Prison Rape Elimination Act

The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) is a federal law to guide pretrial or correctional institutions in detecting, preventing, reducing and punishing sexual abuse and misconduct in confinement settings. Ramsey County fully supports PREA and makes prevention of sexual assault, misconduct, abuse and harassment a top priority.

Ramsey County has zero tolerance for incidents of sexual abuse, misconduct and harassment. All threats, allegations, incidents, suspicions, and complaints of sexual misconduct will be investigated. If you know of an incident of sexual abuse, misconduct or harassment that occurred at the Adult Detention Center (jail) or a correctional facility, please report it to the designated contact listed by facility below or by filling out the online incident report. 

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Adult Detention Center (Jail)

The Adult Detention Center is a pre-trial facility providing safe and secure detention services to individuals following their arrest until a court disposition is reached. The facility also houses individuals being held for probation or parole violations, and is maintained by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office. 

If you know of an incident of sexual abuse, misconduct or harassment that occurred at the Adult Detention Center, please report the incident via the online incident report, to the Sheriff's Office PREA Coordinator by phone at 651-266-9385 or email. 

Correctional facilities 

The Ramsey County Correctional Facility (Workhouse) and the Juvenile Detention Center are correctional institutions maintained by Community Corrections. 

If you know of an incident of sexual abuse, misconduct or harassment that occurred at the one of the correctional facilities, please report the incident via the online incident report, to the Community Corrections PREA Coordinator by phone at 651-266-5346 or email.