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Minnesota Statutes Corrections (Ch. 241-244 App.) § 244.43. Earned incentive release credit

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Subdivision 1. Policy for earned incentive release credit; stakeholder consultation. (a) To encourage and support rehabilitation when consistent with the public interest and public safety, the commissioner must establish a policy providing for earned incentive release credit as a part of the term of imprisonment. The policy must be established in consultation with the following organizations:

(1) Minnesota County Attorneys Association;

(2) Minnesota Board of Public Defense;

(3) Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties;

(4) Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition;

(5) Violence Free Minnesota;

(6) Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault;

(7) Minnesota Alliance on Crime;

(8) Minnesota Sheriffs' Association;

(9) Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association;

(10) Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association; and

(11) faith-based organizations that reflect the demographics of the incarcerated population.

(b) The policy must:

(1) provide circumstances upon which an incarcerated person may receive earned incentive release credits, including participation in rehabilitative programming undersection 244.03; and

(2) address circumstances where:

(i) the capacity to provide rehabilitative programming in the correctional facility is diminished but the programming is available in the community; and

(ii) the conditions under which the incarcerated person could be released to the community-based resource but remain subject to commitment to the commissioner and could be considered for earned incentive release credit.

Subd. 2. Policy on disparities. The commissioner must develop a policy establishing a process for assessing and addressing any systemic and programmatic gender and racial disparities that may be identified when awarding earned incentive release credits.

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