The Hennepin County Medical Examiner provides death investigative services and forensic autopsy services for deaths that occur in Hennepin, Dakota and Scott counties.
JDAI is a proven method for managing young offenders by assigning the least restrictive community-based rehabilitative alternatives for low-risk offenders.
This department supervises more than 32,000 adult and juvenile offenders in institutions, on probation/parole, or in the Sentencing to Service Program.
Juvenile Probation employees serve multiple functions within the juvenile justice system. Their work and interventions begin almost immediately after a juvenile is arrested.
Adult Field Services (AFS) provides an array of services in neighborhoods for Hennepin County District Court, defendants and and offenders, victims of crimes, and the community.
This program is a community service work program that allows qualified low-risk offenders to complete court-ordered obligations and learn new work skills in lieu of jail time and/or fines.
This facility provides short-term custody and programming for about 6,000 men and women annually who serve sentences of up to one year for felony, gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor offenses.
The County Home School is a state-licensed residential treatment center for adolescent male and female offenders ages 13 through 20 who are committed by the court.
The Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center is a 123-bed secure detention facility for male and female offenders up to age 18 who are awaiting court disposition.
The Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC) is a regular forum where city and county policymakers meet to discuss issues and initiatives that require cooperation across jurisdictional lines and among many parts of the criminal justice system.
The Public Defender provides effective legal representation to those unable to afford a private lawyer in criminal, juvenile delinquency and child protection cases.
The Sheriff is, by state statute, the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the County and is the only elected law enforcement official in the criminal justice system.