This video provides information about Minnesota's community notification process. For other information about level 3 offenders, click here.

Department of Corrections' staff participated in National Night Out and Nite to Unite on August 3, 2010. These community events strengthen neighborhood relationships with law enforcement and promote crime prevention efforts.

In Lakeside Park, near the MCF-Stillwater, Officer Shane Warnke demonstrated handcuffing techniques to event participants. On the table behind him are display cases filled with "shanks" found in prison cells. For more pictures, click here.

Susan Suemnick-Brueggemeier, who supervises an adult felony caseload in McLeod County, has been named the Department of Corrections 2010 Agent of the Year. Her ability to effectively collaborate with community members and correctional professionals has been an asset to the department, offenders, and her community. For more information, click here.

   The Agent of the Year award is presented annually in conjunction with Probation and Parole Week, this year July 18-24.

State and county Sentencing to Service (STS) crews immediately dispatched throughout Minnesota after tornados struck on June 17. Crews from the districts of Mankato, Albert Lea, Detroit Lakes and Grand Rapids cleared trees and debris from Freeborn, Faribault and Wadena counties. STS is a sentencing alternative that puts carefully selected offenders to work on community service projects.

The Minnesota Correctional Facility (MCF)-Faribault Workforce Development Group and Lieutenant Kris Titus, MCF-Red Wing, were recently awarded  the department’s Prism Awards. The awards recognize an employee and group of employees who go above and beyond the scope of their job duties to promote diversity. More information about this year’s recipients can be found in the June issue of Hotline.

In May, the Restorative Justice Committee at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Faribault made donations to Minnesota Safe & Sober Drivers and Parents of Murdered Children. Each organization received $2,500. The funds were collected through offender fundraising efforts at the facility. All of the money was donated by offenders; no facility funds were used.