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Minnesota does not license correctional officers; the POST Board licenses peace officers only. The Commissioner of Corrections licenses jails and sets their training rules, and accountability runs through facility licenses. Since 2023 the State has barred private prison contracts, made calls free in state facilities, started community supervision reform, required facilities to hand over data for incident reviews, required jails to continue prescribed medications, and split DOC licensing law so that 241.021 now covers jails, lockups, workhouses, and work farms.

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Certifying body
None for correctional officers. The POST Board licenses peace officers (Minn. Stat. 626.84 et seq.; see the Minnesota Officer Ledger page); jail and prison officers are not licensed by it. The Commissioner of Corrections licenses facilities and sets training rules: county jails must train custody staff under Minn. R. ch. 2911, enforced through DOC jail licensing (Minn. Stat. 241.021). State prison officers are DOC employees trained by DOC.
Statute
Minn. Stat. ch. 241 (Department of Corrections; facility licensing in 241.011 to 241.021 since 2026), 243.52 (discipline and use of force), 243.521 (administrative and disciplinary segregation), 241.88 (restraint of pregnant women), 241.90 (Ombuds for Corrections), ch. 641 (county jails), and chs. 244 and 401 (probation and community supervision). Jail rules: Minn. R. ch. 2911.
Minimum standards
Jail custody staff must be at least 18. Each facility’s recruitment standards must set requirements for age, ability, preparatory experience, physical condition, and character, and must list disqualifying factors (Minn. R. 2911.0600). DOC licensing requires background studies. No statewide statutory hiring standard for state prison officers was found.
Basic training
Jail custody staff: “120 hours of orientation and training during the first year of employment,” 40 of them before independent assignment to a post. Pre-assignment topics include security, supervision of inmates, suicide risk, vulnerable inmates, response to resistance, report writing, inmate rules and rights, and fire and emergency procedures. Separate medical training covers first aid, CPR, and recognizing mental illness and chemical dependency. Each facility needs a written training plan and a designated training officer (Minn. R. 2911.1300). Staff who deal with pregnant incarcerated women must be trained on the restraint statute (Minn. Stat. 241.88, subd. 2). DOC academy hours for state prison officers are set by DOC policy and were not reviewed.
In-service training
Jail custody staff: “an additional 16 hours of training each subsequent year,” plus first aid and CPR recertification as required (Minn. R. 2911.1300, 2911.1350). Jail minimum standards must include a staff code of conduct policy with annual training (Minn. Stat. 241.021, subd. 1).
Decertification
None for individual officers, because there is no officer license. Accountability runs through facility licensing: the Commissioner may issue correction orders and conditional licenses and may revoke or temporarily suspend a license, all posted publicly. DOC must report yearly on substantiated staff misconduct complaints in state facilities and the resulting discipline (Minn. Stat. 241.021).
Jail standards
The Commissioner of Corrections inspects and licenses jails, lockups, workhouses, and work farms; since 2026, community-based and juvenile facilities are licensed under 241.011 to 241.013. Minimum standards must address mental health and substance use screening, suicide prevention, well-being checks, segregation and mental health checks, critical incident debriefings, opioid overdose procedures, medications (including Jarvis orders), a staff code of conduct with annual training, death reviews, and a rights statement. Reviews occur at least every 2 years, with reports posted within 30 days. Deaths must be reported within 24 hours, and uses of force causing substantial bodily harm and other emergency or unusual occurrences within 10 days (Minn. Stat. 241.021; Minn. R. ch. 2911).
Probation and parole officers
Adult probation and supervised release agents are employed by DOC, by Community Corrections Act counties, or by county probation officer counties (Minn. Stat. ch. 401; 244.19). There is no individual state certification; county probation officers serve a 6-month probationary period under merit rules (244.19). Since 2023, a 19-member Community Supervision Advisory Committee advises the Commissioner on statewide supervision standards, including training (Minn. Stat. 401.17).
Restrictive housing
State prisons: disciplinary segregation for rule violations, or administrative segregation for a serious threat; living conditions “approximate to those offenders in general population”; monthly notice to the Commissioner of placements over 30 days, with reasons, and a behavior plan over 120 days; health screening within 24 hours and daily wellness rounds; graduated interventions, step-down, and incentives; no release directly to the community after 60 or more days absent a compelling reason; and annual reporting (Minn. Stat. 243.521). Jails: administrative segregation may not take away privileges beyond what is necessary, with documented review and an administrator visit every 7 days (Minn. R. 2911.2800). No hard cap on days.
Corrections use of force
Force may not be applied “maliciously or sadistically.” Unless deadly force is justified, a correctional officer in a DOC or DOC-licensed adult facility may not use a choke hold, a prone restraint, a hogtie, or face-down vehicle transport except as medically directed. Deadly force is justified only when an objectively reasonable officer would believe it necessary against a specific, likely, and immediate threat of death or great bodily harm, or to prevent the escape of a person who will cause such harm (Minn. Stat. 243.52, subd. 2). Pregnant women may be restrained only on an individualized determination and then with the least restrictive restraint; no waist chains or devices touching the abdomen, and no behind-the-back wrist restraints, during transport; and in labor or within 3 days after birth only for a substantial flight risk or extraordinary circumstances, with no objection from the treating provider (Minn. Stat. 241.88).

