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PRISONERS
See also CONVICTED PERSONS; CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
Aliens, reports about, to immigration officers, Minn. Statutes 2025 631.50, 631.51
Artwork produced by, installation in correctional facilities, Minn. Statutes 2025 16B.35
Assaults by
Consecutive sentences, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.2232
Use of deadly force against peace officers or correctional facility employees, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.153
Use of force on, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.52
Attorneys for, new charges, costs of appointed counsel, Minn. Statutes 2025 611.27
Bibles, provision to, Minn. Statutes 2025 641.16
Blood tests
Bloodborne pathogens, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.334 to 241.336
Discrimination based on results, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.337
Results, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.337 to 241.339
Boot camp program, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.17 to 244.173
Burial
Bodies, death investigations, Minn. Statutes 2025 390.11
Cemeteries, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.16 to 241.18
Cells, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.53, 641.14
Challenge incarceration program, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.17 to 244.173
Change of name, Minn. Statutes 2025 259.12
Children of
Child custody, burden of proof, Minn. Statutes 2025 518.179
Children with disabilities, legal residence, Minn. Statutes 2025 125A.17
Cultivating relationships, grants, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.9576
Mentoring, grants for, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.86
Parenting time, burden of proof, Minn. Statutes 2025 518.179
Visitation, see same under this topic
Claims
Abandoned property disposal, state immunity from suit, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.09
Contraband disposal, nonliability of state, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.24
Deaths or injuries, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.738
Frivolous or malicious claims, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.035
In forma pauperis proceedings, see IN FORMA PAUPERIS PROCEEDINGS
Losses to, nonliability of state, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.736
Property damage or loss, settlement, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.7381
Clemency applications
Appearance, Minn. Statutes 2025 638.14
Contents, Minn. Statutes 2025 638.10
Notice
Decision, Minn. Statutes 2025 638.17
Recommendation, Minn. Statutes 2025 638.15
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 638.10
Subsequent applications, Minn. Statutes 2025 638.19
Types of clemency, Minn. Statutes 2025 638.12
Commitment to Corrections Department
Commitment papers, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.49, 243.51
Committed persons, Minn. Statutes 2025 253B.045
Committed sex offenders, Minn. Statutes 2025 253D.10
Felony convictions, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.105
Prepetition screenings, Minn. Statutes 2025 253B.23
Communications with
Attorneys, Minn. Statutes 2025 481.10
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.56
Press, access to, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.251
Telephone calls, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.252, 244.172, 481.10
Video or text communications, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.252
Violations and penalties, communications without permission, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.21, 243.211, 243.55
Visitation, see same under this topic
Community service, see COMMUNITY SERVICE
Commutation of sentence, Minn. Statutes 2025 638.01
Computers, restrictions on use, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.556
Conditional medical release, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.05
Conditional release, see CONDITIONAL RELEASE
Consent, blood tests, bloodborne pathogens, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.334, 241.335, 241.336
Conservation work, Minn. Statutes 2025 16C.09, 43A.047, 241.20 to 241.23
Contagious or infectious diseases, epidemics, removal of convicted persons, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.57
Contracts and agreements, reenactments of crime, proceeds, payments to victims, Minn. Statutes 2025 611A.68
Corrections Department, confinement exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.01
Costs of confinement, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.252, 243.51, 641.12
County jails, generally, see JAILS
Court appearance, order of release to temporary custody of court, Minn. Statutes 2025 589.35
Criminal history data, Criminal Apprehension Bureau, reports to, Minn. Statutes 2025 299C.14
Cross-country ski passes, Minn. Statutes 2025 85.41
Deaths
Claims, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.738
Convicted persons committed to state hospitals, notice, Minn. Statutes 2025 253.245
Investigations, Minn. Statutes 2025 390.11, 390.32
Definitions
Correctional facilities, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.01
Interstate Corrections Compact, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.29
Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.41
Discharge
Clothing, providing, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.20
Conditional medical release, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.05
Dangerous repeat offenders, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.1095
Discharged persons, prescription drug use, liability, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.231, 604A.31
Gate money, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.23, 243.24
Homelessness mitigation plan, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.068
Information and assistance, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.067
Mandatory minimum sentences, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.11, 609.229
Medical assistance, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.067
Mentally ill offenders, discharge plans, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.105, 244.054
Notice about, crime victims' rights, Minn. Statutes 2025 611A.06
Orders of discharge, fire arms and ammunition, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.165
Payments to convicted persons, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.24
Reentry coordination programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 641.155
Release hearing notice, killers of peace officers, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.05
Release to federal marshal, Minn. Statutes 2025 629.291
Reports about, crimes and criminals, statistics, Minn. Statutes 2025 299C.06
