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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 | |
| 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]
- ^ "Contact Us Archived 2009-12-08 at the Wayback Machine." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 8, 2009.
- ^ http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_Too_Good_to_be_True.pdf Archived 2014-03-05 at the Wayback Machine page 5
- ^ "CCA Announces Closure of Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ^ "Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Archived from the original on 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ^ "Organization / Department of Corrections". mn.gov. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
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