The Northwest Regional Corrections Center (NWRCC) is a Class III Facility licensed by the Minnesota Department of Corrections to house up to 200 inmates.  The NWRCC is a direct supervision facility which contains three (3), sixty (60) bed housing units (Alpha, Beta and Delta/Omega) in addition to a special management unit (Sigma).

Direct supervision combines two key elements—the physical design of a jail and an inmate management strategy—to significantly reduce the problem inmate behavior commonly seen in jails. Direct supervision jails focus on actively managing inmate behavior to produce a jail that is safe and secure for inmates, staff, and visitors.