241.80 AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL PROGRAM.
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241.80 AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL PROGRAM.
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Subdivision 1. Authority.
The commissioner of corrections shall develop a policy to provide the cultural programming services listed in subdivision 2 to American Indian incarcerated individuals of all juvenile and adult state correctional facilities and community-based correctional programs. The commissioner may, within the limits of available money, contract with appropriate American Indian private, nonprofit organizations to provide the cultural programming services.
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Subd. 2. Cultural programming services.
The policy shall include, but need not be limited to, providing, within the limits of available money, spiritual and cultural programming services having the following purposes:
(1)the development of education and training needed for postincarceration self-sufficiency;
(2)the development of strengthened American Indian identity;
(3)improved understanding of American Indian culture, traditions, and spiritual practices for Department of Corrections staff;
(4)the development of partnerships with Tribal Nations to address the unique needs of American Indian incarcerated individuals and promote approaches to rehabilitation specific to this population;
(5)increased availability of American Indian spiritual leaders to teach American Indian incarcerated individuals about American Indian history and cultural and spiritual practices;
(6)the involvement of American Indian incarcerated individuals in those aspects of the correctional system that will aid in their rehabilitation; and
(7)the provision of services to American Indian incarcerated individuals that will facilitate their reentry into the community.