Minnesota § 642.08 JAILER FOR OPPOSITE SEX; COMPENSATION, DUTIES

Minnesota Statutes

§ 642.08 — JAILER FOR OPPOSITE SEX; COMPENSATION, DUTIES

Minnesota § 642.08

PartLOCAL JAIL FACILITIES; LOCKUPS; WORKHOUSE; JUVENILE OFFENDER CARE; PARDONS; CLEMENCY REVIEW COMMISSION

Ch. 642LOCKUPS

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Minn. Stat. § 642.08 (2026).

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The chief executive officer of every city having a lockup shall appoint some competent person of good character and of the sex other than that of the chief of police as a jailer, who shall have exclusive charge of all persons of the jailer's sex committed thereto, and see that they are kept in a room separate from prisoners of the other sex. The jailer shall receive such compensation as the governing body shall determine, not less than $5 for each day or fraction thereof during which a prisoner of the jailer's sex is confined therein.

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The chief executive officer of every city having a lockup shall appoint some competent person of good character and of the sex other than that of the chief of police as a jailer, who shall have exclusive charge of all persons of the jailer's sex committed thereto, and see that they are kept in a room separate from prisoners of the other sex. The jailer shall receive such compensation as the governing body shall determine, not less than $5 for each day or fraction thereof during which a prisoner of the jailer's sex is confined therein.