CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT:

An Inventory of Its Lockup and Facility Inspection Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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	Creator:	Minnesota. Department of Corrections.
	Title:	Lockup and Facility Inspection Records.
	Dates:	1936-1985.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Inspection records for incarceration facilities throughout the state at all levels of governance (state, regional, county, and city) and types of facility, including jails, detention centers, hospital security wards, workhouses, work farms, juvenile group homes, and halfway houses. They cover the years 1936-1980, and sample year 1985.
	Quantity:	12.5 cubic feet (13 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

The reports, along with enclosed letters of commendation, recommendation, and examination of issues in detention and quality of life in such facilities, reflect the continued insistence on compliance with state guidelines and the increasing complexity of those guidelines.

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ARRANGEMENT

In three series: Facility Inspection Records, 1936-1979; Closed Facilities, 1943-1965; and Inspection Reports, 1980, 1985. The Facility Inspection Records are arranged by county, thereunder by community.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Corrections. Lockup and Facility Inspection Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 979-83; 991-131; 996-91; 2017-3

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001713487

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FACILITY INSPECTION RECORDS, 1936‑1979

Location

126.B.18.3B

Aitkin County Jail, 1957‑1977.

Anoka:

Anoka County Jail, 1959‑1977.

(City of) Anoka Facility, 1944‑1976.

(City of) Columbia Heights Facility, 1958‑1976.

Becker:

Becker County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Frazee Lockup, 1943‑1972.

Ogema Lockup, 1943‑1975.

Beltrami:

Beltrami County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Bemidji Jail, 1943‑1970.

Kelliher Lockup, 1943‑1955.

Northwestern Minnesota Juvenile Training Center, 1972‑1977. 2 folders.

Benton County Jail, 1974‑1976.

Big Stone: Ortonville Jail, 1943‑1975.

Blue Earth:

Blue Earth County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Mankato Lockup, 1943‑1975.

Mapleton Lockup, 1965‑1973.

Brown:

Brown County Jail, 1943‑1976.

New Ulm Jail, 1943‑1974.

Sleepy Eye Jail, 1943‑1976.

Springfield Jail, 1943‑1974.

Carlton:

Carlton County Jail, 1973‑1977.

Cloquet Jail, 1943‑1975.

Carver County Jail, 1944‑1977.

Cass:

Cass County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Cass Lake Jail, 1943‑1977.

Chippewa:

Chippewa County Jail, 1943‑1977.

(City of) Montevideo Police Department, 1943‑1976.

Location

126.B.18.4F

Chisago:

Chisago County Lockup, 1943‑1977.

Rush City Jail, 1943‑1976.

Clay:

Clay County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Barnesville Police Department, 1943‑1971.

West Central Juvenile Detention Center (Moorhead), 1970‑1977. 2 folders.

Clearwater: Bagley Jail, 1943 1977.

Cook County Jail (Grand Marais), 1954‑1977.

Cottonwood:

Cottonwood County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Westbrook Village Lockup, 1970‑1976.

Crow Wing:

Crow Wing County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Brainerd Jail, 1944‑1975.

Dakota:

Dakota County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Apple Valley Police Department, 1976‑1977.

Eagan Police Department, 1969‑1976.

Farmington Police Department, 1944‑1976.

Hastings City Lockup, 1943‑1972.

South St. Paul Police Department, 1943‑1976.

West St. Paul Police Department, 1970‑1976.

Dodge County Jail, 1974‑1976.

Douglas:

Douglas County Jail, 1943 1977.

Kensington Jail, 1943‑1967.

Faribault County Jail, 1952‑1977.

Fillmore County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Freeborn:

Freeborn County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Albert Lea Police Department, 1943‑1974.

Wells Police Department, 1943‑1975.

Goodhue:

Goodhue County Jail, 1943‑1974.

Cannon Falls Jail, 1943‑1976.

Kenyon Jail, 1943‑1976.

Pine Island Lockup, 1943‑1971.

Red Wing Lockup, 1943‑1971.

Location

126.B.18.5B

Grant County Lockup, 1943‑1974.

Hennepin:

Hennepin County Jail, 1946‑1979. 2 folders.

Bloomington Police Department, 1959‑1976.

Brooklyn Center Police Department, 1958‑1976.

Crystal Police Department, 1969‑1976.

Edina Police Department, 1953‑1975.

Glen Lake Farm School for Boys, 1945‑1977.

Golden Valley Police Department, 1973‑1976.

Hennepin County Detention Center, 1958‑1977.

Hopkins Police Department, 1943‑1976.

Minneapolis: Miscellaneous Papers, 1943‑1958.