Substance abuse records, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.06, 241.416
Substance abuse services, planning, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.415
Supervised release, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.05, 244.05
Disciplinary confinement, see under IMPRISONMENT
Disciplinary segregation status, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.521
Distinctive physical mark identification data, Criminal Apprehension Bureau, reports to, Minn. Statutes 2025 299C.14
DNA analysis, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.117
Education and training
Educational assessments, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.85
Postsecondary students, state grants, Minn. Statutes 2025 136A.121
Pregnant women and new mothers, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.89
Prison education partnerships
Higher education, limitations, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.267
Limitations, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.267
Productive day initiative programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.275
Programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.85
Employment
Availability to state departments, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.21
Compensation and salaries
Appropriation, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.465
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.23
Payments from, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.23, 243.24, 243.88
Private industries, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.88
Work release, depositing, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.26
Conservation work, Minn. Statutes 2025 16C.09, 43A.047, 241.20 to 241.23
Construction work in state facilities, Minn. Statutes 2025 16B.34
Contract labor
Private businesses, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.27
Restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.61, 243.62
Correctional industries, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.27, 243.61, 243.88
Defense industries, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.87
Fair Labor Standards Act, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2025 177.23
Goods produced, Minn. Statutes 2025 325F.48
Lease of inmate labor, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.61
MINNCOR industries, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.27
Productive day initiative programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.275
Retirement, Minn. Statutes 2025 352.01, 353.01
Sale of inmate labor, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.62
Training, skills, services, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.27
Work release, see WORK RELEASE
Escape from custody, see Prisoners under ESCAPES
Ex-convicted persons, see Employment and occupational licensing under CONVICTED PERSONS
Exempt rules, Minn. Statutes 2025 14.03
Exoneration, compensation eligibility petitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 590.11
Federal facilities
Fees for detention in jails, Minn. Statutes 2025 641.03, 641.12
Hennepin County, detention in, Minn. Statutes 2025 383B.129
Juvenile offenders, commitment to state, Minn. Statutes 2025 242.45
Transfers to or from, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.51
Females, see Women under this topic
Fingerprinting
Criminal Apprehension Bureau, reports to, Minn. Statutes 2025 299C.14
Foreign states, prisoners from, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.301
Fishing licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 97A.445
Food, costs of confinement, payment by prisoners, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.23, 243.88
Foreign state prisoners, Minn. Statutes 2025 641.035
Foreign states
Contracts for confinement, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.28 to 241.30
Detention in Minnesota, contracts, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.51
DNA analysis, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.117
Fingerprinting, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.301
Indictments or complaints, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2025 629.294
Sex offender registration, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.166
Transfers, interstate agreement on detainers, Minn. Statutes 2025 629.294
Furloughs
Conditions for, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.07
Definition, Minn. Statutes 2025 401.01
Failure to return, Minn. Statutes 2025 401.025
Lawsuits, money damages from, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.241
Notice about, to victims of crime, Minn. Statutes 2025 611A.06
Good time, see under SENTENCING
Guardians and conservators, health care decisions, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.75
Health care, see under CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
Conditional medical release, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.05
Contagious or infectious diseases, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.57
Copayments for, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.212, 243.23
Corrections Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.021
Costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.021
Feminine hygiene products, availability, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.021
Furloughs, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.07
Health care decisions, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.75
Insurance, subrogation, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.255
Investigational drug, biological product, or device use, Minn. Statutes 2025 151.375
Medical expenses, payment, Minn. Statutes 2025 641.12, 641.15
Mental health services, Minn. Statutes 2025 245.50
Opiate antagonists, availability and training, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.76
Peer review committee, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.021
Posttraumatic stress disorder, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.251
Pregnant women, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.89, 243.15
Prescription drugs
Provision and administration of, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.021
Purchasing, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.01
Reentry services coordination programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0761
Release of information authorization form, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.021
Transfers to health care facilities, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.07
Tuberculosis screening, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.14
Homelessness mitigation plan, discharged persons, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.068
Housing
Disciplinary segregation status, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.521
Emergency, Corrections Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.32
Human services programs, eligibility for, prisoners being discharged, Minn. Statutes 2025 641.155
Identity and identification, Criminal Apprehension Bureau, reports to, Minn. Statutes 2025 299C.14
Imprisonment, see IMPRISONMENT
Indians
Ceremonial tobacco use, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.555
Cultural program, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.80
Reentry services coordination programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0761
Indictments or complaints against, disposition
Foreign states, Minn. Statutes 2025 629.294
This state, request for trial, Minn. Statutes 2025 629.292
Injuries to, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.738, 631.471
Insurance, subrogation of benefits, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.255
Intensive community supervision, see under COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS
Jail inmates
Accounts, Minn. Rules 2911.3200
Administrative segregation
Generally, Minn. Rules 2911.2800
Housing for, Minn. Rules 2911.2500
Recreation, access to, Minn. Rules 2911.3100
Administrative staff assistant, Minn. Rules 2911.0900
Admissions, Minn. Rules 2911.2525, 2911.5800
Adult detention centers, administrators, Minn. Rules 2911.0900
Assaults, reporting, Minn. Rules 2911.3700
Attempted suicides, reporting, Minn. Rules 2911.3700
Attorneys, space for visitation, Minn. Rules 2911.3100
Bathing, Minn. Rules 2911.2750
Bedding, Minn. Rules 2911.2525, 2911.3650
Body searches, Minn. Rules 2911.5300
Chemically dependent inmates, Minn. Rules 2911.3100, 2911.7100
Clothing, Minn. Rules 2911.2525, 2911.2850, 2911.3600
Coeducational activities, supervision, Minn. Rules 2911.2500
Commitments, Minn. Rules 2911.7100
Data
Data privacy rights, information to inmates, Minn. Rules 2911.2700
Detention information, designated reporters, Minn. Rules 2911.2400
Medical and dental records, Minn. Rules 2911.6200
Death, reports, Minn. Rules 2911.3700
Deprivation, Minn. Rules 2911.2800, 2911.6600
Detention information system, jails, designated reporters, Minn. Rules 2911.2400
Disabled inmates, Minn. Rules 2911.7100
Drugs and medicine, Minn. Rules 2911.6400 to 2911.6800
Food
Meals, Minn. Rules 2911.4100, 2911.4500
Portions, Minn. Rules 2911.4000
Religious diets, Minn. Rules 2911.4300
Rules governing, Minn. Rules 2911.3800
Therapeutic diets, Minn. Rules 2911.4200
Withholding as punishment, Minn. Rules 2911.4400
Intermittent sentence inmates, exceeding capacity, Minn. Rules 2911.0400
Internal escort officers, Minn. Rules 2911.0900
Interviews, Minn. Rules 2911.2525
Meals, Minn. Rules 2911.4100, 2911.4500
Mentally ill persons, Minn. Rules 2911.2500, 2911.5000, 2911.7100
Personal property, Minn. Rules 2911.0200, 2911.2525
Pest control, Minn. Rules 2911.7500
Photographs, Minn. Rules 2911.2525
Postage allowance, Minn. Rules 2911.3300
Privacy, Minn. Rules 2911.2525
Releases, Minn. Rules 2911.2550, 2911.6800
Religious services, Minn. Rules 2911.3100, 2911.4300
Sexes, separation, Minn. Rules 2911.0300, 2911.0900
Showers, Minn. Rules 2911.2525, 2911.2750
Supervision, Minn. Rules 2911.1300
Telephone calls, Minn. Rules 2911.2525, 2911.3400
Visitation, Minn. Rules 2911.3100, 2911.5300
Jails, see Inmates under JAILS
Juvenile offenders, see Detention under JUVENILE OFFENDERS
Labor, see Employment under this topic
Language access, limited English proficiency (LEP) individuals, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.021
Lawsuits
Court costs, deductions from prisoners' funds, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.23
Death or injury claims, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.738
Frivolous or malicious claims, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.035
In forma pauperis proceedings, see IN FORMA PAUPERIS PROCEEDINGS
Land registration, Minn. Statutes 2025 508.79, 508A.79
Money damages, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.241
Rehabilitative programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.03
Licensed mental health professionals, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.69
Losses to, state not liable, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.736
Males, inmates, separation from females, Minn. Statutes 2025 641.14
Meals (refreshment)
Availability, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.557
Costs paid by prisoners, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.23, 243.88
Medical assistance
Discharged persons, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.067
Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.04, 256B.055
Reentry services coordination programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0761
Medical examinations, mental illness, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.69
Medical expenses, payment, Minn. Statutes 2025 641.12, 641.15
Mental health services
Disciplinary segregation status, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.521
Interstate contracts, Minn. Statutes 2025 245.50
Pregnant women and new mothers, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.89
Reentry services coordination programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0761
Mental illness, persons with
Alternative placement, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.1055
Commitments, Minnesota security hospital, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.69
Discharge plans, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.105, 244.054
Exception, interstate agreement on detainers, Minn. Statutes 2025 629.294
Mentally ill convicted persons, Minn. Statutes 2025 253.22 to 253.245
MFIP applicants or participants, county of financial responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2025 142G.78
MinnesotaCare, eligibility, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2025 256L.04
Mistreatment
Conviction, family day care home providers, Minn. Statutes 2025 142E.16
Force, use on, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.021, 243.52
Gross misdemeanor, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.23
Personal injuries, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.738, 631.471
Model jail practices, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.9576
Mortgage foreclosure sales, actions to set aside, Minn. Statutes 2025 580.20, 580.21
Next of kin, health care decisions, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.75
Online services, use, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.556
Opiate overdoses, opiate antagonists, availability and training, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.76
Out-of-state prisoners, boarding agreements, Minn. Statutes 2025 641.035
Pardons, see PARDONS
Parenting time, Minn. Statutes 2025 518.177, 518.179
Parole, see SUPERVISED RELEASE
