2005 Minnesota Statutes - 241.06 — Record of inmates; Department of Corrections.

     241.06 Record of inmates; Department of Corrections. 


    Subdivision 1.    General.  The commissioner of 
 corrections shall keep in the commissioner's office, accessible 
 only by the commissioner's consent or on the order of a judge or 
 court of record, a record showing the residence, sex, age, 
 nativity, occupation, civil condition, and date of entrance or 
 commitment of every person, inmate, or convict in the facilities 
 under the commissioner's exclusive control, the date of 
 discharge and whether such discharge was final, the condition of 
 such person when the person left the facility, and the date and 
 cause of all deaths.  The records shall state every transfer 
 from one facility to another, naming each.  This information 
 shall be furnished to the commissioner of corrections by each 
 facility, with such other obtainable facts as the commissioner 
 may from time to time require.  The chief executive officer of 
 each such facility, within ten days after the commitment or 
 entrance thereto of a person, inmate, or convict, shall cause a 
 true copy of the entrance record to be forwarded to the 
 commissioner of corrections.  When a person, inmate, or convict 
 leaves, is discharged or transferred, or dies in any facility, 
 the chief executive officer, or other person in charge shall 
 inform the commissioner of corrections within ten days 
 thereafter on forms furnished by the commissioner.  


    The commissioner of corrections may authorize the chief 
 executive officer of any facility under the commissioner's 
 control to release to probation officers, local social services 
 agencies or other specifically designated interested persons or 
 agencies any information regarding any person, inmate, or 
 convict thereat, if, in the opinion of the commissioner, it will 
 be for the benefit of the person, inmate, or convict.  


    Subd. 2.    Sex offender information provided to 
 supervising corrections agency.  When an offender who is 
 required to register as a predatory offender under section 
 243.166 is being released from prison, the commissioner shall 
 provide to the corrections agency that will supervise the 
 offender, the offender's prison records relating to 
 psychological assessments, medical and mental health issues, and 
 treatment.  


    HIST: 1961 c 750 s 13 subd 2; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1986 c 444; 
 1994 c 631 s 31; 2005 c 136 art 3 s 3