FAQs • Clay County, MN • CivicEngage

What is the difference between probation and supervised release?: Probation is a court disposition that allows a juvenile or adult to remain within the community under the supervision of a probation officer when adjudicated or found guilty of a criminal act.

Supervised release is supervision in the community after a juvenile or adult is released from a commitment to the Commissioner of Corrections and is returning to the community from a state correctional facility.

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Probation

1. What is Clay County / Minnesota Department of Corrections Probation?: We provide probation and supervised release supervision for adult misdemeanor / gross misdemeanor and all juvenile offenders in Clay County. Evidence-based best practices are incorporated in providing this supervision, including assessment, motivational interviewing, case planning and management.

Our goal is to ensure public safety by providing this community based service.

This agency works closely with the Restorative Justice program in Clay County in an effort to repair the harm done to the victims of crime.

2. What is the difference between probation and supervised release?: Probation is a court disposition that allows a juvenile or adult to remain within the community under the supervision of a probation officer when adjudicated or found guilty of a criminal act.

Supervised release is supervision in the community after a juvenile or adult is released from a commitment to the Commissioner of Corrections and is returning to the community from a state correctional facility.

3. What is Community Service Work and how does it work?: Please view our Community Service Work page for more information.

4. How can a juvenile offender pay restitution to a crime victim?

Clay County Probation uses a portion of the adult supervision fees collected in the county for the Juvenile Offender Restitution Program.

These monies are used to repay a crime victim that has documented a personal financial loss. If a juvenile does not have the ability to repay the victim they can be assigned to this program and complete community work service hours.

These hours are computed at $10 per hour and a check is sent to the victim by Court Administration.

5. What specialty courts are there in Clay County?: Clay County has both a Drug Court and a Domestic Violence Court. The agents in our office provide supervision and case management to the offenders involved in these specialty courts.