained under such guard and under such rules as the commissioner shall make in the order of transfer until the birth of the child and the recovery of the mother to such an extent that the imprisonment may be resumed without danger of serious impairment of her health.
The commissioner of corrections shall adopt such proper rules as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
History:
(10771) 1923 c 165 s 1; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.1606 — Advisory Council On Interstate Adult Offender Supervision.

243.1606 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INTERSTATE ADULT OFFENDER SUPERVISION.
Subdivision 1.
Membership.
The Advisory Council on Interstate Adult Offender Supervision shall be combined with the State Advisory Council for the Interstate Compact for Juveniles established by section 260.515 and consist of the following individuals or their designees:
(1) the governor;
(2) the chief justice of the supreme court;
(3) two senators, one from the majority and the other from the minority party, selected by the Subcommittee on Committees of the senate Committee on Rules and Administration;
(4) two representatives, one from the majority and the other from the minority party, selected by the house speaker;
(5) the compact administrator, selected as provided in section 243.1607;
(6) a representative from the Department of Human Services regarding the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children;
(7) the executive director of the Office of Justice Programs in the Department of Public Safety;
(8) the deputy compact administrator as defined in section 260.515;
(9) a representative from the State Public Defender's Office;
(10) a representative from the Minnesota County Attorney's Association;
(11) a representative from the Minnesota Sheriff's Association;
(12) a representative from the Minnesota Association of County Probation Officers;
(13) a representative from the Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties;
(14) a representative from the community at large;
(15) a representative from a community organization working with victims of crimes; and
(16) other members as appointed by the commissioner of corrections.
The council may elect a chair from among its members.
Subd. 2.
Duties.
The council shall oversee and administer the state's participation in both compacts described in sections 243.1605 and 260.515. The council shall appoint the compact administrator as the state's commissioner. In addition to these duties, the council shall develop a model policy concerning the operations and procedures of the compact within the state.
Subd. 3.
Annual report.
By March 1 of each year, the council shall report to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy on its activities along with providing a copy of the annual report published by the national commission that includes the activities of the interstate commission and executive committee as described in section 243.1605 for the preceding year. The council's annual report must also include information required of the State Advisory Council for the Interstate Compact for Juveniles as described in Article IV in section 260.515.
Subd. 4.
Expiration; expenses.
The provisions of section 15.059 apply to the council.
History:
2002 c 268 s 2,8; 2004 c 155 s 2; 2005 c 136 art 13 s 4; 2008 c 299 s 5; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 43; 2014 c 218 s 6; 2014 c 286 art 8 s 30; 2023 c 52 art 11 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.1607 — Interstate Adult Offender Supervision Compact Administrator.

243.1607 INTERSTATE ADULT OFFENDER SUPERVISION COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR.
(a) The commissioner of corrections or the commissioner's designee shall serve as the compact administrator.
(b) In addition to fulfilling the duties of compact administrator as described in the compact and under the rules and bylaws adopted to it, the compact administrator shall serve on the Advisory Council on Interstate Adult Offender Supervision described in section 243.1606. The compact administrator shall cooperate with the council and report to it regularly on all aspects of the state's participation in the compact.
(c) The compact administrator shall assess and collect fines, fees, and costs from any state or local entity deemed responsible by the compact administrator for a default as determined by the interstate commissioner under section 243.1605, article XII, section B.
History:
2002 c 268 s 3,8; 2004 c 155 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.1609 — Interstate Adult Offender Transfer Transportation Expenses.

243.1609 INTERSTATE ADULT OFFENDER TRANSFER TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES.
Subject to the amount of money appropriated for this purpose, the commissioner of corrections may reimburse sheriffs for transportation expenses related to the return of probationers to the state who are being held in custody under section 243.1605. Reimbursement shall be based on a fee schedule agreed to by the Department of Corrections and the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association. The required return to the state of a probationer in custody as a result of a nationwide warrant issued pursuant to the Interstate Compact for Adult Supervision shall be arranged and supervised by the sheriff of the county in which the court proceedings are to be held and at the expense of the state as provided for in this section. This expense offset is not applicable to the transport of individuals from pickup locations within 250 miles of the office of the sheriff arranging and supervising the offender's return to the state.
History:
2023 c 52 art 11 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.161 — Residing In Minnesota Without Permission Under Interstate Compact; Penalty.

243.161 RESIDING IN MINNESOTA WITHOUT PERMISSION UNDER INTERSTATE COMPACT; PENALTY.
Subdivision 1.
MS 2004 [Repealed, 2002 c 268 s 7]
Subd. 2.
Violation of Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.
Any person who is on parole, probation, or other form of correctional supervision in another state who resides in this state in violation of the terms or rules of the interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision described in section 243.1605 may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.
History:
1997 c 239 art 9 s 19; 2002 c 268 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.167 — Registration Under Predatory Offender Registration Law For Other Offenses.

