Minnesota Department of Corrections
{{Short description|State law enforcement agency in MN, USA}}
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| motto = Transforming Lives For A Safer Minnesota
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| headquarters = St. Paul, Minnesota
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| sworntype = Corrections Officer
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| electeetype = Commissioner
| minister1name = Paul Schnell
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The Minnesota Department of Corrections is a state law enforcement agency of Minnesota that operates prisons. Its headquarters is in St. Paul."[http://www.doc.state.mn.us/aboutdoc/contactus.htm Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208192143/http://www.doc.state.mn.us/aboutdoc/contactus.htm |date=2009-12-08 }}." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 8, 2009.
As of 2010, the state of Minnesota does not contract with private prisons.http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_Too_Good_to_be_True.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305034640/http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_Too_Good_to_be_True.pdf |date=2014-03-05 }} page 5 The first and only private prison in the state, the Prairie Correctional Facility, was closed by its owner in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.insidecca.com/inside-cca/prairie-closing/|title=CCA Announces Closure of Prairie Correctional Facility|publisher=Corrections Corporation of America|access-date=2010-10-30|archive-date=2011-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713040142/http://www.insidecca.com/inside-cca/prairie-closing/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.correctionscorp.com/facility/prairie-correctional-facility/ |title=Prairie Correctional Facility |publisher=Corrections Corporation of America |access-date=2010-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027174535/http://correctionscorp.com/facility/prairie-correctional-facility/ |archive-date=2010-10-27 }}
The head of the agency is referred to as the Commissioner. {{As of|2019|01|07}}, the holder of this office is Paul Schnell.{{cite web |url=https://mn.gov/doc/about/agency-background-history/organization// |title=Organization / Department of Corrections |website=mn.gov |access-date=2023-11-14 |archive-date=2023-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325233411/https://mn.gov/doc/about/agency-background-history/organization/ |url-status=live }}
Organization
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Command structure
List of sworn officer ranks within facilities:
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| Captain |
| Lieutenant |
| Sergeant |
| Corrections Officer 2
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| Corrections Officer 1
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Adult and juvenile correctional facilities
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| scope="col" | Facility
! scope="col" | Pop. type ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Security class ! scope="col" | 2024 Population | |||
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| Faribault | Male | 1-3 | 1,958 |
| Lino Lakes | Male | 1-3 | 1,019 |
| Moose Lake | Male | 1-3 | 1,067 |
| Oak Park Heights | Male | 5 | 305 |
| St. Cloud | Male | Intake (1-5) | 1,028 |
| Stillwater | Male | 1 & 4 | 1,232 |
| Red Wing Adults | Male | 2 | 41 |
| Rush City | Male | 4 | 966 |
| Willow River (CIP) | Male | 1 | 109 |
| Shakopee | Female | 1-5 | 565 |
| Togo (CIP) | Male | 1 | 76 |
| Red Wing | Juvenile male |
Licensed by Minnesota Department of Corrections
File:Clay County Correctional Facility; Moorhead, MN; May 8, 2024.png
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| scope="col" | Facility
! scope="col" | Pop. type ! scope="col" | No. of beds | ||
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| Clay County Correctional Facility{{cite web|url=https://claycountymn.gov/223/Correctional-Facility|title=Clay County Correctional Facility|access-date=May 9, 2024}} | Male and Female | 220 |
Juvenile services
The department operates juvenile correctional facilities."[http://www.corr.state.mn.us/org/communityserv/juvenileserv/default.htm Juvenile Services] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726031533/http://www.corr.state.mn.us/org/communityserv/juvenileserv/default.htm |date=2011-07-26 }}." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing in Red Wing serves delinquent boys. It was built in 1889."[http://www.corr.state.mn.us/facilities/redwing.htm Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001123108/http://www.corr.state.mn.us/facilities/redwing.htm |date=2011-10-01 }}." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010. Minnesota Correctional Facility – Togo in northern Itasca County no longer serves delinquent boys and girls."[http://www.corr.state.mn.us/facilities/togo.htm MCF-Togo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726031705/http://www.corr.state.mn.us/facilities/togo.htm |date=2011-07-26 }}." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010. The Togo facility opened in 1955 as Youth Conservation Commission (YCC). For years it was known as Thistledew Camp. In 2006 the facility's name changed to MCF-Togo, and the Thistledew designation is used to refer to the juvenile programs."[http://www.thistledewprograms.com/ About Thistledew Programs at MCF-Togo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030814003855/http://www.thistledewprograms.com/ |date=2003-08-14 }}." Thistledew Programs. Retrieved on August 24, 2010. Now MCF-TOGO only serves adult males as a CIP program
See also
References
External links
- [http://mn.gov/doc/ Minnesota Department of Corrections]
{{State prisons in Minnesota}}
{{Incarceration in the United States}}
{{Incarceration of Juveniles in the United States}}
{{Government of Minnesota}}
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