Minnesota Department of Corrections

Minnesota Department of Corrections
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

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
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	1	41
Rush City	Male	4	966
Willow River (CIP)	Male	1	109
Shakopee	Female	1-5	565
Togo (CIP)	Male		76
Red Wing	Juvenile 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 Female	220

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

References

^ "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 July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
^ "Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Archived from the original on October 27, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
^ "Organization / Department of Corrections". mn.gov. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
^ "Performance Report 2014" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
^ "Clay County Correctional Facility". Retrieved May 9, 2024.
^ "Juvenile Services Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
^ "Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
^ "MCF-Togo Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
^ "About Thistledew Programs at MCF-Togo Archived 2003-08-14 at the Wayback Machine." Thistledew Programs. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.