Changes, 2023 to 2026

  • All DOC substance use disorder programs, including in juvenile facilities, must meet chapter 245G standards; mental health units expanded

    Laws 2026, c. 84 (H.F. 3769), amending Minn. Stat. 241.021, subd. 4a, and 241.69, subds. 1, 3 to 6Signed May 12, 2026; no section date and no appropriation, so effective August 1, 2026 (computed under Minn. Stat. 645.02)

    Before the act, only residential substance use disorder treatment programs run by the Commissioner of Corrections for adults had to meet the chapter 245G standards for community-based programs. Now “All substance use disorder treatment programs operated by the commissioner of corrections to treat individuals committed to the commissioner’s custody or to treat juveniles in state-operated juvenile correctional facilities that have a correctional program services certification per Minnesota Rules, chapter 2960, must comply with the standards mandated in chapter 245G.” Under 241.69, the Commissioner must operate a mental health unit in “at least one” adult correctional institution, in place of a single unit; a licensed mental health professional may recommend transfer to a unit for short-term care, “assessment, evaluation, or stabilization”; and an inmate’s refusal to take part in a unit’s treatment program is no longer a ground for starting judicial commitment.

    For corrections staff: Nonresidential DOC substance use disorder programs, and those in certified state juvenile facilities, are now held to the same chapter 245G standards as community treatment programs.

    Laws 2026, c. 84 Minn. Stat. 241.021

  • DOC licensing law split: 241.021 now governs jails, lockups, workhouses, and work farms

    Laws 2026, c. 97 (S.F. 4760), art. 5, enacting Minn. Stat. 241.011 to 241.014, amending 241.021, subds. 1, 1f, 1i, and repealing 241.021, subds. 1g, 1h, 2, 2a, 2b, 3, 6Signed May 18, 2026; sections without a stated date take effect July 1, 2026 (computed under Minn. Stat. 645.02, because c. 97, art. 11 amends appropriation items); sec. 8 effective the day after final enactment

    Licensing of juvenile and adult community-based residential facilities moves into new sections 241.011 to 241.013, with their own correction-order, conditional-license, and revocation procedures, and state prison security audits move into 241.014. Section 241.021 now defines a correctional facility as a “jail, lockup, workhouse, or work farm under chapter 641, 642, or 643.” The annual report expands to cover all local facilities and license revocations or suspensions. Health care subdivisions are renumbered (for example, 241.021, subd. 4 becomes 241.74, subd. 1). Section 8, on notice of juvenile separation over 7 days, took effect the day after final enactment.

    For corrections staff: Jail standards and license enforcement now sit in a jail-specific 241.021; update policy citations to the new section numbers.