243.167 REGISTRATION UNDER PREDATORY OFFENDER REGISTRATION LAW FOR OTHER OFFENSES.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
As used in this section, "crime against the person" means a violation of any of the following or a similar law of another state or of the United States: section 609.165; 609.185; 609.19; 609.195; 609.20; 609.205; 609.221; 609.222; 609.223; 609.2231; 609.224, subdivision 2 or 4; 609.2242, subdivision 2 or 4; 609.2247; 609.235; 609.245, subdivision 1; 609.25; 609.255; 609.3451, subdivision 2; 609.498, subdivision 1; 609.582, subdivision 1; or 617.23, subdivision 2; or any felony-level violation of section 609.229; 609.377; 609.749; or 624.713.
Subd. 2.
When required.
(a) In addition to the requirements of section 243.166, a person also shall register under section 243.166 if:
(1) the person is convicted of a crime against the person; and
(2) the person was previously convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for an offense listed in section 243.166, or a comparable offense in another state, but was not required to register for the offense because the registration requirements of that section did not apply to the person at the time the offense was committed or at the time the person was released from imprisonment.
(b) A person who was previously required to register in any state and who has completed the registration requirements of that state shall again register under section 243.166 if the person commits a crime against the person.
History:
2000 c 311 art 2 s 11; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 9 s 5; 2005 c 136 art 3 s 9; 2007 c 54 art 7 s 2; 2008 c 299 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.17 — Sheriff, Expenses Conveying Prisoners.

243.17 SHERIFF, EXPENSES CONVEYING PRISONERS.
Subdivision 1.
Allowed expenses.
The commissioner of management and budget shall pay out of the state treasury to the commissioner of corrections each fiscal year the amount necessary to offset expenses incurred to convey convicted persons and children adjudicated delinquent and committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections to the appropriate adult or juvenile correctional facility as designated by the commissioner of corrections. The total amount of payments shall not exceed $500,000 each fiscal year. Payments shall be made one or two times each fiscal year based on a fee schedule agreed to by the Department of Corrections and the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association.
Subd. 2.
Transportation of prisoners.
The conveyance of prisoners to and from court in connection with postconviction, habeas corpus, or intrastate mandatory disposition of detainers proceedings shall be by the sheriff of the county in which the proceedings are to be held and at the expense of the state as provided in subdivision 1.
History:
(10826) 1909 c 70 s 1; 1945 c 327 s 1; 1951 c 339 s 3; 1959 c 630 s 3; 1971 c 905 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1983 c 264 s 5; 1994 c 636 art 6 s 33; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2017 c 95 art 3 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.20 — Discharge; Clothing; Money.

243.20 DISCHARGE; CLOTHING; MONEY.
Upon the release by discharge or on parole of any inmate of an adult correctional facility under the control of the commissioner of corrections, the chief executive officer thereof, at the expense of the state, shall furnish each inmate released with one good, serviceable outfit of clothing, and, when released during the winter months between approximately October 1 and March 31 following, with a good, serviceable overcoat.
History:
(10838) 1917 c 159 s 1; 1943 c 430 s 3; 1967 c 398 s 4; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.205 — Notice Of Restoration Of Right To Vote.

243.205 NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF RIGHT TO VOTE.
Subdivision 1.
Correctional facilities; designation of official.
The chief executive officer of each state and local correctional facility shall designate an official within the facility to provide the notice and application required under this section to a person to whom the civil right to vote is restored by reason of the person's release from actual incarceration. The official shall maintain an adequate supply of voter registration applications and informational materials for this purpose.
Subd. 2.
Notice requirement.
A notice of restoration of the civil right to vote and a voter registration application must be provided as follows:
(1) the chief executive officer of each state and local correctional facility shall provide the notice and application to a person being released from the facility following incarceration for a felony-level offense; and
(2) a probation officer or supervised release agent shall provide the notice and application to all individuals under correctional supervision for a felony-level offense.
Subd. 3.
Form of notice.
The notice required by subdivision 2 must appear substantially as follows:
"NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
Your receipt of this notice today means that your right to vote in Minnesota has been restored. Before you can vote on election day, you still need to register to vote. To register, you may complete a voter registration application online or complete a paper application and return it to the Office of the Secretary of State or to your county auditor. You may also register to vote in your polling place on election day. You will not be permitted to cast a ballot until you register to vote. The first time you appear at your polling place to cast a ballot, you may be required to provide proof of your current residence."
Subd. 4.
Failure to provide notice.
A failure to provide proper notice as required by this section does not prevent the restoration of the person's civil right to vote.
History:
2023 c 12 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.21 — Trespassing Upon Institution Grounds; Detention.

