Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                        CHAPTER 113-H.F.No. 1193
           An act relating to corrections; requiring the 
          commissioner of corrections to develop a policy to 
          provide counseling services to American Indian 
          inmates; updating the recordkeeping systems of jails 
          and lockups; amending Minnesota Statutes 1984, 
          sections 641.05; and 642.07; proposing coding for new 
          law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 241. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [241.80] [AMERICAN INDIAN COUNSELING PROGRAM.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORITY.] The commissioner of 
corrections shall develop a policy to provide the counseling 
services listed in subdivision 2 to American Indian inmates of 
all juvenile and adult state correctional facilities and 
community-based correctional programs.  The commissioner may, 
within the limits of available money, contract with appropriate 
American Indian private, nonprofit organizations to provide 
these counseling services. 
    Subd. 2.  [COUNSELING SERVICES.] The policy shall include, 
but need not be limited to, providing, within the limits of 
available money, spiritual and cultural counseling services 
having the following purposes: 
    (1) the teaching of good work habits and the development of 
motivation through work; 
    (2) the development of cultural pride to improve American 
Indian self-image; 
    (3) the development of an understanding of and an 
adjustment to the cultural differences between American Indians 
and other ethnic groups; 
    (4) the development of attitudes of mutual trust, respect, 
and understanding among American Indian family members; 
    (5) the fostering of increased availability of medicine men 
and American Indian spiritual leaders to teach American Indian 
inmates about American Indian history, cultural sensitivity, and 
religion; 
    (6) the involvement of American Indian inmates in those 
aspects of the correctional system that will aid in their 
rehabilitation; and 
    (7) the provision of services to American Indian inmates 
that will facilitate their reentry into the community. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 641.05, is 
amended to read: 
    641.05 [REGISTER RECORD OF PRISONERS INMATES; RETURN TO 
COURT.] 
    Every sheriff shall keep in a book furnished by the county 
a register, at the expense of the county, maintain a permanent 
record of all prisoners persons committed to any jail under his 
charge.  It shall contain the name of every person committed, by 
what authority, his residence, date of commitment, and, if for a 
criminal offense, a description of the person, when and by what 
authority liberated, and, in case of escape, the time and manner 
thereof.  At the opening of each term of district court he shall 
make a certified transcript therefrom to such court, showing all 
cases therein not previously disposed of.  Every sheriff who 
neglects or refuses to so report shall be guilty of a gross 
misdemeanor.  
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 642.07, is 
amended to read: 
    642.07 [CHIEF OF POLICE, MARSHAL; DUTIES.] 
    The chief of police or statutory city marshal, as the case 
may be, shall cause every lockup under the chief's or marshal's 
care, and the bedding therein, to be kept clean, wholesome, and 
free from vermin.  The lockup shall be kept in good repair and 
maintained so as to protect the health, comfort, safety and well 
being of prisoners inmates and staff.  Each chief of police or 
marshal shall keep in a book furnished by the municipality a 
complete register a permanent record of all prisoners persons 
committed to the lockup, and all persons admitted as lodgers 
therein, in the form prescribed by the commissioner of 
corrections.  Any peace officer placing a prisoner person in the 
lockup shall report immediately to the officer's superior 
concerning the fact of the placement. 
    Approved May 10, 1985