Minnesota Statutes Corrections (Ch. 241-244 App.) § 244.171. Challenge incarceration program; basic elements

(1) to punish and hold the offender accountable;

(2) to protect the safety of the public;

(3) to treat offenders with substance use disorder; and

(4) to prepare the offender for successful reintegration into society.

(a) The program shall contain a highly structured daily schedule for the offender.

(b) The program shall contain a rigorous physical program designed to teach personal discipline and improve the physical and mental well-being of the offender. It shall include skills designed to teach the offender how to reduce and cope with stress.

(c) The program shall contain individualized educational programs designed to improve the basic educational skills of the offender and to provide vocational training.

(d) The program shall contain programs designed to promote the offender's self-worth and the offender's acceptance of responsibility for the consequences of the offender's own decisions.

(e) The program shall contain culturally sensitive substance use disorder programs, licensed by the Department of Human Services and designed to serve the inmate population. It shall require that each offender submit to a chemical use assessment and that the offender receive the appropriate level of treatment as indicated by the assessment.

(1) commits a material violation of or repeatedly fails to follow the rules of the program;

(2) commits any misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, or felony offense; or

(3) presents a risk to the public, based on the offender's behavior, attitude, or abuse of alcohol or controlled substances. The removal of an offender from the challenge incarceration program is governed by the procedures in the commissioner's rules adopted under section 244.05, subdivision 2.

An offender who is removed from the challenge incarceration program shall be imprisoned for a time period equal to the offender's term of imprisonment, minus earned good time if any, but in no case for longer than the time remaining in the offender's sentence. “Term of imprisonment” means a time period equal to two-thirds of the sentence originally executed by the sentencing court, minus jail credit, if any.