RRM Minneapolis at a glance
RRM Minneapolis is one of the Bureau of Prisons’ 22 Residential Reentry Management field offices. It covers three federal judicial districts — Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, one to a state — from South 4th Street in downtown Minneapolis, in the Bureau’s North Central Region, and administers seven halfway-house contracts.
| Official name | RRM Minneapolis |
|---|---|
| BOP code | CMS |
| BOP region | North Central Region |
| Judicial districts | Minnesota · North Dakota · South Dakota |
| Street address | 300 SOUTH 4TH ST, SUITE 1210, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55415 |
| Staff mail | STAFF NAME, RRM Minneapolis, RESIDENTIAL REENTRY OFFICE, 300 SOUTH 4TH ST, SUITE 1210, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55415 |
| Phone | 612-332-5026 |
| Fax | 612-332-5029 |
| Halfway-house contracts | 7 (September 2026) |
On this page
What does RRM Minneapolis do?
It administers the Bureau’s community contracts for the upper Midwest and is the Bureau’s local point of contact there; it is an office and not a facility. On the Bureau’s Offices page the description is short: RRMs “administer contracts for community-based programs and serve as the Federal Bureau of Prisons local liaison with the federal courts, the U.S. Marshals Service, state and local corrections, and a variety of community groups within their specific judicial districts,” and “RRM Staff also monitor local Residential Reentry Centers” (read September 18, 2026).
Older documents use an older title. Program Statement 7310.04 calls the post a Community Corrections Manager, and Program Statement 5325.09 of June 22, 2026 records at p. 1 that it “Changes Community Corrections references to Residential Reentry Management (RRM).” A Minnesota or Dakota file naming a CCM means this office, as does the Community Corrections Manual.
Which federal judicial districts does RRM Minneapolis cover?
Three, printed as bare state names: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota. A bare state name reaches every federal judicial district in that state, and here that changes nothing, because each of the three is a single district — Minnesota under 28 U.S.C. § 103, North Dakota under § 114 and South Dakota under § 122. Three lines, three districts. None of them appears on another reentry office’s page, and none of the three states is left off, so there is no overlap here to resolve and no gap to report.
The gaps are at the edges. To the south and east the coverage continues: Iowa and Nebraska belong to RRM Kansas City and Wisconsin to RRM Chicago. To the west it stops. Montana is one judicial district under 28 U.S.C. § 106 and Wyoming one under § 131, but on the twenty-two reentry pages as they read on September 18, 2026 neither was printed by any office, and the same is true of Colorado and Utah. That is a gap in what the Bureau publishes, and this page names no office for it.
Which office takes a case is settled by the district a person is released to and not by where the sentence was served. Program Statement 7310.04 at p. 12 tells the warden, where significant doubt about a referral exists, to consider “contacting the Chief USPO in the release district.”
Which halfway houses does RRM Minneapolis oversee?
Seven contracts on the Bureau’s national list in September 2026, holding 415 beds of contract capacity. The list records contracts rather than vacancies, and the numbers are the capacities the contracts were written for.
| Provider | Street address | City, State | Services | Beds (M / F / total) | Contract expires | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteers of America, Inc. (Minnesota) | 2825 East Lake Street | Minneapolis, MN 55406 | RRC/HC | 117 M / 18 F / 135 | November 30, 2030 | 612-877-4252 |
| Volunteers of America, Inc. (Minnesota) | 1771 Kent Street (Roseville, MN) | Minneapolis, MN 55406 | RRC/HC | 74 M / 7 F / 81 | November 30, 2030 | 612-877-4252 |
| Centre, Inc. | 100 6th Ave. SE | Bismarck, ND 58554 | RRC/HC | 30 M / 5 F / 35 | December 31, 2029 | 701-373-8315 |
| Centre, Inc. | 123 15th Street N | Fargo, ND 58102 | RRC/HC (Males) | 46 M / 11 F / 57 | August 31, 2030 | 701-373-8315 |
| Centre, Inc. | 3501 Westrac Dr. | Fargo, ND 58103 | RRC/HC (Females) | 0 M / 40 F / 40 | August 31, 2030 | 701-373-8315 |
| GEO Reentry, Inc. | 5031 Highway 79 South | Rapid City, SD 57701 | RRC/HC | 44 M / 11 F / 55 | March 31, 2027 | 973-575-3903 |
| Dismas Charities, Inc. | 4001 N. Cliff Ave | Sioux Falls, SD 57104 | RRC/HC | 10 M / 2 F / 12 | January 31, 2028 | 502-636-0333 |
Two contracts are in Minnesota, three in North Dakota and two in South Dakota, all marked RRC/HC — the Bureau’s code for a contract covering both reentry center beds and home-confinement supervision — with the Fargo pair split into a men’s and a women’s contract. Rows are reproduced as the Bureau prints them, including the second Minnesota row, whose street line names Roseville while the city column reads Minneapolis, and the two rows that link to the national directory because their records carry no contract code.
What a residential reentry center expects is on the Bureau’s page for these centers: “Ordinarily, offenders are expected to be employed 40 hours/week within 15 calendar days after their arrival at the RRC,” and the subsistence charge “is 25 percent of their gross income, not to exceed the per diem rate for that contract” (read September 18, 2026).
When does halfway-house and home-confinement placement happen?
Two clocks, started at different points. Release preparation comes first: Program Statement 5325.09 provides at p. 8 that “Inmates will be enrolled in the RPP between 18 and 24 months prior to their institution departure date to the community.” The referral is later: Program Statement 7310.04 at p. 13 provides that “Normally 11 to 13 months before each inmate’s probable release date, the unit team shall decide whether to refer an inmate to a Community Corrections program.” That statement is dated 1998.
Statute fixes the outer edges. Under 18 U.S.C. § 3624(c)(1) part of the final months of a term, “not to exceed 12 months,” prepares a person for release; home confinement under § 3624(c)(2) is “the shorter of 10 percent of the term of imprisonment of that prisoner or 6 months”; and Program Statement 7320.01 at p. 5 puts the duty here: “The Community Corrections Manager (CCM) shall ensure that each appropriate inmate is placed on home confinement as soon as otherwise eligible.” Custody earned with First Step Act time credits is outside both: § 3624(g)(10) provides that “The time limits under subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to prerelease custody under this subsection.”
The starting point for those credits is in transition. Until September 30, 2026, 28 C.F.R. § 523.42(a) ties it to “the date the inmate arrives or voluntarily surrenders at the designated Bureau facility where the sentence will be served”; from that date an interim final rule at 91 Fed. Reg. 55740 (Aug. 31, 2026) drops the clause and the rule reads that “An eligible inmate begins earning FSA Time Credits after the inmate’s term of imprisonment commences.”
How do I contact RRM Minneapolis?
The office answers on 612-332-5026 and its fax is 612-332-5029. Its published mailbox is [email protected]. Staff mail goes to RRM Minneapolis, Residential Reentry Office, 300 South 4th St, Suite 1210, Minneapolis, MN 55415 — the street block and the staff-mail block agree here, which is not true of every reentry office.
Nothing for a prisoner should be sent to this address. The office houses nobody. Mail for a person in a halfway house goes to the center under the center’s rules, and mail for someone still inside goes to the institution; the inmate locator shows which applies. Daily rules, passes and sign-out belong to the center, and the referral belongs to the unit team; the office administers the contracts and oversees home confinement across the three districts.
Can someone in a halfway house or on home confinement under RRM Minneapolis request compassionate release?
Yes, and the request is filed with this office rather than a warden. Program Statement 5050.51 of September 3, 2026 provides at p. 3 that “‘Warden’ includes Residential Reentry Manager for requests filed by inmates designated to an RRC or on home confinement.” The request “must address why RIS is appropriate notwithstanding the inmate’s placement in prerelease custody,” and it “will be sent to the Residential Reentry Management Office responsible for the jurisdiction in which the inmate is confined.” Our compassionate release page explains what a request has to establish.
How do administrative remedies work for people under RRM Minneapolis?
The steps do not change; the first address does. Program Statement 1330.18 provides at p. 6 that “CCC inmates may mail their Requests to the CCM” — now the Residential Reentry Manager. Response times are at p. 9: “by the Warden or CCM within 20 calendar days; by the Regional Director within 30 calendar days; and by the General Counsel within 40 calendar days,” each extendable once on written notice, with an unanswered filing treatable as a denial. Our guide to filing a BP-9 covers the forms.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is RRM Minneapolis a prison?
No. It is a Residential Reentry Management field office: a small Bureau of Prisons office that awards and administers halfway-house contracts, oversees people serving the end of a sentence at home, and speaks for the Bureau to the courts and to state corrections in its districts. Nobody is held there, and it takes no mail for prisoners.
