The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR) provides prison services for the state of North Dakota. Its Division of Field Services supervises parolees through 14 field offices. DOCR also has a Division of Juvenile Services that oversees the supervision and case management of delinquent youth of the state. The agency has its headquarters in Bismarck."Welcome to Corrections and Rehabilitation..." North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
The director of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is Dave Krabbenhoft.
Facilities
The department has four different adult prisons in North Dakota Below:
Name Inmate Capacity James River Correctional Center - Jamestown (420) Missouri River Correctional Center - Bismarck (151) North Dakota State Penitentiary- Bismarck (815) Dakota Women's Correctional and Rehabilitation Center - New England (126)
605 inmates at North Dakota State Penitentiary - Bismarck 417 inmates at James River Correctional Center - Jamestown 162 inmates at Dakota Women's Correctional and Rehabilitation Center - New England 89 inmates at Missouri River Correctional Center - Bismarck
Division of Juvenile Services
The Division of Juvenile Services (DJS) provides juvenile correctional services operating the North Dakota Youth Correctional Center and maintains eight regional community offices."Juvenile Corrections." North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved on August 23, 2010. The North Dakota Youth Correctional Center is located partially in Mandan and partially in unincorporated Morton County."North Dakota Youth Correctional Center." North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved on August 24, 2010."Zoning Map." City of Mandan. Retrieved on August 24, 2010."Mandan city, North Dakota." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
The housing units include: Brown Cottage - 16 beds - for females Hickory Cottage - 35 beds - for males Pine Cottage - 25 beds - for males
Brown Cottage - 16-bed structure housing female juveniles for Detention, Assessment and Treatment.
Hickory Cottage - 35-bed structure housing male treatment status juveniles. A Mental Health Specialist, a Nurse Practitioner, a dentist office, nurse's offices, and a medical examination room are located on the lower level of Hickory Cottage. An Intensive Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program is also located on the lower level of this cottage.
Pine Cottage - 25-bed structure housing male juveniles. Cottage staff provide a variety of programs including Assessment, Detention, Time Out, and Special Management. Additionally, this cottage houses high risk or high maintenance male juveniles. It also serves as the intake cottage for all new male admissions.
Fallen officers Since its establishment, two officers from the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have died in the line of duty.The Officer Down Memorial Page
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." The visit aimed to explore ways to reform North Dakota's 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. Furthermore, the duration of solitary confinement has been reduced, now capped at a few days rather than a maximum time of a year
See also List of United States state correction agencies List of law enforcement agencies in North Dakota Prison
References
External links DOCR website Rough Rider Industries website