Minnesota Administrative Rules

2945.0110 INTRODUCTION.

Minnesota Statutes, section 642.09, provides that the sheriff of a county in which a municipality maintains a lockup shall inspect the lockup once a year, with reference to its security and administration, and make a written report to the commissioner on forms furnished by the commissioner and deliver a copy of the report to the governing body of the municipality maintaining the lockup.

Minnesota Statutes, section 241.021, subdivision 1, provides that the commissioner shall adopt rules establishing minimum standards for all correctional facilities throughout the state, whether public or private, established and operated for the detention and confinement of persons detained or confined in them, according to law except to the extent that they are inspected or licensed by other state regulating agencies. The rules that follow are minimum standards for municipal lockup facilities.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 241.021

History:

17 SR 711

Published Electronically:

October 8, 2007