    Laws 2026, c. 97 Minn. Stat. 645.02

  • Jail medication rule revised: prescriptions verified at intake, emergency exception, oral refusal

    Laws 2026, c. 97 (S.F. 4760), art. 4, sec. 1, amending Minn. Stat. 241.021, subd. 4fSigned May 18, 2026; no section date, so effective July 1, 2026 (computed under Minn. Stat. 645.02)

    Licensed facilities must continue a person’s pre-confinement medications once the prescription is verified as current and valid, based on information reasonably available to staff at intake and documented in the medical record. Facilities must make and document a reasonable attempt to verify. A licensed health care professional may decline to continue a medication after making reasonable efforts to consult the prescriber, where the 2025 text required consulting. A medication may be changed to an equally effective one after reasonable attempts to consult the prescriber, without the prescriber’s approval. A new exception covers a documented medical or mental health emergency that requires an immediate change. A person may refuse a medication by informing the health professional or a designee, with the decision documented, instead of giving written notice.

    For corrections staff: At intake, try to verify each prescription and document the attempt; record any refusal in the medical record.

    Laws 2026, c. 97

  • Licensed jails must continue prescribed medications and check for Jarvis orders at intake

    Laws 2025, c. 35 (H.F. 2432), art. 5, secs. 6 and 7, amending Minn. Stat. 241.021, subd. 1, and adding subd. 4fSigned May 23, 2025; no section date, so effective July 1, 2025 (computed under Minn. Stat. 645.02; the act has appropriation items); subd. 4f amended effective July 1, 2026

    Jail minimum standards must include a policy on involuntary medication, “including a process for determining on intake whether a Jarvis Order is in place and ensuring it will be followed.” New subd. 4f requires DOC-licensed facilities to give confined people the same medications prescribed before confinement, unless a licensed physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse, after consulting the prescriber, finds a medication not medically appropriate; an equally effective alternative is approved by the prescriber; or the person declines in writing. Laws 2026, c. 97, art. 4, sec. 1 has since amended subd. 4f (entry above).

    For corrections staff: Booking staff must ask about and record Jarvis orders; for the current medication rules, see the 2026 entry.

    Laws 2025, c. 35 Minn. Stat. 241.021

  • Facilities must hand over all data for DOC reviews of emergencies and unusual occurrences

    Laws 2024, c. 123 (H.F. 5216), art. 8, sec. 2, amending Minn. Stat. 241.021, subd. 1Signed May 24, 2024; no section date, so effective July 1, 2024 (computed under Minn. Stat. 645.02; the act has appropriation items)

    Notwithstanding chapter 13 or other data restrictions, officers in charge of facilities “must furnish all data available to the facility that the commissioner deems necessary to conduct a review of any emergency or unusual occurrence at the facility.” Failing to provide information or access for inspections or occurrence reviews may be grounds for license action: a correction order, revocation, or suspension. The same article struck “by the correctional officer” from the deadly-force articulation clause in 243.52, subd. 2.

    For corrections staff: After a use of force, death, or other critical incident, expect DOC to ask for all records, video, and data; refusing can put the facility’s license at risk.

    Laws 2024, c. 123 Minn. Stat. 241.021

  • Free voice calls and protected in-person visits in state facilities

    Laws 2023, c. 52, art. 11, sec. 11, enacting Minn. Stat. 241.252Signed May 19, 2023; no section date, so effective July 1, 2023 (computed under Minn. Stat. 645.02; the act has appropriation items)

    State adult and juvenile DOC facilities must provide voice communication services free to both caller and recipient, limited only by program participation and routine policy, and must keep at least the services offered as of January 1, 2023. The agency may not take revenue from communications, except commissions under pre-2023 contracts. “Facilities shall maintain in-person visits for incarcerated persons, and communication services must not be used to replace a facility’s in-person visitation program,” except in declared emergencies or disasters. Protection and no-contact orders still apply.

    For corrections staff: Restrict calls only through program rules and routine policy, and do not use video to replace visiting.

    Laws 2023, c. 52 Minn. Stat. 645.02

  • Community supervision reform: advisory committee on statewide probation standards and training

    Laws 2023, c. 52, art. 17, sec. 30, enacting Minn. Stat. 401.17Signed May 19, 2023; no section date, so effective July 1, 2023 (computed under Minn. Stat. 645.02)

    A 19-member Community Supervision Advisory Committee, which had to meet first by October 1, 2023, recommends statewide supervision standards for Community Corrections Act and other jurisdictions, common validated risk tools, limits on standard conditions, an incentives and sanctions grid, and “a statewide training, coaching, and quality assurance system overseen by an evidence-based practices coordinator.” The Commissioner had to complete a workload study by October 1, 2024 for a capitated funding rate. Article 17 also rewrote community supervision funding (401.10, 244.19).

    For corrections staff: Probation and supervised release agents should expect statewide standards, assessment tools, and training requirements to come from this committee’s work.

    Minn. Stat. 401.17 Laws 2023, c. 52

  • DOC barred from contracting with private prisons

    Laws 2023, c. 52, art. 11, sec. 17, enacting Minn. Stat. 243.95; also sec. 28, enacting 641.015Signed May 19, 2023; effective the day following final enactment

    “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.” Section 28 separately bars placement in private prisons under the county jail chapter. Contracts with private halfway houses, group homes, work release, and treatment facilities for released people remain allowed.

    For corrections staff: People committed to the Commissioner stay in publicly run facilities; their custody cannot be contracted out to private prisons.

    Laws 2023, c. 52 Minn. Stat. 243.95

Enacted, not yet in force, pending, and bills that did not pass

No enacted corrections change awaiting its effective date was found. Failed or pending 2023 to 2026 bills, for example on restrictive housing or correctional officer licensing, were not searched.

Several entries are dated under Minn. Stat. 645.02, which makes an act with appropriation items take effect July 1 after final enactment unless the act says otherwise. Those dates are computed; no section-specific effective date was found in the session law text.

Checked and unchanged

  • Minn. Stat. 243.52 (use of force) apart from the 2024 wording change, 243.521 (segregation), 241.88 (pregnant women), and 244.19: checked against the posted text; no other 2023 to 2026 change credited.
  • Minn. R. 2911.0600, 2911.1300 (120, 40, and 16 hours), and 2911.2800 (7-day review and visit): checked; no change found.
  • Not counted: Laws 2023, c. 61, art. 5, sec. 2 added opioid overdose emergency procedures to jail minimum standards; its effective date was not confirmed.
  • Not verified: DOC academy length and annual training hours for state prison officers, which are set by DOC policy.

Bills in the legislature

Bills in the current session whose title concerns corrections officers, jails, probation and parole, and conditions of confinement, found automatically in LegiScan's copy of the legislature's records and refreshed daily (last on October 21, 2026). This list is not reviewed by an editor and is not a summary of the bills; each links to the legislature's own page, which controls. Bills that become law are added to the dated entries above once checked.

The law, section by section

Every section of the statutes and rules this page relies on that could be read from an official source, 267 in all, each linked to the official text. Headings are copied from the official tables of contents, checked October 21, 2026.

Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 241: Corrections; Department; FacilitiesStatute · 82 sections

Official text current through Revisor of Statutes: "2025 Minnesota Statutes" (read 2026-10-21). Full chapter, grouped under the chapter's own headings. Repealed, renumbered and expired entries (36) omitted. Sections added by the 2026 session (241.011, 241.012, 241.013, 241.014) are not yet in the compiled statutes and are not listed. Amendments made in the 2026 session are not reflected in the 2025 headings. Minn. Stat. ch. 241, official text

DEPARTMENT

  • 241.01 CREATION OF DEPARTMENT.
  • 241.016 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT REQUIRED.
  • 241.018 PER DIEM CALCULATION.
  • 241.02 TRANSFER OF POWERS AND DUTIES.

ADULT AND JUVENILE FACILITIES

  • 241.021 LICENSING AND SUPERVISION OF FACILITIES.
  • 241.0215 JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES; RESTRICTIONS ON STRIP SEARCHES AND DISCIPLINE.
  • 241.0222 CONTRACTS WITH NEWLY CONSTRUCTED JAIL FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT PROGRAMS.
  • 241.023 DESIGNATION OF STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

PEACE AND CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS

  • 241.025 FUGITIVE APPREHENSION UNIT.
  • 241.026 CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES.

RELIGION

RECORDS AND RELEASE OR TRANSFER OF INMATES

  • 241.06 RECORD OF INMATES; COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS.
  • 241.062 COLLECTION OF INCARCERATED PERSON'S ADDRESS.
  • 241.065 CONDITIONAL RELEASE DATA SYSTEM.
  • 241.067 RELEASE OF INMATES; DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER.
  • 241.068 HOMELESSNESS MITIGATION PLAN; ANNUAL REPORTING ON HOMELESSNESS.
  • 241.07 TRANSFER OF INMATES TO OTHER STATE INSTITUTIONS.

MONEY AND FUNDS

  • 241.08 MONEY OF INMATES OF CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
  • 241.09 UNCLAIMED MONEY OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OF INMATES OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
  • 241.10 DISPOSAL OF FUNDS; CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
  • 241.105 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS; INMATE DISCHARGE PLANNING.

FIRE PROTECTION

  • 241.11 PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE.

CONTINGENT ACCOUNT

  • 241.13 CONTINGENT ACCOUNT; DAMAGE DEPOSITS; CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

EMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

  • 241.14 PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

CEMETERY AND BURIAL

  • 241.16 CEMETERY AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
  • 241.17 REBURIAL.
  • 241.18 ABANDONMENT OF CEMETERY; COURT ORDER.

INMATE WORK, EDUCATION, AND ACTIVITIES

  • 241.20 INMATES TO DO CONSERVATION WORK.
  • 241.21 INMATES AVAILABLE TO STATE DEPARTMENTS.
  • 241.22 MAY EXPEND MONEY.
  • 241.23 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO MAKE SELECTION.
  • 241.241 PRISON GARDENING PROGRAM.
  • 241.251 PRESS AND MEDIA ACCESS FOR INMATES.
  • 241.252 FREE COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR INCARCERATED PERSONS.
  • 241.253 REPORTING ON INMATE COMMUNICATION SERVICES REQUIRED.
  • 241.26 PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES OF STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN COMMUNITY.
  • 241.267 PRISON EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS.
  • 241.27 VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF INMATES; MINNESOTA CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES; REVOLVING ACCOUNTS.
  • 241.271 REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES; BUDGET REQUEST.
  • 241.275 PRODUCTIVE DAY INITIATIVE PROGRAMS; CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
  • 241.278 AGREEMENTS FOR WORK FORCE OF STATE OR COUNTY JAIL INMATES.

INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT

  • 241.28 CITATION.
  • 241.29 COMPACT.
  • 241.30 POWERS WITH RELATION TO COMPACT.
  • 241.301 FINGERPRINTS OF INMATES, PAROLEES, AND PROBATIONERS FROM OTHER STATES.

COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS

  • 241.31 ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION BY MUNICIPALITY.
  • 241.32 ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION BY STATE.

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CORRECTIONS EMPLOYEE EXPOSURE

  • 241.33 DEFINITIONS.
  • 241.331 CONDITIONS FOR APPLICABILITY OF PROCEDURES.
  • 241.332 INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO INDIVIDUALS.
  • 241.333 DISCLOSURE OF POSITIVE BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGEN TEST RESULTS.
  • 241.334 CONSENT PROCEDURES GENERALLY.
  • 241.335 TESTING OF AVAILABLE BLOOD.
  • 241.336 BLOOD SAMPLE COLLECTION FOR TESTING.
  • 241.337 NO CARE OR TREATMENT WITHHELD.
  • 241.338 USE OF TEST RESULTS.
  • 241.339 TEST INFORMATION CONFIDENTIALITY.
  • 241.341 PROTOCOL FOR EXPOSURE TO BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS.
  • 241.342 IMMUNITY.

TREATMENT PROGRAMS

  • 241.40 PERIODIC REVIEWS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSESSMENT PROCESS.
  • 241.415 RELEASE PLANS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
  • 241.416 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS; RECORD KEEPING.
  • 241.67 SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT; PROGRAMS; STANDARDS; DATA.
  • 241.69 MENTAL HEALTH UNIT; ESTABLISHMENT.

