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This database allows for searching of mandated reports that the Library is expecting or has received since 2003, with selected mandates prior to 2003 included. Searches by committee only cover 2019 to the present. Each year, the Legislature mandates reports and studies to be completed by state agencies or other governmental entities. Legislative Reference Library staff track these mandates and obtain copies of the reports for our collection in order to provide long-term access. All mandated reports that the library has acquired are searchable through our catalog. For more information, see Mandated Reports. Please notify Library staff with questions or concerns.


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Topics: Crime & Corrections - Inmates

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Last Date ReceivedMandate DescriptionItem TitleAgencie(s)Session LawStatuteNext Due DateSubjects Mandate Group(s)
Details 02/03/2026 Report on the use of restraints on pregnant women, women in labor, and women who have given birth in the preceding three days, who are incarcerated in state and local correctional facilities during the preceding calendar year. Pregnancy & Restraints in Correctional Facilities: 2024 Legislative Report Minn. Dept. of Corrections 2015 Minn. Laws Chap. 65 Art. 5 Sec. 3 241.88 Subd. 3 02/15/2027 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Crime & Corrections - Prisons/Jails
Details 09/18/2025 Report of a statewide database record of jailhouse witnesses, including: the name of the jailhouse witness and the district court file number of the case in which that witness testified or planned to testify; the substance and use of any testimony of a jailhouse witness against the interest of a suspect or defendant, regardless of whether such testimony is presented at trial; and the jailhouse witness's agreement to cooperate with the prosecution and any benefit that the prosecutor has offered or may offer in the future to the jailhouse witness in connection with the testimony; the total number of jailhouse witnesses tracked in the statewide record; and for each county, the number of new reports added over the previous fiscal year. Jailhouse Witness Data FY 2025 Annual Report Minn. Dept. of Corrections 2021 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 11 Art. 3 Sec. 35 634.045 Subd. 3 09/15/2026 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Judicial Administration/Courts
Details 06/27/2025 Report the number of inmates released under this section who were pregnant or who gave birth within eight months of commitment, and the duration of their release, for the prior calendar year. 2024 Legislative Report: Healthy Start Act Minn. Dept. of Corrections 2021 Minn. Laws Chap. 17 Art. Sec. 1 244.065 Subd. 2 04/01/2026 Crime & Corrections - Inmates Judiciary and Public Safety
Details 03/12/2025 Single report with a compilation of county and regional jail communications data for incarcerated people, including: - the total number of phone calls, phone call minutes, video visits, and e-messages initiated or received by incarcerated people in such facilities during the preceding calendar year; - the total amount of revenue generated by vendors at each facility in the preceding calendar year; - the total amount of commissions earned by each county and regional correctional facility, including a jail, juvenile detention center, workhouse, or lockup, during the preceding calendar year; and - how the commissions were spent ("commission" means any form of monetary payment, in-kind payment requirement, gift, exchange of services or goods, fee, or technology allowance) Local Jail Communications: 2024 Legislative Report Minn. Dept. of Corrections 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 123 Art. 8 Sec. 5(c) 241.253(c) 03/21/2026 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Crime & Corrections - Prisons/Jails 		Judiciary and Public Safety
Details 03/03/2025 Report on the implementation, use, and administration of the program of grants to supportive arts programs for incarcerated persons and persons on supervised release. Supportive Arts for Incarcerated Persons and Persons on Supervised Release ... Report for the Legislature Minn. Dept. of Corrections 2023 Minn. Laws Chap. 52 Art. 2 Sec. 17(d) 03/01/2026 Arts
Crime & Corrections - Inmates 		Judiciary and Public Safety
Details 02/04/2025 Report on the status of the implementation of the licensing and supervision of facilities provisions in Minn. Stat. 241.021 over the prior year, particularly the health and safety of individuals confined or incarcerated in a state correctional facility and a facility licensed by the Minn. Dept. of Corrections. Health & Safety in Correctional Facilities Minn. Dept. of Corrections 2021 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 11 Art. 9 Sec. 11 241.021 Subd. 1f 02/15/2026 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Crime & Corrections - Prisons/Jails 		Judiciary and Public Safety
Details Report with outcomes, including statutory changes, of Mentally Ill and Dangerous Civil Commitment Reform Task Force duties, regarding individuals civilly committed as mentally ill and dangerous: (1) analyze trends; (2) review national practices and criteria; (3) recommend statutory changes to provide services; (4) develop funding and statutory recommendations for alternatives to the current process; (5) identify placements and services needed to serve such individuals in the community; (6) recommend how to reduce barriers to discharge from the forensic mental health program; (7) recommend statutory changes to clarify definitions in Minn. Stat. 253B.18; (8) recommend statutory changes for the Minn. Dept. of Human Services to address situations in which such individuals are determined to not have an organic brain or psychiatric disorders; and (9) make recommendations for voluntary return of such individuals to community facilities Mentally Ill and Dangerous Civil Commitment Reform Task Force 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 127 Art. 49 Sec. 9 Subd. 8 08/01/2025 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Health Care - Mental/Behavioral Health 		Judiciary and Public Safety
