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North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
AbbreviationDOCR
Agency overview
Preceding agencies
  • Board of Control
  • Board of Administration
  • Director of Institutions
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionNorth Dakota, USA
Map of North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's jurisdiction
Size70,762 square miles (183,270 km2)
Population646,844 (2009 est.)[1]
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersBismarck, North Dakota
Agency executive
  • Leann Bertsch, Director
Website
DOCR website

The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR) provides prison services for the state of North Dakota. The Division of Field Services supervises parolees through 14 field offices.[2] DOCR also has a Division of Juvenile Services providing supervision and case management of delinquent youth of the state.[3] The agency has its headquarters in Bismarck.[4]

The Director of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is Leann Bertsch.

Adult prisons

The department has four different adult prisons in the state of North Dakota:

Division of Juvenile Services

The Division of Juvenile Services (DJS) provides juvenile correctional services. The agency operates the North Dakota Youth Correctional Center and maintains eight regional community offices.[5] The North Dakota Youth Correctional Center is partially in Mandan and partially in unincorporated Morton County.[6][7][8]

The housing units include:

  • Brown Cottage - 22 beds - for boys[9]
  • Hickory Cottage - 35 beds - for boys[10]
  • Maple Cottage - 25 beds - for girls[11]
  • Pine Cottage - 25 beds - for boys[12]

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, two officers have died in the line of duty.[13]

Reform

In 2015, several North Dakota legislators, judges and prison officials flew to Norway and visited Halden Prison. Halden is often called the "most humane prison in the world" and was visited to see how to reform North Dakota state prisons to lower recidivism rates and decrease the number of fights in their prisons. North Dakota's DOC has since established softball fields and encouraged vocational training for prisoners at North Dakota State Penitentiary. Solitary confinement has been reduced to only be a few days at a time rather than a maximum time in solitary of a year [14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
  2. ^ "National Institute of Corrections Website". Archived from the original on 2008-02-16. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  3. ^ "National Alliance to End Homelessness Website". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  4. ^ "Welcome to Corrections and Rehabilitation..." North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
  5. ^ "Juvenile Corrections." North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved on August 23, 2010.
  6. ^ "North Dakota Youth Correctional Center." North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  7. ^ "Zoning Map[permanent dead link‍]." City of Mandan. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  8. ^ "Mandan city, North Dakota[permanent dead link‍]." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  9. ^ "Brown Cottage." North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved on December 16, 2015.
  10. ^ "Hickory Cottage." North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved on December 16, 2015.
  11. ^ "Maple Cottage." North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved on December 16, 2015.
  12. ^ "Pine Cottage." North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved on December 16, 2015.
  13. ^ The Officer Down Memorial Page
  14. ^ Janzer, Cinnamon (22 February 2019). "North Dakota Reforms its Prisons, Norwegian Style". Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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