FEMALE OFFENDER PROGRAMS AND TASK FORCE

  • 241.70 PROGRAMS FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS.
  • 241.71 CREATION OF ADVISORY TASK FORCE.
  • 241.72 PROGRAM FUNDING.
  • 241.73 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER.

HEALTH CARE DECISIONS

  • 241.75 INMATE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS.
  • 241.76 OPIATE ANTAGONISTS.

AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL PROGRAM

  • 241.80 AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL PROGRAM.

EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTS

  • 241.85 EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTS.

MENTORING GRANT FOR CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED

  • 241.86 MENTORING GRANT FOR CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS.

INCARCERATED PREGNANT WOMEN

  • 241.87 DEFINITIONS.
  • 241.88 RESTRAINING AN INCARCERATED PREGNANT WOMAN.
  • 241.89 REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INCARCERATED WOMAN.

OFFICE OF OMBUDSPERSON

  • 241.90 OFFICE OF OMBUDSPERSON; CREATION; QUALIFICATIONS; FUNCTION.
  • 241.91 DEFINITION.
  • 241.92 ORGANIZATION OF OFFICE OF OMBUDSPERSON.
  • 241.93 POWERS OF OMBUDSPERSON; INVESTIGATIONS; ACTION ON COMPLAINTS; RECOMMENDATIONS.
  • 241.94 ACCESS BY OMBUDSPERSON TO DATA.
  • 241.95 PUBLICATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS; REPORTS.
Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 243: Corrections; Adults (sections 243.52 and 243.521 only)Statute · 2 sections

Official text current through Revisor of Statutes: "2025 Minnesota Statutes" (read 2026-10-21). Partial list: only the two sections the page cites (discipline and use of force; administrative and disciplinary segregation). Amendments made in the 2026 session are not reflected in the 2025 headings. Minn. Stat. 243.52, 243.521, official text

INMATES; FACILITIES

  • 243.52 DISCIPLINE; PREVENTION OF ESCAPE; DUTY TO REPORT.
  • 243.521 ADMINISTRATIVE AND DISCIPLINARY SEGREGATION.
Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 244: Criminal Sentences; ReleaseStatute · 55 sections

Official text current through Revisor of Statutes: "2025 Minnesota Statutes" (read 2026-10-21). Full chapter, grouped under the chapter's own headings. Repealed, renumbered and expired entries (10) omitted. Amendments made in the 2026 session are not reflected in the 2025 headings. Minn. Stat. ch. 244, official text

DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

RELEASE

  • 244.05 SUPERVISED RELEASE TERM.
  • 244.051 EARLY REPORTS OF MISSING OFFENDERS.
  • 244.0513 CONDITIONAL RELEASE OF NONVIOLENT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OFFENDERS; TREATMENT.

PREDATORY OFFENDERS; RELEASE

  • 244.052 PREDATORY OFFENDERS; NOTICE.
  • 244.0521 TRAINING MATERIALS ON THE DANGERS OF PREDATORY OFFENDERS.
  • 244.053 NOTICE OF RELEASE OF CERTAIN OFFENDERS.

MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS; DISCHARGE AND RELEASE

  • 244.054 DISCHARGE PLANS; MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS.

PREDATORY OFFENDERS; HOUSING

  • 244.056 PREDATORY OFFENDER; SEEKING HOUSING IN DIFFERENT JURISDICTION.
  • 244.057 PREDATORY OFFENDER; HOUSEHOLD WITH CHILDREN.

INMATE EMPLOYMENT; FURLOUGHS

  • 244.065 PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES OR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMMING FOR PREGNANT INMATES OF STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN COMMUNITY.
  • 244.07 FURLOUGHS.

COMMISSIONER DUTIES

SENTENCING

  • 244.09 MINNESOTA SENTENCING GUIDELINES COMMISSION.
  • 244.10 SENTENCING HEARING; DEVIATION FROM GUIDELINES.
  • 244.101 SENTENCING OF FELONY OFFENDERS WHO COMMIT OFFENSES ON AND AFTER AUGUST 1, 1993.
  • 244.11 APPELLATE REVIEW OF SENTENCE.

