The North Dakota State Penitentiary is a part of the

North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR) provides prison services for the U.S. state, state of North Dakota. The Division of Field Services supervises parolees through 14 field offices. DOCR also has a Division of Juv ...

and is located in

Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck () is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the state's second-most populous city, after Fargo. The city's population was 73,622 in the 2020 census, while its metropolitan popula ...

. As of January 2013 the prison population stood at a record level of 1,550 inmates.http://www.wday.com/event/article/id/74235/

Notable inmates

Mohamed Noor Mohamed Noor is the Interim Dean of Arts & Sciences and a Professor in the Biology Department at Duke University (formerly holding the rotating titles of Earl D. McLean Professor, department chair, and dean of natural sciences). His specialties ...

, former Minneapolis police officer

References

Prisons in North Dakota Buildings and structures in Bismarck, North Dakota 1884 establishments in Dakota Territory {{US-prison-stub