Payments by
Copayments, health care, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.212
Deductions from prisoners' funds, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.23, 243.88
Private employment, disposition of earnings, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.88
Room and board costs, county jails, Minn. Statutes 2025 641.12
Perjury, infraction penalties, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.035
Personal injuries, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.738, 631.471
Photographs, Criminal Apprehension Bureau, reports to, Minn. Statutes 2025 299C.14
Prescription medications, provision and administration of, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.021
Prison made goods, Minn. Statutes 2025 325F.48
Prisoners of war, see PRISONERS OF WAR
Probation, see PROBATION
Property
Abandonment, presumption, Minn. Statutes 2025 345.38
Contraband, disposal, nonliability of state, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.24
Damage, destruction, or loss, claim settlement, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.7381
Losses, nonliability of state, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.736
Money, safekeeping, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.08
Unclaimed property, depositing, inmate social welfare fund, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.09
Protection of the law, Minn. Statutes 2025 631.471
Records about, intake information, last residential address, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.062
Redistricting, reallocation and exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2025 2.93
Reentry coordination programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0761, 641.155
Rehabilitation programs
Assessment, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.42
Earned compliance credit and supervision abatement status, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.46
Earned incentive release credit
Calculation, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.44
Disparity monitoring, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.43
Ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.45
Education and training, see same under this topic
Employment, see same under this topic
Individualized rehabilitation plan, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.42
Interstate Compact for Adult Supervision, application and eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.49
Lawsuits about, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.03
Refusal to participate in, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.03, 244.05
Transition and release plan, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.42
Victim input, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.42, 244.47
Victim notification, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.48
Violations and penalties, conditions of release, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.46
Women, see same under this topic
Releases, see Discharge under this topic
Religious activities, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.05
Reports about
Access to data, Clemency Review Commission, Minn. Statutes 2025 638.13
Communications services, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.253
Released prisoners, Minn. Statutes 2025 299C.14
Restraints while pregnant, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.88
Reprieves, see REPRIEVES
Restitution, see RESTITUTION
Sentencing, see SENTENCING
Subrogation of insurance, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.255
Substance use disorder treatment
Corrections Department, contracts, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.0222
County jails, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.0222
Insurance coverage, driving while impaired offenders, Minn. Statutes 2025 62Q.137
Nonviolent controlled substance offenders, conditional release, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.0513
Records, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.06, 241.416
Reentry services coordination programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0761
Release plans, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.415
Substance abuse assessments, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.40
Supervised release, see SUPERVISED RELEASE
Telephone calls, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.252, 244.172, 481.10
Tobacco products, possession or use, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.555
Transfer of custody, federal government, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.51
Transfers
Expenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.271, 383A.08
Foreign states, interstate agreements, Minn. Statutes 2025 629.294
Medical facilities, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.07
Notice about, to victim of crime, Minn. Statutes 2025 611A.06
Records, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.06, 241.07
Same sex escort, Minn. Statutes 2025 631.412
Trial for federal crimes, petition for transfer, Minn. Statutes 2025 629.291
Tuberculosis screening, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.445, 241.14
Unemployment insurance, eligibility restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2025 268.085
Veterans, posttraumatic stress disorder, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.251
Video or text communications, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.252
Visitation
Challenge incarceration, Minn. Statutes 2025 244.172
Parenting time, Minn. Statutes 2025 518.177, 518.179
Rights, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.48
Voting, inmates denied privilege, Minn. Const. art 7 s 2
Witnesses, prisoners as, Minn. Statutes 2025 634.045
Women
Advisory task force on, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.71, 241.73
Correctional facility, see Shakopee under CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
Feminine hygiene products, availability, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.021
Jail inmates, separation from males, Minn. Statutes 2025 641.14
New mothers, mental health services, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.89
Pregnant women
Hospital care, Minn. Statutes 2025 243.15
Mental health services, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.89
Restraining, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.88
Reentry services coordination programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0761
Rehabilitation programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.70 to 241.73
Restraints while pregnant, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.88
Sexually transmitted disease tests, pregnant women, Minn. Statutes 2025 241.89
Work release, see WORK RELEASE
Workhouse inmates, see Inmates under WORKHOUSES