Minnesota DOC outlines probation, supervised-release caseloads and local services for Beltrami County

Trish Hansen, a representative of the Minnesota Department of Corrections’ Field Services Division, told the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners during a work session that her office handles both investigation work — including pre-sentence investigation reports and Minnesota sentencing-guidelines worksheets — and supervision work, which covers probation, supervised release and some pretrial domestic-violence supervision.

Hansen said the office compiles pre-sentence investigations (PSIs) and related worksheets that can take “roughly 6 to 8 hours” per report and that the office performs bail studies as directed by state court administration. “When we talk about investigations, it’s usually our pre sentence investigation reports,” she said.

The presentation emphasized caseload and outcomes data. Hansen said the office supervises about 1,000 individuals on a point-in-time basis and roughly 1,500 cases over the same period. “On average, we roughly have just a little over a…