Minneapolis Jail & Workhouse (Men), 1944‑1977.

Minneapolis Jail & Workhouse (Women), 1944‑1974.

Minneapolis Precinct Jails Nos. 1‑5, 1944‑1974. 5 folders.

Minnetonka Police Department, 1975.

New Hope Police Department, 1970‑1976.

Osseo Police Department, 1944‑1976.

Richfield Police Department, 1964‑1976.

Robbinsdale Police Department, 1948‑1976.

St. Louis Park Police Department, 1963‑1976.

Houston County Jail, 1945‑1977.

Hubbard County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Isanti County Jail, 1943‑1978.

Itasca: Nashwauk Lockup, 1943 1973.

Location

126.B.18.6F

Jackson:

Jackson County Jail, 1944‑1977.

Heron Lake Jail, 1943‑1968.

Kanabec County Jail, 1960‑1977.

Kandiyohi County Jail, 1962‑1977.

Kittson:

Kittson County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Lake Benson Police Department, 1947‑1976.

Koochiching:

Koochiching County Jail, 1943‑1977.

International Falls Police Department, 1943‑1976.

Lac Qui Parle County Jail, 1943‑1978.

Lake:

Lake County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Silver Bay Lockup, 1964‑1976.

Two Harbors Jail, 1944‑1974.

Lake of the Woods County Jail, 1943‑1976.

Le Sueur County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Lincoln County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Lyon:

Lyon County Jail, 1943‑1977.

(City of) Marshall Lockup, 1943‑1976.

Russell Lockup, 1957‑1971.

Tracy Municipal Lockup, 1943-1976.

McLeod:

McLeod County Jail, 1944‑1977.

Silver Lake Police Department, 1944‑1973.

Hutchinson Lockup, 1943‑1974.

Mahnomen:

Mahnomen County Lockup, 1943‑1977.

Waubun Jail, 1948‑1974.

Marshall:

Marshall County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Grygla Jail, 1959‑1973.

Stephen Jail, 1943‑1973.

Martin:

Martin County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Fairmont Jail, 1943‑1973.

Sherburn Jail, 1945‑1975.

Location

126.B.18.7B

Meeker County Jail, 1943‑1977. 2 folders.

Mille Lacs County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Morrison:

Morrison County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Pierz Jail, 1943‑1971.

Mower:

Mower County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Fulda Jail, 1943‑1971.

LeRoy Lockup, 1943‑1973.

Lyle Jail, 1943‑1967.

Murray: Slayton Jail, 1943‑1971.

Nicollet:

Nicollet County Jail, 1943‑1977.

St. Peter Police Department, 1967‑1975.

Nobles:

Nobles County Jail, 1943‑1978.

Wilmont Jail, 1943‑1971.

Worthington Jail, 1943‑1975.

Norman: Ada Lockup, 1944-1977.

Olmsted:

Olmsted County Jail, 1945‑1977.

Rochester Lockup, 1943‑1973.

Otter Tail:

Otter Tail County Jail, 1944‑1977.

Perham Lockup, 1943‑1973.

New York Mills Jail, 1944‑1975.

Pennington:

Pennington County Jail, 1964‑1977.

Thief River Falls, 1943‑1975.

Pine County:

Pine County Jail, 1943‑1976.

Sandstone Jail, 1943‑1970.

Pipestone County Jail, 1943‑1976.

Location

126.B.18.8F

Polk:

Polk County Jail, 1943‑1978.

Crookston Jail, 1943‑1975.

East Grand Forks Jail, 1943‑1970.

Fosston Jail, 1943‑1973.

Polk County Jail (continued).

Lengby Jail, 1959‑1975.

McIntosh Jail, 1943‑1970.

Pope: Glenwood Jail, 1944‑1977.

Ramsey:

Ramsey County Jail, 1944‑1977.

Boys Farm School at Highwood, 1946.

City Work Farm, 1944‑1960.

Maplewood Police Department, 1966‑1975.

New Brighton Jail, 1944‑1973.

Ramsey County: Clippings, 1975‑1977.

Ramsey Hospital, 1975‑1979. 3 folders.

Ramsey‑St. Paul Workhouse, 1936‑1977.

St. Paul Police Department, 1944‑1970.

Totem Town, 1958‑1977. 3 folders.

White Bear Lake Police Department, 1944‑1967.

Woodview Juvenile Detention Home, 1952‑1977. 2 folders.

Red Lake:

Red Lake County Jail, 1968‑1978.

Oklee Jail, 1944‑1971.

Redwood:

Redwood County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Lamberton Jail, 1943‑1968.

Renville:

Renville County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Fairfax Lockup, 1943‑1973.

