§ 609.2232 — Consecutive Sentences for Assaults Committed by Inmates
Plain-Language Summary
Requires consecutive sentences for inmates who commit assault while in a correctional facility. The assault sentence runs after the current sentence, not at the same time. The inmate gets no credit for time already served on the earlier sentence.
609.2232 CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES FOR ASSAULTS COMMITTED BY INMATES.
(a) If an inmate of a state correctional facility is convicted of violating section 609.221, 609.222, 609.223, 609.2231, or 609.224, while confined in the facility, the sentence imposed for the assault shall be executed and run consecutively to any unexpired portion of the offender’s earlier sentence. The inmate is not entitled to credit against the sentence imposed for the assault for time served in confinement for the earlier sentence. The inmate shall serve the sentence for the assault in a state correctional facility even if the assault conviction was for a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor.
(b) If an inmate of a county jail, county regional jail, county work farm, county workhouse, or other local correctional facility is convicted of violating section 609.221, 609.222, 609.223, or 609.2231 while confined in the facility and the victim is a county sheriff or sheriff’s deputy, the court must not stay adjudication or imposition of the sentence and the inmate must be sentenced as follows:
(1) if the inmate was serving an executed sentence at the time of the assault, the sentence imposed for the assault shall be executed and run consecutively to that sentence;
(2) if the court imposes an executed sentence for any crime or offense for which the person was in custody when the person committed the assault, the sentence imposed for the assault shall be executed and run consecutively to that sentence; and
(3) if the inmate was serving a probationary sentence or the court imposes a stayed sentence for any crime or offense for which the person was in custody when the person committed the assault, the sentence imposed for the assault shall be executed.
History:
1997 c 239 art 9 s 37; 2025 c 35 art 4 s 8
History: History: 1997 c 239 art 9 s 37; 2025 c 35 art 4 s 8