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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.48 — Visitors; State Correctional Facilities.

243.48 VISITORS; STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
Subdivision 1.
General searches.
The commissioner of corrections, the state correctional facilities audit group, the governor, lieutenant governor, members of the legislature, state officers, and the ombudsperson for corrections may visit the inmates at pleasure, but no other persons without permission of the chief executive officer of the facility, under rules prescribed by the commissioner. A moderate fee may be required of visitors, other than those allowed to visit at pleasure. All fees so collected shall be reported and remitted to the commissioner of management and budget under rules as the commissioner may deem proper, and when so remitted shall be placed to the credit of the general fund.
Subd. 2.
Legal assistance.
Duly licensed attorneys may visit at pleasure and have reasonable access to offender clients. Law students, paralegals and other agents working under the supervision of duly licensed attorneys, shall have reasonable access to offenders during normal business hours for the purpose of providing legal services, provided they are properly identified as representing or being the agent of a duly licensed attorney.
History:
(10795) RL s 5434; 1909 c 241 s 1; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1979 c 102 s 5; 1990 c 594 art 3 s 9; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 5 s 3; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 1Sp2019 c 5 art 3 s 9; 1Sp2021 c 11 art 9 s 17
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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 disability, or substance use disorder, (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; 2022 c 98 art 4 s 51
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.58 — Issuing Warrant For Escaped Inmate Or Convicted Defendant.

243.58 ISSUING WARRANT FOR ESCAPED INMATE OR CONVICTED DEFENDANT.
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 commissioner may also issue such a warrant when a convicted defendant fails to report postsentencing to their county authority or to a state correctional facility. 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; 2023 c 52 art 11 s 16
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 243 — Corrections; Adults › Section 243.95 — Private Prison Contracts Prohibited.

243.95 PRIVATE PRISON CONTRACTS PROHIBITED.
(a) The commissioner may not contract with privately owned and operated prisons for the care, custody, and rehabilitation of inmates committed to the custody of the commissioner.
(b) Notwithstanding section 43A.047, nothing in this section prohibits the commissioner from contracting with privately owned residential facilities, such as halfway houses, group homes, work release centers, or treatment facilities, to provide for the care, custody, and rehabilitation of inmates who have been released from prison under section 241.26, 244.05, 244.0513, 244.065, or 244.172, or any other form of supervised or conditional release.
History:
2023 c 52 art 11 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.01 — Definitions.

244.01 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
For purposes of sections 244.01 to 244.11, the following terms shall have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
Inmate.
"Inmate" means any person who is convicted of a felony, is committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections and is confined in a state correctional facility or released from a state correctional facility pursuant to section 244.065 or 244.07.
Subd. 3.
Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of corrections or a designee.
Subd. 4.
Correctional facility.
"Correctional facility" means any state facility under the operational authority of the commissioner of corrections.
Subd. 5.
Good time.
"Good time" means the period of time by which an inmate's term of imprisonment is reduced pursuant to section 244.04.
Subd. 6.
Commission.
"Commission" means the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission established pursuant to section 244.09.
Subd. 7.
Supervised release.
"Supervised release" means the release of an inmate pursuant to section 244.05.
Subd. 8.
Term of imprisonment.
"Term of imprisonment," as applied to inmates whose crimes were committed before August 1, 1993, is the period of time for which an inmate is committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections minus earned good time. "Term of imprisonment," as applied to inmates whose crimes were committed on or after August 1, 1993, is the period of time equal to two-thirds of the inmate's executed sentence.
Subd. 9.
Executed sentence.
"Executed sentence" means the total period of time for which an inmate is committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections.
History:
1978 c 723 art 1 s 1; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1980 c 417 s 12,13; 1984 c 589 s 1,2; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 571 art 2 s 1; 1993 c 326 art 9 s 3,4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.03 — Rehabilitative Programs.

244.03 REHABILITATIVE PROGRAMS.
Subdivision 1.
Commissioner responsibility.
(a) For individuals committed to the commissioner's authority, the commissioner must develop, implement, and provide, as appropriate:
(1) substance use disorder treatment programs;
(2) sexual offender treatment programming;
(3) domestic abuse programming;
(4) medical and mental health services;
(5) spiritual and faith-based programming;
(6) culturally responsive programming;
(7) vocational, employment and career, and educational programming; and
(8) other rehabilitative programs.
(b) While evidence-based programs must be prioritized, selecting, designing, and implementing programs under this section are the sole responsibility of the commissioner, acting within the limitations imposed by the funds appropriated for the programs under this section.
Subd. 2.
Challenge prohibited.
No action challenging the level of expenditures for rehabilitative programs authorized under this section, nor any action challenging the selection, design, or implementation of these programs, including employee assignments, may be maintained by an inmate in any court in this state.
Subd. 3.
Disciplinary sanctions.
The commissioner may impose disciplinary sanctions on any inmate who refuses to participate in rehabilitative programs.
History:
1978 c 723 art 1 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 571 art 2 s 2; 1999 c 126 s 8; 1999 c 208 s 1; 2023 c 52 art 12 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.035 — Sanctions Related To Litigation.

244.035 SANCTIONS RELATED TO LITIGATION.
(a) As used in this section, "board" means a licensing or certification board.
(b) The commissioner shall develop disciplinary sanctions to provide infraction penalties for an inmate who submits a frivolous or malicious claim to a court or board, or who is determined by the court or board to have testified falsely or to have submitted false evidence to a court or board. Infraction penalties may include loss of privileges, punitive segregation, loss of good time, or adding discipline confinement time. The determination of the commissioner regarding disciplinary sanctions under this section is limited to the nature and extent of the infraction penalty to be imposed. The commissioner is bound by the finding of the court or board that the inmate submitted a frivolous or malicious claim, testified falsely, or submitted false evidence.
(c) The court or board shall determine whether a claim is frivolous or malicious under section 563.02, subdivision 3.
History:
1995 c 226 art 6 s 5; 1997 c 33 s 1; 1999 c 208 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.051 — Early Reports Of Missing Offenders.

244.051 EARLY REPORTS OF MISSING OFFENDERS.
All programs serving inmates on supervised release following a prison sentence shall notify the appropriate probation officer, appropriate law enforcement agency, and the Department of Corrections within two hours after an inmate in the program fails to make a required report or after program officials receive information indicating that an inmate may have left the area in which the inmate is required to remain or may have otherwise violated conditions of the inmate's supervised release. The Department of Corrections and county corrections agencies shall ensure that probation offices are staffed on a 24-hour basis or make available a 24-hour telephone number to receive the reports.
History:
1992 c 571 art 11 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.0521 — Training Materials On The Dangers Of Predatory Offenders.

244.0521 TRAINING MATERIALS ON THE DANGERS OF PREDATORY OFFENDERS.
By October 1, 2010, the commissioner of corrections, in consultation with the commissioner of public safety, shall develop training materials on the dangers of predatory offenders for programs and officials who care for and educate children and vulnerable adults. The training materials must include information on the predatory offender community notice requirements under section 244.052, the predatory offender registration requirements under section 243.166, and the dangers that predatory offenders pose to children and vulnerable adults. The training materials shall be developed in a format that permits self-study or facilitator-assisted training that can be completed in approximately one hour. Upon development of these training materials, the commissioner of corrections shall provide notice of completion and electronic access to the training to the commissioner of human services and the commissioner of health. Training materials required by this section must be developed by the Department of Corrections.
History:
2009 c 59 art 1 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.053 — Notice Of Release Of Certain Offenders.

244.053 NOTICE OF RELEASE OF CERTAIN OFFENDERS.
Subdivision 1.
Notice of impending release.
At least 60 days before the release of any inmate convicted of an offense requiring registration under section 243.166, the commissioner of corrections shall send written notice of the impending release to the sheriff of the county and the police chief of the city in which the inmate will reside or in which placement will be made in a work release program. The sheriff of the county where the offender was convicted also shall be notified of the inmate's impending release.
Subd. 2.
Additional notice.
The same notice shall be sent to the following persons concerning a specific inmate convicted of an offense requiring registration under section 243.166:
(1) the victim of the crime for which the inmate was convicted or a deceased victim's next of kin if the victim or deceased victim's next of kin requests the notice in writing;
(2) any witnesses who testified against the inmate in any court proceedings involving the offense, if the witness requests the notice in writing; and
(3) any person specified in writing by the prosecuting attorney.
The notice sent to victims under clause (1) must inform the person that the person has the right to request and receive information about the offender authorized for disclosure under the community notification provisions of section 244.052.
If the victim or witness is under the age of 16, the notice required by this section shall be sent to the parents or legal guardian of the child. The commissioner shall send the notices required by this provision to the last address provided to the commissioner by the requesting party. The requesting party shall furnish the commissioner with a current address. Information regarding witnesses requesting the notice, information regarding any other person specified in writing by the prosecuting attorney to receive the notice, and the notice are private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, and are not available to the inmate.
The notice to victims provided under this subdivision does not limit the victim's right to request notice of release under section 611A.06.
Subd. 3.
No extension of release date.
The existence of the notice requirements contained in this section shall in no event require an extension of the release date.
History:
1996 c 408 art 5 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.056 — Predatory Offender; Seeking Housing In Different Jurisdiction.