INTENSIVE SUPERVISION

  • 244.12 INTENSIVE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.
  • 244.13 INTENSIVE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND INTENSIVE SUPERVISED RELEASE.

DAY-FINES

CHALLENGE INCARCERATION PROGRAM

  • 244.17 CHALLENGE INCARCERATION PROGRAM.
  • 244.171 CHALLENGE INCARCERATION PROGRAM; BASIC ELEMENTS.
  • 244.172 CHALLENGE INCARCERATION PROGRAM; PHASES I TO III.
  • 244.173 CHALLENGE INCARCERATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION AND REPORT.

OFFENDER FEES

  • 244.18 CORRECTIONAL FEES; SCHEDULE, COLLECTION, AND USE.

PROBATION OFFICERS

  • 244.19 PROBATION SERVICES AND OFFICERS.

RELEASE AND PROBATION

  • 244.195 DEFINITIONS.
  • 244.1951 DETENTION AND RELEASE; INTERMEDIATE SANCTIONS; SUPERVISION CONTACTS.
  • 244.197 INITIATING SANCTIONS CONFERENCE.
  • 244.198 PARTICIPATING IN SANCTIONS CONFERENCE.
  • 244.199 ELECTING NOT TO PARTICIPATE.
  • 244.1995 SANCTIONS CONFERENCE PROCEDURES.
  • 244.20 PROBATION; FELONY SUPERVISION.
  • 244.21 INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUALS ON PROBATION; REPORTS.
  • 244.24 ASSESSING RISK FOR INDIVIDUALS ON PROBATION.
  • 244.30 CAP ON INCARCERATION FOR FIRST-TIME SUPERVISED RELEASE VIOLATIONS; EXCEPTION FOR SEX OFFENDERS.
  • 244.33 COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; TARGETED INNOVATION GRANTS.
  • 244.40 MINNESOTA REHABILITATION AND REINVESTMENT ACT.
  • 244.41 DEFINITIONS.
  • 244.42 COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT AND INDIVIDUALIZED REHABILITATION PLAN REQUIRED.
  • 244.43 EARNED INCENTIVE RELEASE CREDIT.
  • 244.44 APPLYING EARNED INCENTIVE RELEASE CREDIT.
  • 244.45 INELIGIBILITY FOR EARNED INCENTIVE RELEASE CREDIT.
  • 244.46 EARNED COMPLIANCE CREDIT AND SUPERVISION ABATEMENT STATUS.
  • 244.47 VICTIM INPUT.
  • 244.48 VICTIM NOTIFICATION.
  • 244.49 INTERSTATE COMPACT.
  • 244.50 REALLOCATING EARNED INCENTIVE RELEASE SAVINGS.
  • 244.51 REPORTING REQUIRED.
  • 244.60 SUPERVISED RELEASE EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT; POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION.
Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 401: Community CorrectionsStatute · 18 sections

Official text current through Revisor of Statutes: "2025 Minnesota Statutes" (read 2026-10-21). Full chapter, grouped under the chapter's own headings. Repealed, renumbered and expired entries (2) omitted. Amendments made in the 2026 session are not reflected in the 2025 headings. Minn. Stat. ch. 401, official text

  • 401.01 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS ACT; PURPOSE AND DEFINITION.
  • 401.02 COUNTIES OR REGIONS; INCLUDED CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.
  • 401.025 DETENTION AND RELEASE; PROBATIONERS, CONDITIONAL RELEASEES, AND PRETRIAL RELEASEES.
  • 401.03 RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
  • 401.04 ACQUIRING PROPERTY; SELECTING ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE; EMPLOYEES.
  • 401.05 FISCAL POWERS.
  • 401.06 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; STANDARDS OF ELIGIBILITY; COMPLIANCE.
  • 401.065 PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS.
  • 401.08 CORRECTIONS ADVISORY BOARD.
  • 401.09 OTHER GRANT OR SUBSIDY PROGRAMS; PURCHASING STATE SERVICES.
  • 401.10 FUNDING COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.
  • 401.11 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ITEMS; SUBSIDY REVIEW.
  • 401.115 NONPARTICIPATING TRIBAL NATIONS.
  • 401.12 MINIMUM SPENDING LEVEL.
  • 401.14 PAYING SUBSIDY TO CCA AND NON-CCA JURISDICTIONS.
  • 401.15 DETERMINING PAYMENT AMOUNT; ANNUAL REVIEW.
  • 401.16 WITHDRAWING FROM SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
  • 401.17 COMMUNITY SUPERVISION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 641: County and Regional JailsStatute · 33 sections

