243.17 SHERIFF, EXPENSES CONVEYING PRISONERS. Subdivision 1. Allowed expenses. The commissioner of management and budget shall pay out of the state treasury to the commissioner of corrections each fiscal year the amount necessary to offset expenses incurred to convey convicted persons and children adjudicated delinquent and committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections […]
243.20 DISCHARGE; CLOTHING; MONEY. Upon the release by discharge or on parole of any inmate of an adult correctional facility under the control of the commissioner of corrections, the chief executive officer thereof, at the expense of the state, shall furnish each inmate released with one good, serviceable outfit of clothing, and, when released during […]
243.21 TRESPASSING UPON INSTITUTION GROUNDS; DETENTION. Subdivision 1. Prohibition. No person shall trespass or loiter upon the grounds of any state correctional facility, upon any farm or camp or other establishments belonging to a state correctional facility, or upon the grounds of any other institution or facility under the control of the commissioner of corrections […]
243.211 UNAUTHORIZED COMMUNICATION WITH PRISONERS. Every person who, not being authorized by law or by written permission from the commissioner of corrections, or by consent of the chief executive officer of a state correctional facility under the control of the commissioner of corrections, has any verbal communication with an inmate thereof, or brings into or […]
243.212 CO-PAYMENTS FOR HEALTH SERVICES. Any inmate of an adult correctional facility under the control of the commissioner of corrections shall incur co-payment obligations for health care services provided except for mental health services. The co-payment shall be at least $5 per visit to a health care provider. The co-payment will be paid from the […]
243.23 COMPENSATION PAID TO INMATES. Subdivision 1. Compensation. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of corrections may provide for the payment to inmates of correctional facilities under the commissioner’s management and control any pecuniary compensation the commissioner deems proper, the amount of compensation to depend upon the quality and character of the work […]
243.24 MONEY, HOW USED; FORFEITURE. Subdivision 1. Sole benefit of inmate. Any money arising under section 243.23 shall be and remain under the control of the commissioner of corrections and shall be for the sole benefit of the inmate, unless by special order of the commissioner of corrections it shall be used as designated in […]
243.241 CIVIL ACTION MONEY DAMAGES. Money damages recovered in a civil action by an inmate confined in a state correctional facility or released from a state correctional facility under section 244.065 or 244.07 shall be deposited in the inmate’s inmate account and disbursed according to the priorities in section 243.23, subdivision 3. History: 1995 c […]
243.251 POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. (a) “Veteran” means a person who served in the United States armed forces in a combat zone. “Civilian medical staff” means a nurse or other person with medical training who provided medical care and assistance in a combat zone to members of the United States armed forces. (b) When an inmate […]
243.255 PRIVATE INSURANCE POLICIES; SUBROGATION. Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (a) “commissioner” means the commissioner of corrections; (b) “inmate” means a person who has been sentenced to incarceration in a state or local correctional facility, including persons committed in accordance with section 631.425 or released for employment under section 241.26; and (c) […]
243.40 MINNESOTA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-STILLWATER. There is established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater at Stillwater, Minnesota, in which may be placed persons committed to the commissioner of corrections by the courts of this state who, in the opinion of the commissioner, may benefit from the programs available thereat. The general control and management of the facility shall […]
243.465 DIVERSIFIED LABOR ACCOUNTS. Money received in payment for the services of inmate labor employed in the industries carried on at any state correctional facility under the control of the commissioner of corrections is appropriated to the commissioner of corrections to be added to the revolving funds of these facilities. The commissioner of corrections may […]
243.48 VISITORS; STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Subdivision 1. General searches. The commissioner of corrections, the state correctional facilities audit group, the governor, lieutenant governor, members of the legislature, state officers, and the ombudsperson for corrections may visit the inmates at pleasure, but no other persons without permission of the chief executive officer of the facility, under […]
243.49 COMMITMENT PAPERS; DUTY OF COURT ADMINISTRATOR. Upon a plea of guilty or finding of guilty after trial, the court administrator of every court which sentences a defendant for a felony or gross misdemeanor to the custody of the commissioner of corrections or to the superintendent of the workhouse or work farm, shall provide the […]
243.50 PAYMENT OF COURT REPORTER. Such transcripts and tapes shall be furnished by the court reporter who shall be paid therefor by the state courts, on certificates duly certified to by the judge presiding at the sentence, the same fee per folio provided by statute for transcripts of testimony furnished to parties ordering the same […]
243.51 UNITED STATES PRISONERS; PRISONERS FROM OTHER STATES. Subdivision 1. Contracting with other states and federal government. The commissioner of corrections is hereby authorized to contract with agencies and bureaus of the United States and with the proper officials of other states or a county of this state for the custody, care, subsistence, education, treatment […]
243.515 TRANSFER UNDER TREATY; EXTRADITION UNDER TREATY. Whenever a treaty is in force between the United States and a foreign country providing for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, and for the extradition of persons residing in the territory of the United States who […]
243.52 DISCIPLINE; PREVENTION OF ESCAPE; DUTY TO REPORT. Subdivision 1. Discipline and prevention of escape. If any person confined or incarcerated in any adult correctional facility either under the control of the commissioner of corrections or licensed by the commissioner of corrections under section 241.021 assaults any correctional officer or any other person, the assaulted […]
243.521 ADMINISTRATIVE AND DISCIPLINARY SEGREGATION. Subdivision 1. Authorization. In any adult correctional facility under the control of the commissioner of corrections, the commissioner may require an inmate to be placed on disciplinary segregation status for rule violations or on administrative segregation status when the continued presence of the inmate in general population would pose a […]
243.53 CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS; OCCUPANCY LIMITS OF CELLS. Subdivision 1. Separate cells. (a) When there are sufficient cells available, each inmate shall be confined in a separate cell. Each inmate shall be confined in a separate cell in institutions classified by the commissioner as custody level five institutions. (b) Correctional institutions classified by the commissioner as […]
