Minnesota Department of Corrections

State law enforcement agency in MN, USA

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Minnesota Department of Corrections

Abbreviation| MNDOC
Motto| Transforming Lives For A Safer Minnesota
Agency overview
Formed| 1853
Employees| 4,200 (estimate)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction| United States
Legal jurisdiction| Minnesota
Operational structure
Headquarters| St. Paul, Minnesota
Commissioner responsible|

* Paul Schnell

Website
https://mn.gov/doc/ (official site)

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

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[update], the holder of this office is Paul Schnell.[5]

## Organization

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## Command structure

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List of sworn officer ranks within facilities:

Title  | Insignia

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Captain  |
Lieutenant  |
Sergeant  |
Corrections Officer 2  |
Corrections Officer 1  |

## Adult and juvenile correctional facilities

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Minnesota state correctional facilities[6] Facility  | Pop. type  | Security class  | 2024 Population

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Faribault | Male | 1-3 | 1,958
Lino Lakes | Male | 1-3 | 1,019
Moose Lake | Male | 1-3 | 1,067
Oak Park Heights | Male | 5 | 305
St. Cloud | Male | Intake (1-5) | 1,028
Stillwater | Male | 1 & 4 | 1,232
Red Wing Adults | Male | 2 | 41
Rush City | Male | 4 | 966
Willow River (CIP) | Male | 1 | 109
Shakopee | Female | 1-5 | 565
Togo (CIP) | Male | 1 | 76
Red Wing | Juvenile male |  |

## Licensed by Minnesota Department of Corrections

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Clay County Correctional Facility; Moorhead, Minnesota. Licensed by Minnesota Department of Corrections  Facility  | Pop. type  | No. of beds

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Clay County Correctional Facility[7] | Male and Female | 220

## Juvenile services

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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

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* United States portal

* List of law enforcement agencies in Minnesota
* List of United States state correction agencies
* List of U.S. state prisons

## References

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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 July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
4. ^ "Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Archived from the original on October 27, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
5. ^ "Organization / Department of Corrections". mn.gov. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
6. ^ "Performance Report 2014" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
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.

## External links

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* Faribault
* Lino Lakes
* Moose Lake
* Oak Park Heights
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* Red Wing
* Rush City
* Willow River (CIP)
* Shakopee

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* Red Wing

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