244.056 PREDATORY OFFENDER; SEEKING HOUSING IN DIFFERENT JURISDICTION.
If a corrections agency supervising an offender who is required to register as a predatory offender under section 243.166 and who is classified by the department as a public risk monitoring case has knowledge that the offender is seeking housing arrangements in a location under the jurisdiction of another corrections agency, the agency shall notify the other agency of this and initiate a supervision transfer request.
History:
2005 c 136 art 3 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.057 — Predatory Offender; Household With Children.

244.057 PREDATORY OFFENDER; HOUSEHOLD WITH CHILDREN.
A corrections agency supervising an offender required to register as a predatory offender under section 243.166 shall notify the appropriate child protection agency before authorizing the offender to live in a household where children are residing.
History:
2005 c 136 art 3 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.065 — Private Employment Of Inmates Or Specialized Programming For Pregnant Inmates Of State Correctional Institutions In Community.

244.065 PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES OR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMMING FOR PREGNANT INMATES OF STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN COMMUNITY.
Subdivision 1.
Work.
When consistent with the public interest and the public safety, the commissioner of corrections may conditionally release an inmate to work at paid employment, seek employment, or participate in a vocational training or educational program, as provided in section 241.26, if the inmate has served at least one half of the term of imprisonment.
Subd. 2.
Pregnancy.
(a) In the furtherance of public interest and community safety, the commissioner of corrections may conditionally release:
(1) for up to one year postpartum, an inmate who gave birth within eight months of the date of commitment; and
(2) for the duration of the pregnancy and up to one year postpartum, an inmate who is pregnant.
(b) The commissioner may conditionally release an inmate under paragraph (a) to community-based programming for the purpose of participation in prenatal or postnatal care programming and to promote mother-child bonding in addition to other programming requirements as established by the commissioner, including evidence-based parenting skills programming; working at paid employment; seeking employment; or participating in vocational training, an educational program, or substance use disorder or mental health treatment services.
(c) The commissioner shall develop policy and criteria to implement this subdivision according to public safety and generally accepted correctional practice.
(d) By April 1 of each year, the commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over corrections on the number of inmates released and the duration of the release under this subdivision for the prior calendar year.
History:
1980 c 417 s 11; 1983 c 274 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 326 art 13 s 14; 2021 c 17 s 1; 2022 c 98 art 4 s 51
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.07 — Furloughs.

244.07 FURLOUGHS.
Subdivision 1.
Authority.
If consistent with the public interest, the commissioner may, under rules prescribed by the commissioner, furlough any inmate in custody to any point within the state for up to five days. A furlough may be granted to assist the inmate with family needs, personal health needs, or reintegration into society. No inmate may receive more than three furloughs under this section within any 12-month period. The provisions of this section shall also apply to those inmates convicted of offenses prior to May 1, 1980.
Subd. 2.
Health care.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1, if the commissioner determines that the inmate requires health care not available at the state correctional institution, the commissioner may grant the inmate the furloughs necessary to provide appropriate noninstitutional or extrainstitutional health care.
History:
1978 c 723 art 1 s 7; 1981 c 192 s 19; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.08 — Supervised Release Board.

244.08 SUPERVISED RELEASE BOARD.
Subdivision 1.
Authority; duties; powers.
Effective May 1, 1980, the Supervised Release Board shall have only those powers and duties in sections 244.01 to 244.11, 609.10, 609.145, subdivision 1, and 609.165, subdivision 2, with relation to persons sentenced for crimes committed on or after May 1, 1980.
The Supervised Release Board shall retain all powers and duties presently vested in and imposed upon the board with relation to persons sentenced for crimes committed on or before April 30, 1980.
The Supervised Release Board shall take into consideration, but not be bound by, the sentence terms embodied in the Sentencing Guidelines promulgated by the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission and the penal philosophy embodied in sections 244.01 to 244.11, 609.10, 609.145, subdivision 1, and 609.165, subdivision 2, in its deliberations relative to parole, probation, release, or other disposition of inmates who commit the crimes giving rise to their sentences on or before April 30, 1980.
Subd. 2.
No limitation intent.
Nothing in sections 244.01 to 244.11, 609.10, 609.145, subdivision 1, and 609.165, subdivision 2, shall be deemed to limit the powers and duties otherwise provided by law to the Supervised Release Board with regard to the management of correctional institutions or the disposition of inmates unless those powers and duties are inconsistent with the provisions of sections 244.01 to 244.11, 609.10, 609.145, subdivision 1, and 609.165, subdivision 2, in which case those powers and duties shall be superseded by sections 244.01 to 244.11, 609.10, 609.145, subdivision 1, and 609.165, subdivision 2.
History:
1978 c 723 art 1 s 8; 1980 c 417 s 15; 1983 c 274 s 18; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 367 art 6 s 15; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 31; 2023 c 52 art 18 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.085 — Felony Dwi Report.

244.085 FELONY DWI REPORT.
By January 15 of each year, the commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and funding on the implementation and effects of the felony level driving while impaired offense. The report must include the following information on felony level driving while impaired offenses involving offenders committed to the commissioner's custody:
(1) the number of persons committed;
(2) the county of conviction;
(3) the offenders' ages and gender;
(4) the offenders' prior impaired driving histories and prior criminal histories;
(5) the number of offenders:
(i) given an executed prison sentence upon conviction and the length of the sentence;
(ii) given an executed prison sentence upon revocation of probation, the reasons for revocation, and the length of sentence;
(iii) who successfully complete treatment in prison;
(iv) placed on intensive supervision following release from incarceration;
(v) placed in the challenge incarceration program, the number of offenders released from prison under this program, and the number of these offenders who violate their release conditions and the consequences imposed; and
(vi) who violate supervised release and the consequences imposed;
(6) per diem costs, including treatment costs, for offenders incarcerated under the felony sentence provisions; and
(7) any other information the commissioner deems relevant to estimating future costs.
History:
2009 c 83 art 3 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.101 — Sentencing Of Felony Offenders Who Commit Offenses On And After August 1, 1993.

244.101 SENTENCING OF FELONY OFFENDERS WHO COMMIT OFFENSES ON AND AFTER AUGUST 1, 1993.
Subdivision 1.
Executed sentences.
Except as provided in section 244.05, subdivision 4a, when a felony offender is sentenced to a fixed executed sentence for an offense committed on or after August 1, 1993, the executed sentence consists of two parts: (1) a specified minimum term of imprisonment that is equal to two-thirds of the executed sentence; and (2) a specified maximum supervised release term that is equal to one-third of the executed sentence. The amount of time the inmate actually serves in prison and on supervised release is subject to the provisions of section 244.05, subdivision 1b.
Subd. 2.
Explanation of sentence.
When a court pronounces an executed sentence under this section, it shall explain: (1) the total length of the executed sentence; (2) the amount of time the defendant will serve in prison; and (3) the amount of time the defendant will serve on supervised release, assuming the defendant commits no disciplinary offense in prison that results in the imposition of a disciplinary confinement period. The court shall also explain that the amount of time the defendant actually serves in prison may be extended by the commissioner if the defendant commits any disciplinary offenses in prison and that this extension could result in the defendant's serving the entire executed sentence in prison. The court's explanation shall be included in a written summary of the sentence.
Subd. 3.
No right to supervised release.
Notwithstanding the court's explanation of the potential length of a defendant's supervised release term, the court's explanation creates no right of a defendant to any specific, minimum length of a supervised release term.
Subd. 4.
Application of statutory mandatory minimum sentences.
If the defendant is convicted of any offense for which a statute imposes a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment, the statutory mandatory minimum sentence governs the length of the entire executed sentence pronounced by the court under this section.
History:
1992 c 571 art 2 s 7; art 9 s 6; 2023 c 52 art 18 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 241 - 244 — Corrections › Chapter 244 — Criminal Sentences, Release › Section 244.12 — Intensive Community Supervision.

244.12 INTENSIVE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.
Subdivision 1.
Generally.
The commissioner may order that an offender who meets the eligibility requirements of subdivisions 2 and 3 be placed on intensive community supervision, as described in sections 244.14 and 244.15, for all or part of the offender's sentence if the offender agrees to participate in the program and the commissioner notifies the sentencing court.
Subd. 2.
Eligibility.
The commissioner must limit the intensive community supervision program to the following persons:
(1) offenders who are committed to the commissioner's custody following revocation of a stayed sentence; and
(2) offenders who are committed to the commissioner's custody for a sentence of 30 months or less, who did not receive a dispositional departure under the Sentencing Guidelines, and who have already served a period of incarceration as a result of the offense for which they are committed.
Subd. 3.
Offenders not eligible.
The following are not eligible to be placed on intensive community supervision, under subdivision 2, clause (2):
(1) offenders who were committed to the commissioner's custody under a statutory mandatory minimum sentence;
(2) offenders who were committed to the commissioner's custody following a conviction for murder, manslaughter, criminal sexual conduct, or criminal vehicular homicide or operation resulting in death; and
(3) offenders whose presence in the community would present a danger to public safety.
History:
1990 c 568 art 2 s 33; 1991 c 258 s 2; 1992 c 571 art 1 s 8; 1994 c 636 art 6 s 15,16