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The mission of the Department of Corrections is to contribute to a safer Minnesota.
The department provides historical reports, analysis, presentations and other documents on the main DOC website; in addition to making these documents available to the public, access on the website reduces state employee time and state copying/mailing expenditures formerly necessary to distribute these reports to the public.
Department officials surmise that this dramatic increase in hits resulted from community interest in a highly publicized crime in which the suspect arrested was a Level 3 predatory offender.
The Departments' prime goal is the operation of a safe and humane facility that provides a place of rehabilitation and offers programs and services that afford inmates the opportunities for a positive change.
The Department of Corrections established, in accord with applicable statutes and regulations, a goal of ensuring public safety through the provision of professionally managed judgments of the state courts.
The Department offers the widest practical range of correctional options, including institutionalization, community programs, and other similar sanctions that best serve the needs of society and the individual inmate, enhance the offender's ability to return to the community and live in a law-abiding manner.