Chippewa County sees value in keeping sentence-to-serve program

Chippewa County sees value in keeping sentence-to-serve program

MONTEVIDEO — When the Minnesota Department of Corrections ended its financial support for sentence-to-serve work programs for those incarcerated in county jails, many counties stopped offering the option to their inmates. Chippewa County chose to continue offering the program on its own. After six months of the county operating its own stand-alone program, the County Board of Commissioners remains supportive of that decision. That is despite not…