Does RRM Minneapolis cover all of Minnesota and both Dakotas?
Yes, as the Bureau prints it. The page lists Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota without divisions, and each of the three states is a single federal judicial district under 28 U.S.C. §§ 103, 114 and 122. Three lines, three districts, no district shared with another office and none left out.
Where is the RRM Minneapolis office?
At 300 South 4th St, Suite 1210, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, in Hennepin County — downtown, in the same district as the four federal prisons in the state. Unlike several reentry offices, it is in the city it is named for. Staff mail goes to the same address under the office name.
How many halfway houses does RRM Minneapolis contract with?
Seven, on the Bureau’s national list in September 2026, holding 415 beds of contract capacity: two in Minnesota, three in North Dakota and two in South Dakota. A capacity is a contract figure rather than a count of residents, and a contract on the list does not promise anyone a bed.
Which reentry office covers a release to Montana or Wyoming?
None of the twenty-two prints either. Montana is one judicial district under 28 U.S.C. § 106 and Wyoming one under § 131, but on the reentry pages as they read on September 18, 2026 neither appeared, and the same is true of Colorado and Utah. West of the Dakotas the published coverage simply stops.
When is the referral decision actually made?
Later than families expect. Program Statement 7310.04 at p. 13 has the unit team decide whether to refer someone to a community program normally 11 to 13 months before the probable release date, and release preparation classes start earlier, between 18 and 24 months out under Program Statement 5325.09. The reentry office sees the packet after the warden approves it.
Can someone on home confinement under RRM Minneapolis seek compassionate release?
Yes. Program Statement 5050.51 makes the Residential Reentry Manager the warden for requests from people designated to a reentry center or on home confinement, and routes the request to the office responsible for the jurisdiction of confinement. The request has to say why a reduction is warranted even though the person has already left the institution.
Are the North Dakota halfway houses run by the Bureau?
No. Every reentry center on this office’s list is run by a contractor under a Bureau contract, which is why the table gives a provider name and a contract expiry date. North Dakota has no federal prison on the Bureau’s September 2026 roster at all, so the three contracts there are the Bureau’s whole footprint in the state.
Where we can help
Distance is the recurring problem in these three districts. A release address hundreds of miles from the nearest contracted center changes what a realistic placement looks like, and Program Statement 7310.04 at p. 13 treats “location or remoteness from release residence” as a suitable reason for a person to decline a placement. The others are familiar: a release date computed without credits a person believes were earned; a referral that stalls at the institution; removal from a center or from home confinement; and a reduction in sentence sought from prerelease custody, filed here under Program Statement 5050.51. We cannot guarantee an outcome.
That work sits beside prison consulting for people still inside and our early release practice.
Elizabeth Franklin-Best, P.C. is a federal criminal defense and post-conviction firm based in Columbia, South Carolina, practicing nationwide. Mentions of Minnesota places on this page do not imply an office or a lawyer there.
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Sources and currency
Bureau of Prisons documents
- RRM Minneapolis, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026. Districts, address, telephone, fax and mailbox; re-read September 18, 2026.
- Offices, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026.
- Residential Reentry Management Centers, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026.
- RRC Contact Directory, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026.
- Community Corrections Center (CCC) Utilization and Transfer Procedure, Program Statement 7310.04, 1998. Release district, p. 12; referral timing and refusals, p. 13.
- Release Preparation, Program Statement 5325.09, 2026. Enrollment, p. 8; renaming, p. 1.
- Home Confinement, Program Statement 7320.01, 1995 (Change Notice 2, 2017), p. 5.
- Compassionate Release / Reduction in Sentence, Program Statement 5050.51, 2026, p. 3.
- Administrative Remedy Program, Program Statement 1330.18, 2014. Filing, p. 6; response times, p. 9.
Court records and statutes
- 18 U.S.C. § 3624, Office of the Law Revision Counsel.
- 28 U.S.C. § 103. Minnesota.
- 28 U.S.C. § 114. North Dakota.
- 28 U.S.C. § 122. South Dakota.
- 28 U.S.C. § 106. Montana.
- 28 U.S.C. § 131. Wyoming.
- First Step Act Time Credits—Revisions, 91 Fed. Reg. 55740 (Aug. 31, 2026).
Sources reviewed September 2026.
Reviewed for legal accuracy by Elizabeth Franklin-Best, Esq., Principal Attorney·September 2026