Abbreviation DOCR | Population 646,844 (2009 est.) | |
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Preceding agencies Board of Control
Board of Administration
Director of Institutions Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Operations jurisdiction* State of North Dakota, USA Size 70,762 square miles (183,270 km) | ||
The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR) provides prison services for the state of North Dakota. 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.
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The Director of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is Leann Bertsch.
Adult prisons
The department has four different adult prisons in the state of North Dakota:
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 Mandan and partially in unincorporated Morton County.
The housing units include:
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, two officers have died in the line of duty.