Common Terms

Below is a list of terms and abbreviations commonly used within Community Supervision.

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Adjudicated Delinquent
Adjudicated Petty Offender
Chemical Use Assessment
Conditional Release
Continuance for Dismissal
CWS
DANCO
Delivery System

Minnesota’s three-part delivery system for the supervision of offenders on parole, probation, and supervised release includes services provided by the DOC as well as Community Corrections Act (CCA) and County Probation Officer (CPO) jurisdictions. Each of these systems utilizes supervision agents responsible for guiding and monitoring offenders in their compliance with conditions and providing information and recommendations to allow sentencing authorities to make appropriate decisions.

The DOC provides felony probation and supervised release services in counties that are not part of the CCA. The DOC also provides juvenile, adult misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor services in select counties. In addition, the DOC provides intensive supervised release (ISR) services directly through ISR supervisors or by contract with CCA jurisdictions.

The second delivery method allows any Minnesota county or group of contiguous counties with a population exceeding 30,000 to elect to enter the CCA. In these areas, the county or jurisdiction provides all correctional services.

In the third delivery system, CPOs are appointed by the district court in the county where they work. CPOs supervise all juveniles and most adult misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor offenders.
Domestic Abuse Evaluation
EAM
EHM
EJJ
Evidence Based Practices
GPS
ISR

Intensive Supervised Release; Individuals being released from a prison facility with a risk assessment of very high and meeting certain other criteria will be placed on ISR. Supervision will take place under ISR agents and occur within the individual’s home. Supervision standards are increased, and individuals will be seen frequently due to their high risk.
PDR
Probation Supervision
PSI

Pre-sentence Investigation. A judge may order that a pre-sentence investigation be completed by probation before an individual is sentence. The agent will cover numerous areas of an individual’s life during this interview. A report is then completed with all of the gathered information and recommendations are made by the agent for sentencing to the Court.
Restructure
Rule 25
Sanctions Conferences

Sanctions Conferencing is voluntary for a probationer and may occur when an individual has violated a technical term of supervision. Agents can impose additional conditions on an individual if they admit a violation has occurred and they are willing to follow through with additional conditions such as chemical use assessment, electronic home monitoring or increased supervision to name a few. These will be signed with agreement from the agent and individual and a copy will be sent to the court for approval. These types of violations can occur without returning to court.
Stay of Adjudication
Stay of Execution

At sentencing the Judge will order the maximum sentence allowed under law. With felony offenders that would be sentencing the individual to a prison sentence. That sentence would be stayed with conditions placed on the individual. If the individual violates probation, that individual could be ordered to serve their prison sentence. If the individual successfully completes probation, this offense will stay on the individuals record as a felony.
Stay of Imposition
STS

Sentence to Services; STS is a sentencing alternative for courts that puts nonviolent offenders to work on community improvement projects. Supervised STS crews work in parks and other public areas, frequently in combination with jail time. The Minnesota Department of Corrections, courts, and local governments operate STS. City, county, township, school districts, state, and nonprofit entities may submit project proposals. Submitted proposals should outline anticipated community improvement projects.
Supervised Release