Legislation Details

File #: 26-0332    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Referred
File created: 9/8/2026 In control: Law, Safety and Justice Committee
On agenda: 9/15/2026 Final action:
Title: Establish 2027 Adult Corrections Facility rates for housing residents
Item Description:
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Establish 2027 Adult Corrections Facility rates for housing residents
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the following rates for the incarceration of individuals in the Adult Corrections Facility be charged to committing jurisdictions in 2027:

Straight time confinement, $241.00 per resident day

Work Release confinement, $241.00 per resident day - gross

Work Release confinement, $221.00 per resident day - net

Work Release residents to be charged a per diem of $20.00 per day

Electronic Home Monitoring (EHM) and Work Release EHM, $32.00 per day - gross

Work Release EHM, $12.00 per day - net

Work Release EHM clients to be charged a per diem of $20.00 per day
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Background:
The Adult Corrections Facility (ACF) is authorized to charge a daily amount, that is a per diem, for confinement of residents to: (1) the arresting municipalities for those misdemeanor clients who are sentenced to the ACF; (2) other Minnesota counties that request that individuals convicted by their courts be incarcerated in the ACF.

Each year, the ACF per diems are reviewed and updated using a methodology prescribed by Minnesota Statute ยง383B.128. There are two primary components. First, the net ACF costs (2025 actual expenditures less program generated revenues) are divided by the 2025 actual resident days. Second, the resulting amount is then adjusted by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the year ending 6/30/2026 (3.13% percent increase for the Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Area; published by US Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics on July 14, 2026).

The Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation is recommending that the client-portion for Work Release and Work Release EHM remain constant at $20/day for 2027; the ACF uses a sliding fee scale that discounts this fee based on poverty guidelines. Straight-time EHM clients are not assessed the client portion as this population tends to have limited c...

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