Location

126.B.18.9B

Rice:

Rice County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Northfield Police Department, 1973‑1975.

Rock County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Roseau County Jail, 1943‑1977.

St. Louis:

St. Louis County Jail, 1951‑1977.

Arrowhead Juvenile Center, 1973‑1978. 2 folders.

Aurora Jail, 1943‑1972.

Babbitt Jail, 1959‑1975.

Biwabik Jail, 1943‑1974.

Buhl Jail, 1943‑1975.

Chisholm Police Department, 1957‑1975.

Cook Jail, 1947‑1973.

Duluth City Lockup, 1953‑1974.

Ely Police Department, 1943‑1975.

Eveleth Jail, 1943‑1974.

Floodwood Jail, 1943‑1974.

Gilbert Lockup, 1943‑1972.

Hibbing Police Department, 1943‑1975.

Hoyt Lakes Jail, 1965‑1975.

Mt. Iron Lockup, 1943‑1975.

Northeast Regional Adult Corrections Center (Saginaw), 1974‑1977.

St. Louis County District Jail (Hibbing), 1943‑1977.

St. Louis County Work Farm (Saginaw), 1944‑1974.

Tower Jail, 1943‑1973.

Virginia Police Department, 1943‑1977. 2 folders.

Scott:

Scott County Jail, 1944‑1977.

New Prague Jail, 1944‑1968.

Sherburne County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Sibley County Jail, 1949‑1977.

Stearns:

Stearns County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Sauk Centre Police Department, 1943‑1975.

St. Cloud Police Department, 1943‑1974.

Steele: Blooming Prairie Police Department, 1943‑1972.

Location

126.B.18.10F

Stevens County Lockup, 1943‑1977.

Swift:

Appleton Police Department, 1944‑1975.

Benson Police Department, 1942‑1975.

Todd:

Todd County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Staples Jail, 1943‑1977.

Traverse:

Traverse County Lockup, 1943‑1975.

Browns Valley Jail, 1943‑1975.

Wabasha:

Wabasha County Jail, 1948‑1977.

Lake City Jail, 1943‑1974.

Wadena:

Wadena County Jail, 1970‑1977.

Sebeka Jail, 1943‑1970.

Verndale Jail, 1949‑1971.

Waseca County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Washington:

Washington County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Cottage Grove Police Department, 1972‑1975.

Watonwan:

Watonwan: St. James Lockup, 1944‑1974.

Lewisville Lockup, 1943‑1971.

Madelia Lockup, 1943‑1973.

Wilkin:

Wilkin County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Rothsay Police Department, 1951‑1968.

Winona:

Winona County Jail, 1943‑1977.

(City of) Winona Jail, 1951‑1975.

Wright:

Wright County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Cokato Police Department, 1943‑1970.

Delano Police Department, 1943‑1971.

Yellow Medicine:

Yellow Medicine County Jail, 1943‑1977.

Canby Jail, 1943‑1974.

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CLOSED FACILITIES, 1943‑1965

Location

126.B.18.10F

Fillmore ‑ Kandiyohi Counties.

Location

126.B.18.11B

Kittson ‑ Yellow Medicine Counties.

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INSPECTION REPORTS, 1980, 1985

The 1980 and 1985 inspection reports were selected from inspection and enforcement files that dated ca. 1976-1989. The 1980 and 1985 reports were retained as a means to document the condition of jail facilities (state, regional, county, municipal) and juvenile group foster homes, juvenile detention centers and adult halfway houses (public and private). The jail facilities inspection reports are arranged in alphabetical order by county name. Inspection reports for state, regional, county and municipal jail facilities are filed under the county they are located in. The juvenile group foster homes, juvenile detention centers and adult halfway houses inspection reports are arranged in alphabetical order by facility name. Inspections are conducted annually and concern policies and procedures of each facility and an inspection of the physical plant of each facility.

Location

104.C.16.5B

Jail Facilities: Aitkin-Murray.

Location

104.C.16.6F

Jail Facilities: Nicollet-Yellow Medicine.

Juvenile Group Foster Homes and Others: Adamson Group Home - Damascus Way.

Location

104.C.16.7B

Juvenile Group Foster Homes and Others: Demgen/Vennerstom Home - Rainbow Road.

Location

104.C.16.8F

Juvenile Group Foster Homes and Others: Ramsey County Juvenile - Detention - Youth Tech Group Home.

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CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Group homes -- Inspection -- Minnesota.; Jails -- Inspection -- Minnesota.; Juvenile detention homes -- Inspection -- Minnesota.; Prisons -- Inspection -- Minnesota.; Workhouses -- Inspection -- Minnesota.

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