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Carlton County seeks state help after staffing and investigative costs tied to MSOP facility
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Carlton County officials told a Senate committee that prosecuting and investigating crimes and housing detainees from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) facility in Moose Lake creates significant costs for the county, and they asked the state for financial help under Senate File 1291.
Carlton County elected officials and staff told the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on March 10 that the county absorbs substantial investigative, prosecution and incarceration costs tied to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) facility in Moose Lake and asked for state assistance under Senate File 1291.
County Attorney Lori Ketela said Carlton County — population about 37,000 — handles criminal prosecutions and civil matters for MSOP residents lodged in Moose Lake, a state…
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