{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-244.43","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 244.43","heading":"EARNED INCENTIVE RELEASE CREDIT.","body":"Subdivision 1. Policy for earned incentive release credit; stakeholder consultation.\n(a) To encourage and support rehabilitation when consistent with the public interest and public safety, the commissioner must establish a policy providing for earned incentive release credit as a part of the term of imprisonment. The policy must be established in consultation with the following organizations:\n(1) Minnesota County Attorneys Association;\n(2) Minnesota Board of Public Defense;\n(3) Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties;\n(4) Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition;\n(5) Violence Free Minnesota;\n(6) Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault;\n(7) Minnesota Alliance on Crime;\n(8) Minnesota Sheriffs' Association;\n(9) Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association;\n(10) Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association; and\n(11) faith-based organizations that reflect the demographics of the incarcerated population.\n(b) The policy must:\n(1) provide circumstances upon which an incarcerated person may receive earned incentive release credits, including participation in rehabilitative programming under section 244.03; and\n(2) address circumstances where:\n(i) the capacity to provide rehabilitative programming in the correctional facility is diminished but the programming is available in the community; and\n(ii) the conditions under which the incarcerated person could be released to the community-based resource but remain subject to commitment to the commissioner and could be considered for earned incentive release credit.\nSubd. 2. Policy on disparities.\nThe commissioner must develop a policy establishing a process for assessing and addressing any systemic and programmatic gender and racial disparities that may be identified when awarding earned incentive release credits.","path":["CORRECTIONS","CHAPTER 244. CRIMINAL SENTENCES; RELEASE","RELEASE AND PROBATION"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/244.43","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:38Z","sha256":"cd7fe17a615d43929931e4662ab5dbc71fafcdf417b7f6f12644dcb588dfa87b","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-244.42","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-244.44"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}