Section 641.14 — Jails; Separation Of Prisoners.
641.14 JAILS; SEPARATION OF PRISONERS. The sheriff of each county is responsible for the operation and condition of the jail. If construction of the jail permits, the sheriff may permit multiple occupancy but the sheriff shall maintain strict separation of prisoners to the extent that separation is consistent with prisoners’ security, safety, health, and welfare. […]
Section 641.15 — Prisoners; Feeding; Care.
641.15 PRISONERS; FEEDING; CARE. Subdivision 1. Clothing and care. The county board shall provide suitable jail clothing, without distinctive marks, underclothing, linen and bedding, towels, and medical aid for prisoners, and fuel for the jail and, if adjoining and connected, the sheriff’s residence. The sheriff may require a prisoner to wear jail clothing during confinement, […]
Section 641.155 — Discharge Plans; Offenders With Serious And Persistent Mental Illness.
641.155 DISCHARGE PLANS; OFFENDERS WITH SERIOUS AND PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS. The commissioner of corrections shall develop a model discharge planning process for every offender with a serious and persistent mental illness, as defined in section 245.462, subdivision 20, paragraph (c), who has been convicted and sentenced to serve three or more months and is being […]
Section 641.16 — Bibles.
641.16 BIBLES. Every keeper of a jail shall provide for each prisoner able and willing to read it a copy of the Bible or the sacred book of another religion, at the expense of the county, and any clergy desirous of giving moral and religious instruction to requesting prisoners shall have access to them at […]
Section 641.07 — Prisoners; Labor.
641.07 PRISONERS; LABOR. Every able-bodied male prisoner over 16 years of age confined in any county jail or statutory city lockup under judgment of any court or other tribunal authorized to imprison for the violation of any law, ordinance, bylaw, or police regulation may be required to work for not more than ten hours per […]
Section 641.08 — Supervision.
641.08 SUPERVISION. When a sentence is for violation of a state law, and the prisoner is confined in a county jail, such labor shall be performed under the direction of the county board, and superintended by the sheriff, who shall furnish necessary materials and tools at the expense of the county, and the county shall […]
Section 641.09 — Power Of Officers.
641.09 POWER OF OFFICERS. The officer in charge of prisoners so sentenced to labor may use all reasonable means necessary to prevent escape or enforce obedience. For refusal to labor or obey necessary orders in reference thereto, a prisoner may be kept in solitary confinement but shall not be so confined more than ten days […]
Section 641.10 — Payment For Labor; Protection.
641.10 PAYMENT FOR LABOR; PROTECTION. For each day’s labor the prisoner shall be credited $3 on any judgment for fine and costs and, when imprisoned in default of payment of a fine or fine and costs, the prisoner shall be discharged when the prisoner has performed sufficient labor to pay the same. The officer in […]
Section 641.12 — Collection Of Fees And Board Bills.
641.12 COLLECTION OF FEES AND BOARD BILLS. Subdivision 1. Fee. A county board may require that each person who is booked for confinement at a county or regional jail, and not released upon completion of the booking process, pay a fee to the sheriff’s department of the county in which the jail is located to […]
Section 641.01 — Jail Construction And Maintenance; Prisoner Placement.
641.01 JAIL CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE; PRISONER PLACEMENT. The county board of each county is authorized to construct, purchase, or lease, regulate and maintain, at the expense of the county, a jail for the safekeeping of prisoners, and also, adjoining and connected to it, a residence for the use of the sheriff. Any peace officer placing […]