Official text current through Revisor of Statutes: "2025 Minnesota Statutes" (read 2026-10-21). Full chapter, grouped under the chapter's own headings. Repealed, renumbered and expired entries (22) omitted. Amendments made in the 2026 session are not reflected in the 2025 headings. Minn. Stat. ch. 641, official text

COUNTY JAILS

  • 641.01 JAIL CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE; PRISONER PLACEMENT.
  • 641.015 PLACEMENT IN PRIVATE PRISONS PROHIBITED.
  • 641.02 FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE; FEE.
  • 641.03 FEDERAL PRISONERS; FEE.
  • 641.035 OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS.
  • 641.04 PRISONER COMMITMENT PAPERS.
  • 641.05 RECORD OF INMATES; COURT; BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION.
  • 641.06 APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES; COMPENSATION.
  • 641.07 PRISONERS; LABOR.
  • 641.08 SUPERVISION.
  • 641.09 POWER OF OFFICERS.
  • 641.10 PAYMENT FOR LABOR; PROTECTION.
  • 641.12 COLLECTION OF FEES AND BOARD BILLS.
  • 641.13 PRISONERS FROM OTHER COUNTIES; BOARDING FEES.
  • 641.14 JAILS; SEPARATION OF PRISONERS.
  • 641.15 PRISONERS; FEEDING; CARE.
  • 641.155 DISCHARGE PLANS.
  • 641.16 BIBLES.
  • 641.165 CONTRABAND ARTICLES FORBIDDEN; PENALTY.
  • 641.18 SECURE CONFINEMENT.
  • 641.20 REMOVAL OF PRISONERS IN CASE OF FIRE.
  • 641.21 JAIL; ADVICE ON CONSTRUCTION.
  • 641.22 PLANS AND ESTIMATES SUBMITTED.
  • 641.23 FUNDS; HOW PROVIDED.
  • 641.24 LEASING.
  • 641.25 DISTRICT JAILS; HOW DESIGNATED.
  • 641.26 CONDEMNATION OF JAILS.

REGIONAL JAILS

Minnesota Rules, Chapter 2911: Jail Facilities (Department of Corrections)Rules · 77 sections

Official text current through Revisor of Statutes current Minnesota Rules, read 2026-10-21 (no currency date shown on the chapter page). Repealed parts (2911.0350, 2911.1100, 2911.2000, 2911.3000, 2911.4700, 2911.5100, 2911.5200, 2911.5400, 2911.5500, 2911.5600, 2911.5700, 2911.6100, 2911.6300) omitted. Minn. R. ch. 2911, official text

DEFINITIONS; CAPACITY; VARIANCES

PERSONNEL STANDARDS

STAFF TRAINING

JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

RECORDS AND REPORTS

  • 2911.2100 STORAGE AND PRESERVATION OF RECORDS.
  • 2911.2200 FILING AND DISPOSITION OF INMATE RECORDS.
  • 2911.2300 PRIVACY OF AND ACCESS TO INMATE RECORDS.
  • 2911.2400 DETENTION INFORMATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.

INMATE WELFARE

FOOD SERVICE

SECURITY

ENVIRONMENTAL-PERSONAL HEALTH AND SANITATION

The page notes that facility licensing moved to 241.011 to 241.021 in 2026; 241.011 to 241.014 were added by Laws 2026, chapter 97, article 5, and will appear in the next compilation of Minnesota Statutes.

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Last updated October 21, 2026Source: United States Council for Law & InvestigationCite as: United States Council for Law & Investigation, “Minnesota corrections law: Corrections Ledger,” uscli.org/corrections-tracker/minnesota (last updated October 21, 2026). Text licensed CC BY 4.0.