2025 Session Last amended: 1986 session

§ 241.20 — Inmates to Do Conservation Work

Plain-Language Summary

The commissioner of corrections can use selected inmates for conservation work such as reforestation, soil erosion control, and land improvement on state-controlled land. Inmates can also work on land belonging to other state departments or agencies if there is an agreement in place.

241.20 INMATES TO DO CONSERVATION WORK.

Whenever the commissioner of corrections deems it conducive to the rehabilitation of inmates of correctional institutions under the commissioner’s control the commissioner may use selected inmates in the general improvement, maintenance, conservation, reforestation, soil erosion control, soil rehabilitation, and cultivation of any land within the control of the commissioner and, pursuant to agreement with the head of any other state department or agency, of lands under control of such department or agency.

History:

(10846-11) 1935 c 297 s 1; 1957 c 440 s 1; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1986 c 444

History: History: (10846-11) 1935 c 297 s 1; 1957 c 440 s 1; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1986 c 444

Practical Notes

This law allows the use of inmate labor for environmental and conservation projects when the commissioner believes it helps with rehabilitation. The work can take place on any state-controlled land, not just correctional facility grounds, as long as there is an agreement with the managing agency.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes