North Dakota Code § 12-47-01

Penitentiary - Location - Purpose
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The penitentiary located at the city of Bismarck in the county of Burleigh is the general 
penitentiary and prison of this state for the punishment and reformation of offenders against the 
laws of this state. The director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation may establish 
affiliated facilities at other locations throughout the state within the limits of legislative 
appropriations. The department shall confine, employ, and govern all offenders committed to the 
legal and physical custody of the department in the manner provided by law.

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