Oak Park Heights Release Route
Minnesota Correctional Facility – Oak Park Heights is a Minnesota Department of Corrections state prison at 5329 Osgood Avenue North in Stillwater. It is not in Ramsey County. Its place in the Ramsey facility map reflects the statewide commitment system: a person sentenced in Ramsey County can be assigned to any institution chosen by the Commissioner of Corrections. The committing county and prison county need not match.
A prison move and a prison release are different events. Someone who leaves Oak Park Heights may transfer to another MN DOC institution, enter community supervision, move under another lawful hold, or reach final discharge. The statewide DOC record follows jurisdiction across institutions. That makes the DOC Locator the correct public search, while the Ramsey ADC roster only documents the earlier county booking or transfer.
Oak Park Heights DOC Locator
The MN DOC search gateway explains that the public Locator covers people committed to the commissioner who remain under DOC jurisdiction. That includes people incarcerated in a state facility and people released from prison who are still supervised. It is not a full arrest search, a county-jail archive, or a permanent public history after final discharge.
Search the MN DOC Locator by first and last name or MNDOC Offender ID. Newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear. Match the result to available identifying details and the Ramsey court file. A community status is evidence that physical prison confinement ended while DOC jurisdiction continues. A facility status means the person remains in state custody. No result has several possible causes and cannot, by itself, prove release.
| DOC field | How to read it |
|---|---|
| Current status and date | Whether the person is confined or in a community status |
| MNDOC ID | The key identifier for state records |
| Supervising entity or agent | The office shown for active supervision |
| Anticipated Release Date | A changeable date shown on an incarcerated record |
| Expiration date | A sentence or jurisdiction endpoint as labeled |
| Court file number | The link back to the sentencing case |
Confirm Oak Park Heights Release
Use the person’s DOC identifier whenever possible. Names can match, change, or be entered in more than one form. The goal is to trace one state sentence from the Ramsey judgment through confinement, community supervision, and final discharge. Do not stop at the last facility name because DOC may move a person without ending custody.
- Search the statewide Locator by MNDOC ID or a specific full name.
- Open the matching record and note current status, location, and status date.
- Read each release-related date exactly as the DOC labels it.
- Match the DOC court number to the Ramsey sentencing case.
- If the person no longer appears, request historical public data from DOC.
The Ramsey County released-inmate search can help trace the earlier local booking, but the Sheriff does not confirm state confinement or discharge. If the DOC result names community supervision, use the listed entity or agent information for an appropriate status inquiry. A person can be out of prison and still subject to DOC rules.
Oak Park Heights Release Dates
Minnesota uses several date terms that are not interchangeable. The standard incarcerated Locator detail uses “Anticipated Release Date.” That date can change. A confinement release date concerns the end of the prison portion under the sentence calculation. Legal expiration or final discharge concerns the end of jurisdiction. For the limited population reviewed by the Supervised Release Board, a parole eligibility date marks possible review and a projected release date may be assigned by the Board.
For covered felony offenses committed on or after August 1, 1993, Minnesota Statutes section 244.101 generally divides a fixed executed sentence into two-thirds imprisonment and one-third supervised release, subject to section 244.05. Minnesota does not use a blanket 85-percent rule. Exceptions, disciplinary confinement, conditional-release terms, court credit, holds, and earned incentive release credits can affect the timeline. Never calculate a person’s date from the sentence length alone.
- Supervised release
- The community portion of a state sentence while DOC jurisdiction continues.
- Anticipated Release Date
- The current changeable date label on an incarcerated DOC record.
- Parole eligibility date
- The earliest review point for an eligible discretionary case.
- Final discharge
- The end of the responsible agency’s jurisdiction.
Note: A projected or anticipated date is not proof that release processing occurred on that date.
Oak Park Heights Release Notices
Minnesota Haven is the DOC-specific notification route for people sentenced to state prison. The Minnesota Haven information describes notices for custody changes, a 60-day release notice, conditional and final release, agent assignment, expiration release, and certain early-release programs. Routine delivery is by email or U.S. mail. Phone notification is described for a Minnesota correctional-facility escape, not routine release.
Haven differs from Minnesota VINE. VINE covers county-jail custody changes and cannot replace a DOC prison notification registration. A notification is also not a certified discharge record. Pair it with the current Locator record and, when needed, the DOC response or sentencing case. Contact details must stay current, and the registered recipient should follow DOC instructions for changes.
Supervised Release Board review applies only to eligible life, old indeterminate, and special cases. The Board does not decide every ordinary determinate prison release. Its review can assign a projected release date or continue the matter with directives. Do not interpret lack of a Board event as lack of a standard statutory supervised-release path.
Oak Park Heights Historical Records
The public Locator can stop returning a person after DOC jurisdiction ends. That does not erase the sentence or prove that an earlier search was wrong. Request historical public sentence, confinement-release, supervision, and discharge fields from MN DOC Records Management. Provide the MNDOC ID, full name, court file number, and a useful date range.
DOC Records Management can be reached at 651-361-7330 or CO-Records.DOC@state.mn.us. The department’s central contact is 1450 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN 55108, telephone 651-361-7200. Ask for the public portions and the classification basis for anything withheld. No fixed production charge or universal response period is established in the research, so request a cost estimate for copies.
The Ramsey court record remains a second source. It shows the judgment, sentence, credit, and later orders, but not necessarily the exact prison gate event. After final discharge, use the DOC record for correctional dates and the court record for the legal sentence. Neither should be replaced with the old county jail roster.
Oak Park Heights Transfer Records
A DOC location change can occur without release from state confinement. The Locator’s current institution and status should therefore be read with the status date, not compared loosely with an old jail entry. If Oak Park Heights no longer appears, search the individual statewide before contacting another prison. DOC Records Management can provide public transfer history when the current result does not answer the question.
The Ramsey court generally will not identify each institution assigned during the sentence. Its role is the judgment and later court orders. DOC controls placement. Minnesota Haven may issue a custody-change notice to a registered recipient, but that notice still needs to be read for the specific event. A transfer alert is not a final-release alert.
Oak Park Heights Contact
The facility address identifies the institution, but release status should be checked through the statewide DOC systems. Contact the facility for an operational matter tied specifically to Oak Park Heights. Contact DOC Records Management for historical sentence and discharge data, and the supervising office shown in the Locator for active community supervision.
Minnesota Correctional Facility – Oak Park Heights5329 Osgood Avenue North
Stillwater, MN 55082
Operated by Minnesota Department of Corrections
No direct facility phone or public release hours were supplied in the governing research, so none is added. A county commitment may lead to Oak Park Heights, Stillwater, or another institution. Always verify the live DOC location rather than calling one prison based on an old court or jail reference.