The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR) provides prison services for the

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. The Division of Field Services supervises parolees through 14 field offices. DOCR also has a Division of Juvenile Services providing supervision and case management of delinquent youth of the state. The agency has its headquarters in Bismarck. The director of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is
Dave Krabbenhoft

Facilities

The department has four different adult

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s in the state of

Below: * 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. The agency operates the North Dakota Youth Correctional Center and maintains eight regional community offices. The North Dakota Youth Correctional Center is partially in

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and partially in

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Morton County. The housing units include: * Brown Cottage - 16 beds - for females * Hickory Cottage - 35 beds - for males * Pine Cottage - 25 beds - for males Brown Cottage - Brown Cottage is a 16-bed structure dedicated to housing female juveniles for purposes of Detention, Assessment, and Treatment. Hickory Cottage - Hickory Cottage encompasses 35 beds and serves as a housing facility for male juveniles undergoing treatment. This cottage features a lower level equipped with essential medical resources, including a Mental Health Specialist, a Nurse Practitioner, a dentist's office, nurse's offices, and a medical examination room. Additionally, an Intensive Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program is housed on the lower level of this cottage. Pine Cottage - Pine Cottage provides accommodations for male juveniles in a 25-bed structure. The dedicated cottage staff offers a diverse range of programs, including Assessment, Detention, Time Out, and Special Management. Moreover, Pine Cottage plays a vital role by housing high-risk or high-maintenance male juveniles. Furthermore, it serves as the designated intake cottage for all new male admissions.

Fallen officers

Since the inception of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, two officers have tragically lost their lives while in the line of duty.

Reform

In 2015, several North Dakota legislators, judges and prison officials flew to

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and visited

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. 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

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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 The North Dakota State Penitentiary is a part of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and is located in Bismarck, North Dakota. As of January 2013 the prison population stood at a record level of 1,550 inmates.http://ww ...

. Solitary confinement has been reduced to only be a few days at a time rather than a maximum time in solitary of a year

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