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

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

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

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

Licensed by Minnesota Department of Corrections

Juvenile services

The department operates juvenile correctional facilities.

Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing in Red Wing serves delinquent boys. It was built in 1889. Minnesota Correctional Facility – Togo in northern Itasca County no longer serves delinquent boys and girls. 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. Now MCF-TOGO only serves adult males as a CIP program

See also

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

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.

External links

• Minnesota Department of Corrections

v t e Minnesota Department of Corrections prisons
Adult facilities	Faribault Lino Lakes Moose Lake Oak Park Heights St. Cloud Stillwater Red Wing Rush City Willow River (CIP) Shakopee
Juvenile facilities	Togo (CIP) Red Wing

• Prisons in Minnesota
• State law enforcement agencies of Minnesota
• Lists of United States state prisons
• State agencies of Minnesota
• State corrections departments of the United States
• Juvenile detention centers in the United States