Minnesota
1
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1.2k
Spikes represent the cumulative cases in a facility for incarcerated people
Facilities by
| Facility | Incarcerated People | Staff |
|---|---|---|
Faribault Correctional Facility State Facilities | 1,196 | 166 |
Saint Cloud Correctional Facility State Facilities | 1,058 | 176 |
Stillwater Correctional Facility State Facilities | 978 | 211 |
Sandstone Federal Correctional Institution Federal Facilities | 654 | N/A |
Waseca Federal Correctional Institution Federal Facilities | 410 | N/A |
Data Reporting & Quality Scorecard
Data Reporting
& Quality GradeC
This scorecard assesses data reporting and quality for the state department of corrections in Minnesota. Read more about our scoring methodology and to see how this jurisdiction compares to other state and federal systems.
Scores assessed as of April 12, 2021. Scores will be reevaluated on a monthly basis.
Data reporting for incarcerated people
| Cumulative Cases |  By facility |
|---|---|
| Cumulative Deaths | By facility |
| Active Cases | By facility |
| Tests Administered | By facility |
| Total Population | By facility |
| Vaccinations | By facility |
Data reporting for staff
| Cumulative Cases | By facility |
|---|---|
| Cumulative Deaths |  None |
| Tests Administered | None |
| Vaccinations | By facility |
Data quality
| Machine Readable | No |
|---|---|
| Regularly Updated | Yes |
| Clearly Defined | Yes |
| Contextualized Historically | Yes |
Legal Filings and Court Orders Related to COVID-19
1
number of courts
1
number of facilities
1
compassionate releases granted
2
filings coded by our team
Our project collaborates with Bronx Defenders, Columbia Law School’s Center for Institutional and Social Change, and Zealous to collect legal documents from around the country related to COVID-19 and incarceration. Together, we then organize and code them into the jointly managed Health is Justice litigation hub for public defenders, litigators, and other advocates. The majority of the legal documents in the Health is Justice litigation hub are federal court opinions, but we are expanding to state legal filings, declarations, and exhibits.
In addition to the Health is Justice litigation hub, our project also manages additional data self-reported by advocates regarding COVID-19-related legal filings involving incarcerated youth and individuals in immigration detention.
For more COVID-19-related legal filings, please visit the University of Michigan Law School’s Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse, COVID-19 Special Collection.
Prison and Jail Releases Related to COVID-19
We collect data on jurisdictions across the U.S. that have released people from adult prison and jail custody in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the most part, we only include release efforts where the data source includes some sort of programmatic description of who is being released (e.g., people with technical violations of parole, people charged with non-violent crimes, etc.). You can find our full prison releases dataset here and jail releases dataset here.
*date of releases, if available. Otherwise, date on which releases first were reported.
**total number of releases reported when available. Otherwise, the change in population to which the releases contributed is reported.
***last reported inmate population before releases were realized
****capacity is often determined differently across jurisdictions and some facilities often report more than one capacity number. In these cases, we report the higher of the figures available.
Grassroots and Community Organizing Efforts Related to COVID-19
Our team collects data on grassroots and community organizing efforts by incarcerated people, their families, community-based organizations, nonprofits, and advocates aimed at influencing government agencies to protect the lives of people incarcerated in prisons, jails, and detention centers against the threats posed by COVID-19.
| Target facility | County | Date of action | Organization | Type of effort | Internal or external | Effort concerns | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statewide | Statewide | 5/14/2020 | Minnesota Educators Against ICE, Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB), Voices For Racial Justice, COPAL MN, Navigate MN, MIRAC - Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, RELEASE MN 8, National Lawyers Guild Minnesota, Movement Support Network, No Cages Minnesota, Cop Watch Minneapolis, Sanctuary & Resistance to Injustice - SARI and Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee | Phone Zap, Email Blast | Internal | Accelerated releases, Sanitation improvements | |
| Statewide | Statewide | 4/25/2020 | Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC), Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB), Minnesota Educators Against ICE, Interfaith Coalition on Immigration (ICOM), Twin Cities Never Again Action, Pueblos de Lucha y Esperanza, No Cages Minnesota, Women’s March Minnesota, and the Racial Justice Network. | Car Rally | Internal | Accelerated releases | |
| Statewide | Statewide | 4/13/2020 | Pueblos de Lucha y Esperanza | Fasting, Uprising/Protest–Internal | Internal | Accelerated releases, Sanitation improvements | |
| Stillwater Correctional Facility | Washington County | 5/2/2020 | Unidentified Protestors | March/Protest–External | Internal | Accelerated releases, Sanitation improvements | |
You can find our full dataset here.