Ramsey Commitment to Stillwater
Minnesota Correctional Facility – Stillwater is a state prison operated by MN DOC at 970 Pickett Street North in Bayport. It is not a Ramsey County jail. A Ramsey County case may lead there after the court commits the person to the Commissioner of Corrections, but DOC decides the institution. The person can later move to another state prison without a new county release event.
The Adult Detention Center record documents the local pretrial stage and transfer. The Ramsey court judgment documents the prison sentence. MN DOC documents state confinement, supervised release, and discharge. Those records should form one chain, but none replaces the others. If the county roster says “transfer to DOC,” it confirms continued custody at the handoff. It does not prove that Stillwater was the first or final state institution.
Stillwater Statewide Release Search
The Minnesota DOC Locator searches by name or MNDOC Offender ID. Its scope is people committed to the commissioner who remain under DOC jurisdiction, whether in prison or released under supervision. A result showing MCF Stillwater means the person is in state confinement at that point. A community or supervision result confirms departure from physical prison while showing that state jurisdiction continues.
Do not search only for the facility name. Search the individual statewide, since DOC may reassign the person. Confirm the MNDOC ID and court file number before attributing the record. New commitments can take several business days to appear. No result may mean the identifiers are wrong, the commitment is new, the public scope excludes the record, or jurisdiction ended. It cannot be translated automatically into “released.”
| Result shown | Meaning |
|---|---|
| MCF Stillwater or another prison | Current state confinement at the listed institution |
| Community supervision status | Prison confinement ended, but DOC jurisdiction remains |
| Supervising entity or agent | The current office or contact if publicly displayed |
| No public match | Use identifiers, the court case, and DOC records before concluding anything |
Verify a Stillwater Release
A valid search follows the person, not the building. Use a DOC number when known, then compare the status date and sentence details to the Ramsey court case. A transfer out of Stillwater is not a prison release. A community status is a release from physical confinement but is not final discharge. Keep those terms distinct in notes and records requests.
- Find the person in the statewide DOC Locator.
- Verify the MNDOC ID and Ramsey court file number.
- Record the current status, location, status date, and exact date labels.
- Check the Ramsey sentencing order and later court events.
- Contact the listed supervision entity or DOC Records Management when needed.
For the earlier county stage, the Ramsey County release-record search connects the ADC booking with the court commitment. The Sheriff cannot certify a later state-prison discharge. Likewise, an old court order does not prove which institution held the person on a later day. DOC is the authority for that correctional history.
Stillwater Release Status Dates
An incarcerated DOC detail uses the label “Anticipated Release Date.” Treat that as a current estimate, not an actual release certificate. Minnesota correctional materials also use confinement release date, projected release date, parole eligibility date, expiration date, and final discharge. A projected release date can refer to a Supervised Release Board decision for an eligible discretionary case. A parole eligibility date is only the earliest possible review point.
For many fixed felony sentences covered by Minnesota Statutes section 244.101, the statutory structure is a minimum term of imprisonment equal to two-thirds and a maximum supervised-release term equal to one-third, subject to section 244.05. It is not a universal rule for every person, offense, or county sentence. Discipline, earned credits, court-awarded jail credit, conditional-release terms, holds, and later legal action can change the path.
- Confinement release
- The end of the prison portion of a state sentence.
- Supervised release
- The community portion served under DOC jurisdiction.
- Transfer
- A move between facilities or authorities while custody continues.
- Expiration
- The sentence or jurisdiction endpoint shown by the responsible agency.
Note: Never convert a sentence fraction into a personal release date without the official DOC calculation and current status.
Stillwater Ramsey Court Match
Ramsey County is the Second Judicial District. Search Minnesota Court Records Online with the DOC court file number when available. The Register of Actions may show the conviction, sentence, custody credit, later orders, warrants, and filed public documents. It explains why the person entered DOC custody, but not every later prison assignment.
Some public records and documents are courthouse-only. The Ramsey County District Court Records Office at 15 West Kellogg Boulevard, Room 72, provides more complete public-terminal access and handles copy questions at 651-266-8237. The court record may also show an amended sentence or other event affecting the correctional calculation. Use DOC to confirm how that order was applied to confinement and release.
A final state discharge should not be inferred from a closed-looking court docket. Courts and corrections maintain different records. Request a court-certified judgment for the legal sentence and a DOC record for confinement-release, supervision, and discharge dates.
Stillwater Release Notifications
Minnesota Haven is the DOC notification layer for a person committed to state prison. Its stated notices include a 60-day release notice, conditional and final release, agent assignment, expiration release, custody changes, and certain early programs. Routine notices use email or U.S. mail. Registration should be completed through the DOC process with accurate contact information.
Minnesota VINE serves county-jail custody changes. It is not the main Stillwater notification channel. A VINE notice tied to the earlier Ramsey ADC booking may report that local booking’s end while the person is transferred to state custody. Haven follows the state-prison stage. Neither automated notice should be treated as a certified historical discharge record.
The Supervised Release Board has authority over a limited set of life, old indeterminate, and special cases. It does not replace the statutory release structure for every determinate sentence. For an eligible case, consult the Board’s official schedule and decisions as well as the Locator. For other cases, use DOC’s standard records and supervision channels.
Stillwater Discharge Record Request
When the Locator no longer displays a fully discharged person, submit a focused request to MN DOC Records Management. Ask for public sentence, confinement-release, community-supervision, facility-transfer, and final-discharge fields. Include the MNDOC ID, name, Ramsey court file number, and useful dates. If information is withheld, ask for the governing classification and any separable public data.
DOC Records Management lists 651-361-7330 and CO-Records.DOC@state.mn.us. The central department address is 1450 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN 55108, and the main number is 651-361-7200. The research does not establish one fixed fee or response time for all requests. Ask for a copy-cost estimate before authorizing paid production.
Minnesota’s data-practices framework is not federal FOIA. It governs access to state records while recognizing nonpublic, sealed, medical, security, victim, and other protected data. A public correctional record may omit protected fields. Request the exact release facts needed instead of an unrestricted file.
MCF Stillwater Contact Route
Use the facility for a current operational matter tied to MCF Stillwater. Use the statewide Locator for public status, Minnesota Haven for registered state-prison notices, DOC Records Management for historical release or discharge data, and the Ramsey court for the sentence. That division keeps each question with the office that created the answer.
Before making contact, gather the MNDOC ID, full name, court file number, and the date or status in question. Precise identifiers help staff separate a release inquiry from a transfer, sentence-calculation question, or supervision issue. Do not send the same broad request to the Sheriff, court, prison, and DOC, since each maintains a different part of the record.
Minnesota Correctional Facility – Stillwater970 Pickett Street North
Bayport, MN 55003
Operated by Minnesota Department of Corrections
No direct facility telephone or release-desk hours appear in the governing research, so none is stated. Verify the person’s current institution in the DOC Locator before directing an inquiry to Stillwater. An old reference to MCF Stillwater can remain in a case history after the person moved elsewhere.