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Over 40% of the incidents lacked detail explaining the type of misconduct — and nearly 89% of those happened in Minneapolis.
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a member of the White Earth Nation, is the nation's highest ranking Native woman elected to executive office. Flanagan shown here speaking before a march for missing and murdered Indigenous women in Minneapolis in February 2020. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer.
Smith told the room full of tribal leaders that she will “do everything in my power to protect and strengthen tribal sovereignty.”
The DFL-controlled Minnesota Legislature passed legislation this year that could result in scores of people being released from prison sooner; shorter terms of probation or community supervision; erasure of some aiding and abetting felony convictions and reduction in sentences of others; and easier expungement of certain non-violent crimes. Getty Images
Many provisions are aimed at preparing prisoners for their release, making it easier for prisoners and former prisoners to get jobs, housing and education — all key factors in reducing recidivism.