Minnesota · statute · Minn. Stat. ch. 244 · 55 active provisions
Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of sections 244.01 to 244.11, the following terms shall have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Inmate. "Inmate" means any person who is convicted of a felony, is committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections and is confined in a state correctional facility or released fr…
Subdivision 1. Commissioner responsibility. (a) For individuals committed to the commissioner's authority, the commissioner must develop, implement, and provide, as appropriate: (1) substance use disorder treatment programs; (2) sexual offender treatment programming; (3) domestic abuse programming; (4) medical and ment…
(a) As used in this section, "board" means a licensing or certification board. (b) The commissioner shall develop disciplinary sanctions to provide infraction penalties for an inmate who submits a frivolous or malicious claim to a court or board, or who is determined by the court or board to have testified falsely or t…
Subdivision 1. Reduction of sentence; inmates sentenced for crimes committed before 1993. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 609.11, subdivision 6, and Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109, subdivision 1, the term of imprisonment of any inmate sentenced to a presumptive fixed sentence after May 1, 1980, and…
Subdivision 1. Establishment; membership. (a) The Supervised Release Board is established to review eligible cases and make release and final discharge decisions for: (1) inmates serving life sentences with the possibility of parole or supervised release under sections 243.05, subdivision 1, and 244.05, subdivision 5;…
Subdivision 1. Supervised release required. Except as provided in subdivisions 1b, 4, and 5, every inmate shall serve a supervised release term upon completion of the inmate's term of imprisonment as reduced by any good time earned by the inmate or extended by confinement in punitive segregation pursuant to section 244…
All programs serving inmates on supervised release following a prison sentence shall notify the appropriate probation officer, appropriate law enforcement agency, and the Department of Corrections within two hours after an inmate in the program fails to make a required report or after program officials receive informat…
Subdivision 1. Conditional release authority. The commissioner of corrections has the authority to release offenders committed to the commissioner's custody who meet the requirements of this section and of any rules adopted by the commissioner. Subd. 2. Conditional release of certain nonviolent controlled substance off…
Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "confinement" means confinement in a state correctional facility or a state treatment facility; (2) "immediate household" means any and all individuals who live in the same household as the offender; (3) "law enforcement agency" means the law enforcement agency h…
By October 1, 2010, the commissioner of corrections, in consultation with the commissioner of public safety, shall develop training materials on the dangers of predatory offenders for programs and officials who care for and educate children and vulnerable adults. The training materials must include information on the p…
Subdivision 1. Notice of impending release. At least 60 days before the release of any inmate convicted of an offense requiring registration under section 243.166, the commissioner of corrections shall send written notice of the impending release to the sheriff of the county and the police chief of the city in which th…
Subdivision 1. Offer to develop plan. The commissioner of human services, in collaboration with the commissioner of corrections, shall offer to develop a discharge plan for community-based services for every offender with serious and persistent mental illness, as defined in section 245.462, subdivision 20, paragraph (c…
If a corrections agency supervising an offender who is required to register as a predatory offender under section 243.166 and who is classified by the department as a public risk monitoring case has knowledge that the offender is seeking housing arrangements in a location under the jurisdiction of another corrections a…
A corrections agency supervising an offender required to register as a predatory offender under section 243.166 shall notify the appropriate child protection agency before authorizing the offender to live in a household where children are residing.
Subdivision 1. Work. When consistent with the public interest and the public safety, the commissioner of corrections may conditionally release an inmate to work at paid employment, seek employment, or participate in a vocational training or educational program, as provided in section 241.26, if the inmate has served at…
Subdivision 1. Authority. If consistent with the public interest, the commissioner may, under rules prescribed by the commissioner, furlough any inmate in custody to any point within the state for up to five days. A furlough may be granted to assist the inmate with family needs, personal health needs, or reintegration…
Subdivision 1. Authority; duties; powers. Effective May 1, 1980, the Supervised Release Board shall have only those powers and duties in sections 244.01 to 244.11, 609.10, 609.145, subdivision 1, and 609.165, subdivision 2, with relation to persons sentenced for crimes committed on or after May 1, 1980. The Supervised…
By January 15 of each year, the commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and funding on the implementation and effects of the felony level driving while impaired offense. The report must in…
Subdivision 1. Commission; establishment. There is hereby established the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission which shall be comprised of 11 members. Subd. 2. Members. The Sentencing Guidelines Commission shall consist of the following: (1) the chief justice of the supreme court or a designee; (2) one judge of t…
Subdivision 1. Sentencing hearing. Whenever a person is convicted of a felony, the court, upon motion of either the defendant or the state, shall hold a sentencing hearing. The hearing shall be scheduled so that the parties have adequate time to prepare and present arguments regarding the issue of sentencing. The parti…
Subdivision 1. Executed sentences. Except as provided in section 244.05, subdivision 4a, when a felony offender is sentenced to a fixed executed sentence for an offense committed on or after August 1, 1993, the executed sentence consists of two parts: (1) a specified minimum term of imprisonment that is equal to two-th…
Subdivision 1. Generally. An appeal to the court of appeals may be taken by the defendant or the state from any sentence imposed or stayed by the district court according to the Rules of Criminal Procedure for the district court of Minnesota. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 3, a dismissal or a resolution of…
Subdivision 1. Generally. The commissioner may order that an offender who meets the eligibility requirements of subdivisions 2 and 3 be placed on intensive community supervision, as described in sections 244.14 and 244.15, for all or part of the offender's sentence if the offender agrees to participate in the program a…
Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of corrections shall establish programs for those designated by the commissioner to serve all or part of a sentence on intensive community supervision or all or part of a supervised release or parole term on intensive supervised release. The adoption and modification of po…
Subdivision 1. Model system. The Sentencing Guidelines Commission shall develop a model day-fine system. The commission shall report its model system to the legislature by February 1, 1993. Upon request of a judicial district, the commission may establish one pilot project for the development of a day-fine system. Subd…