1997 Minnesota Statutes

     609.105 Sentence of imprisonment. 

    Subdivision 1.  Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 
 3, a sentence to imprisonment for more than one year shall 
 commit the defendant to the custody of the commissioner of 
 corrections.  

    Subd. 2.  The commissioner of corrections shall determine 
 the place of confinement in a prison, reformatory, or other 
 facility of the department of corrections established by law for 
 the confinement of convicted persons and prescribe reasonable 
 conditions and rules for their employment, conduct, instruction, 
 and discipline within or without the facility.  

    Subd. 3.  A sentence to imprisonment for an enhanced gross 
 misdemeanor or for a period of one year or any lesser period 
 shall be to a workhouse, work farm, county jail, or other place 
 authorized by law.  

    HIST: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.105; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1997 c 2 
 s 61