243.21 TRESPASSING UPON INSTITUTION GROUNDS; DETENTION.
Subdivision 1.
Prohibition.
No person shall trespass or loiter upon the grounds of any state correctional facility, upon any farm or camp or other establishments belonging to a state correctional facility, or upon the grounds of any other institution or facility under the control of the commissioner of corrections without the consent of the chief executive officer thereof; nor shall any person communicate or in any way assist in establishing communication with any inmate of a state correctional facility or other institution or facility except as permitted by law or authorized by the chief executive officer thereof. Whoever violates any of the provisions hereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Subd. 2.
Custody; arrest.
Any person found to be trespassing or loitering upon the grounds of a state correctional facility in violation of subdivision 1 or who, being lawfully upon the grounds, introduces or attempts to introduce contraband prohibited by section 243.55 or anything usable in making an escape, or assaults or attempts to assault an officer or employee of the facility, may be taken into custody by the chief executive officer or a designated agent and detained for no more than two hours, pending surrender to any peace officer having the power of arrest.
History:
1959 c 394; 1967 c 398 s 4; 1971 c 10 s 1; 1979 c 102 s 3; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.211 — Unauthorized Communication With Prisoners.

243.211 UNAUTHORIZED COMMUNICATION WITH PRISONERS.
Every person who, not being authorized by law or by written permission from the commissioner of corrections, or by consent of the chief executive officer of a state correctional facility under the control of the commissioner of corrections, has any verbal communication with an inmate thereof, or brings into or conveys out of the facility any writing, clothing, food, tobacco, or other article whatsoever, to or from any inmate under sentence, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
(10049) RL s 4861; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.212 — Co-payments For Health Services.

243.212 CO-PAYMENTS FOR HEALTH SERVICES.
Any inmate of an adult correctional facility under the control of the commissioner of corrections shall incur co-payment obligations for health care services provided except for mental health services. The co-payment shall be at least $5 per visit to a health care provider. The co-payment will be paid from the inmate account of earnings and other funds, as provided in section 243.23, subdivision 3. The funds paid under this subdivision are appropriated to the commissioner of corrections for the delivery of health care services to inmates.
History:
1995 c 226 art 5 s 3; 1996 c 408 art 8 s 4; 1Sp2011 c 1 art 2 s 1; 2016 c 112 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.241 — Civil Action Money Damages.

243.241 CIVIL ACTION MONEY DAMAGES.
Money damages recovered in a civil action by an inmate confined in a state correctional facility or released from a state correctional facility under section 244.065 or 244.07 shall be deposited in the inmate's inmate account and disbursed according to the priorities in section 243.23, subdivision 3.
History:
1995 c 226 art 6 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.251 — Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

243.251 POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
(a) "Veteran" means a person who served in the United States armed forces in a combat zone. "Civilian medical staff" means a nurse or other person with medical training who provided medical care and assistance in a combat zone to members of the United States armed forces.
(b) When an inmate who is a veteran or served as a civilian medical staff person is confined in an adult correctional institution under the control of the commissioner of corrections, the chief executive officer shall require the director of inmate classification to determine if the inmate's military duty or civilian medical service was unusually stressful. If the director determines that the inmate's military duty or civilian medical service was unusually stressful, the director shall consider that fact in developing a corrections plan for the inmate.
History:
1989 c 124 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.255 — Private Insurance Policies; Subrogation.

243.255 PRIVATE INSURANCE POLICIES; SUBROGATION.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
As used in this section:
(a) "commissioner" means the commissioner of corrections;
(b) "inmate" means a person who has been sentenced to incarceration in a state or local correctional facility, including persons committed in accordance with section 631.425 or released for employment under section 241.26; and
(c) "private insurance coverage" means coverage for medical care or services under any insurance plan regulated by chapter 62A, 62C, 62D, 64B, or 65B. Private insurance coverage also includes any self-insurance plan providing medical care or services.
Subd. 2.
Subrogation rights.
When the commissioner or a county agency provides medical care or services pursuant to section 241.021, subdivision 4, or any rule adopted under it to any inmate having private insurance coverage, the commissioner or county agency shall be subrogated, to the extent of the cost of services provided, to any rights the inmate may have under the terms of any private insurance coverage. This provision supersedes any inconsistent policy provision.
Subd. 3.
Civil action.
The county attorney may institute a civil action against the carrier of the private insurance coverage to recover under this section on behalf of the county agency.
Subd. 4.
Policy exclusions prohibited.
The provisions of section 62A.044 apply to this section.
History:
1988 c 656 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.40 — Minnesota Correctional Facility-stillwater.

243.40 MINNESOTA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-STILLWATER.
There is established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater at Stillwater, 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:
(10787) RL s 5432; 1939 c 431 art 7 s 3; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1979 c 102 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.465 — Diversified Labor Accounts.

243.465 DIVERSIFIED LABOR ACCOUNTS.
Money received in payment for the services of inmate labor employed in the industries carried on at any state correctional facility under the control of the commissioner of corrections is appropriated to the commissioner of corrections to be added to the revolving funds of these facilities. The commissioner of corrections may set aside a portion of the revolving fund of any correctional facility to be used as a diversified labor account for the introduction and encouragement of industries that in the commissioner's judgment may be beneficial to the inmates of the facilities.
History:
1977 c 410 s 18; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 15; 1986 c 444