Minnesota Department of Corrections

The Minnesota Department of Corrections is a state law enforcement agency of Minnesota that operates prisons. Its headquarters is in St. Paul.[1]

Minnesota Department of Corrections
AbbreviationMNDOC
Motto"Transforming Lives For A Safer Minnesota
Agency overview
Formed1853
Employees4,200 (estimate)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionUnited States
Legal jurisdictionMinnesota
Operational structure
HeadquartersSt. Paul, Minnesota
Commissioner responsible
  • Paul Schnell
Website
https://mn.gov/doc/ (official site)

As of 2010, the state of Minnesota does not contract with private prisons.[2] The first and only private prison in the state, the Prairie Correctional Facility, was closed by its owner in 2010.[3][4]

The head of the agency is referred to as the Commissioner. As of 7 January 2019, the holder of this office is Paul Schnell.[5]

Command structure

List of sworn officer ranks within facilities:

Title Insignia
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Corrections Officer 2
Corrections Officer 1

Adult and juvenile correctional facilities
Minnesota state correctional facilities[6]
Facility Pop. type Security class 2024 Population
FaribaultMale1-31,958
Lino LakesMale1-31,019
Moose LakeMale1-31,067
Oak Park HeightsMale5305
St. CloudMaleIntake (1-5)1,028
StillwaterMale1 & 41,232
Red Wing AdultsMale141
Rush CityMale4966
Willow River (CIP)Male1109
ShakopeeFemale1-5565
Togo (CIP)Male76
Red WingJuvenile male

Licensed by Minnesota Department of Corrections
Licensed by Minnesota Department of Corrections
Facility Pop. type No. of beds
Clay County Correctional Facility[7]Male and Female220

Juvenile services

The department operates juvenile correctional facilities.[8]

Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing in Red Wing serves delinquent boys. It was built in 1889.[9] Minnesota Correctional Facility – Togo in northern Itasca County no longer serves delinquent boys and girls.[10] The Togo facility opened in 1955 as Youth Conservation Commission (YCC). For years it was known as Thistledew Camp. In 2006 the facility's name changed to MCF-Togo, and the Thistledew designation is used to refer to the juvenile programs.[11] Now MCF-TOGO only serves adult males as a CIP program

See also

References
  1. "Contact Us Archived 2009-12-08 at the Wayback Machine." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 8, 2009.
  2. http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_Too_Good_to_be_True.pdf Archived 2014-03-05 at the Wayback Machine page 5
  3. "CCA Announces Closure of Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  4. "Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Archived from the original on 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  5. "Organization / Department of Corrections". mn.gov. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  6. "Performance Report 2014" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  7. "Clay County Correctional Facility". Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  8. "Juvenile Services Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  9. "Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  10. "MCF-Togo Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  11. "About Thistledew Programs at MCF-Togo Archived 2003-08-14 at the Wayback Machine." Thistledew Programs. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
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