Jail Service Programs Offered for Inmates
General Programs
- Adult Education
- Bible Study
- Chemical Dependency
- Church
- Gym
- Library
Work Release
This program gives inmates the opportunity to maintain their current employment or obtain employment while incarcerated. The inmates must pay the county a set fee per day to have that privilege.
Pay for Stay
MN Statutes 2000, section 641.12 subdivision 3 allows the county to charge a fee to an offender convicted of a crime for:
- Board
- Clothing
- Room
- Dental
- Medical
- Other correctional services
Sentence to Service (STS)
This program is currently unavailable until further notice
This program utilizes minimum security jail inmates to provide services throughout the county. Examples of some projects they work on are Glendalough State Park, work for townships (cutting brush, ditch cleanup, etc.), jail kitchen help, Salvation Army and many more. The inmates receive a set amount per hour they work that is applied directly to any fines they have on file. A fee, which will be determined, is charged to all agencies requesting assistance from the STS program.
If your agency would like to utilize the Sentence to Service program for your next project, please download and complete the proposal form. Forms can be submitted:
- By email to [email protected]
- By mail to the Otter Tail County Detention Facility, 416 S Mill Street, Fergus Falls, MN 56537
- In person to the address above at the Programming Office
Sentence to Service Program Project Proposal form
Sentence to Service Contract