Minnesota Department of Corrections

The Minnesota Department of Corrections is a state agency of Minnesota that operates prisons. Its headquarters is in St. Paul.[1]

As of 2010 the state of Minnesota does not contract with private prisons.[2] The first and only private prison in the state, the Prairie Correctional Facility, was closed by its owner in 2010. [3][4]

The head of the agency is referred to as the Commissioner. As of 17 July 2017, the holder of this office is Tom Roy.[5]

Adult and juvenile correctional facilities

Minnesota state correctional facilities[6]
Facility Pop. type Security class Capacity 2014 population
Faribault Male 1, 2, & 3 2,026 1,996
Lino Lakes Male 1 & 3 1,316 1,257
Moose Lake Male 3 1,053 1,042
Oak Park Heights Male 5 444 437
St. Cloud Male 4 1,028 999
Stillwater Male 1 & 4 1,622 1,612
Red Wing Adults Male Minimum 42 43
Rush City Male 4 1,018 1,008
Willow River (CIP) Male 177 163
Shakopee Female 1-5 650 601
Togo (CIP) adult male only 68 115
Togo Juvenile ended July of 2015
Red Wing Juvenile male 189 127

Juvenile services

The department operates juvenile correctional facilities.[7]

Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing in Red Wing serves delinquent boys. It was built in 1889.[8] Minnesota Correctional Facility – Togo in northern Itasca County no longer serves delinquent boys and girls.[9] 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.[10] Now MCF-TOGO only serves adult males as a CIP program

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 8, 2009.
  2. ↑ http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_Too_Good_to_be_True.pdf page 5
  3. ↑ "CCA Announces Closure of Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  4. ↑ "Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Archived from the original on 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  5. ↑ https://mn.gov/doc/about/agency-background-history/organization/
  6. ↑ "Performance Report 2014" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  7. ↑ "Juvenile Services." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  9. ↑ "MCF-Togo." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  10. ↑ "About Thistledew Programs at MCF-Togo." Thistledew Programs. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
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