Details Report including a summary of the outreach efforts in each correctional facility in Minnesota to enroll eligible incarcerated persons in the federal Fresh Start program, the efforts to assist Fresh Start applicants in enrolling in income-driven repayment plans, the number of incarcerated persons served by the student loan debt counseling grantee, and the number of contacts by incarcerated persons to the United States Department of Education about enrolling in the federal Fresh Start program in the previous year. 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 123 Art. 8 Sec. 3(b) 01/15/2025 Crime & Corrections - Inmates Higher Education
Judiciary and Public Safety
Details 10/29/2024 Plan to assist incarcerated persons in enrolling in a federal income-driven repayment plan in which there are no monthly payments or accrual of interest for borrowers with earnings below the federal poverty guidelines, to the extent such payment plans are available Incarcerated Student Aid Borrowers Plan: Report for the Legislature Minn. Dept. of Corrections 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 123 Art. 8 Sec. 30 Subd. 2 12/01/2024 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Education-Higher - Student Finances 		Higher Education
Judiciary and Public Safety
Details 01/26/2015 Status of pilot program on notice and information to the Commissioner of Human Services regarding patients committed to the commissioner Update on Department of Human Services Civil Commitment Pilot Program. Minn. Dept. of Human Services 2014 Minn. Laws Chap. 291 Art. 3 Sec. 10 01/15/2015 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Details 02/12/2015 Findings of advisory committee considering care, treatment, and education for incarcerated women and girls who are pregnant or have recently given birth Legislative Advisory Committee on the Care of Pregnant Incarcerated Women: Committee Report University of Minnesota 2014 Minn. Laws Chap. 234 Art. Sec. 4 01/15/2015 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Gender Issues
Details 11/12/2009 Formal marketing plan to attract private sector businesses and industries and state and local government agencies to employ incarcerated offenders through MINNCOR industries MINNCOR Industries Marketing Plan: Business Development Minn. Dept. of Corrections 2008 Minn. Laws Chap. 299 Sec. 3 241.27 Subd. 1a 01/15/2011 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Details Report explaining what steps the commissioner has taken to fill all available challenge incarceration beds for male and female offenders Minn. Dept. of Corrections 2009 Minn. Laws Chap. 83 Art. 1 Sec. 14 Subd. 2(b) 01/15/2010 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Details 12/30/2009 Report identifying alternatives that represent best practices in chemical dependency treatment of offenders Chemical Dependency Treatment Alternatives: 2009 Report to the Legislature Minn. Dept. of Corrections 2009 Minn. Laws Chap. 83 Art. 1 Sec. 14 Subd. 2(a) 12/15/2009 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Substance Use/Misuse
Details 02/04/2008 Report detailing the findings of the working group to study how the state addresses inmate complaints, assaults, and deaths in county jails, workhouses, and prisons Survey of Charging Parties Minn. Dept. of Human Rights 2007 Minn. Laws Chap. 54 Art. 1 Sec. 13 01/15/2008 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Details 02/25/2008 Report detailing the findings of the working group to study how the state addresses inmate complaints, assaults, and deaths in county jails, workhouses, and prisons Report to the Legislature Minn. Dept. of Human Rights 2007 Minn. Laws Chap. 54 Art. 1 Sec. 13 01/15/2008 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Details 12/14/2007 Study of the use and effectiveness of the short-term offender program Short-Term Offenders: Report to the Legislature Minn. Dept. of Corrections 2007 Minn. Laws Chap. 54 Art. 1 Sec. 14 11/01/2007 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Details 03/20/2007 Recommendations on prison-based substance abuse treatment programming and ensuring that released offenders receive appropriate community-based substance abuse treatment and services Substance Abuse Treatment Recommendations: 2007 Report to the Legislature Minn. Dept. of Corrections 2006 Minn. Laws Chap. 260 Art. 4 Sec. 17 01/15/2007 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Substance Use/Misuse - Opioids & Other Drugs
Details 01/03/2006 Evaluation of the alternative placements provided to offenders with mental illness under M.S. 609.1055 Report on the Development of Supervised Alternative Living Programs for Offenders with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness Minn. Dept. of Corrections
Minn. Dept. of Human Services 		2003 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 2 Art. 5 Sec. 14 01/15/2006 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Mental Health
Details 02/01/2006 Report of working group to study the feasibility of using inmate labor to build low-income housing manufactured at MCF-Faribault Work Group on Inmate-Built Modular Housing 2006 Report to the Legislature Minn. Dept. of Corrections
Minn. Housing Finance Agency 		2005 Minn. Laws Chap. 136 Art. 1 Sec. 13 Subd. 2 01/15/2006 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Housing & Real Estate
Details 04/03/2003 Statewide report on the mental health correctional policies and practices Mental Health Correctional Policies and Practices by Minnesota Counties Minn. Dept. of Corrections 2002 Minn. Laws Chap. 220 Art. 6 Sec. 15 Subd. 2 03/01/2003 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Mental Health
Details Cost containment plan for inmate health care costs Minn. Dept. of Corrections 1998 Minn. Laws Chap. 367 Art. 9 Sec. 23 Subd. 2 01/01/1999 Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Health Care - Costs & Financing
Details Report on money collected on contracts for imprisonment of offenders from outside the state of Minn. Minn. Dept. of Corrections 1997 Minn. Laws Chap. 239 Art. 9 Sec. 22 243.51   Crime & Corrections - Inmates
Crime & Corrections - Prisons/Jails