Matter of Ahmen

OPINION

HARTEN, Judge.

Appellant Alona Aisha Ahmen appeals her indeterminate mentally ill and dangerous commitment to the Minnesota Correctional Facility for Women at Shakopee, arguing that the district court unlawfully indeterminately committed het directly to a correctional facility. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Ahmen has a long history of mentaj illness and several instances pi violent behavior. In 1990, she hit her cousin, on the head with a baseball bat, causing a wound that required 18 stitches. In April 1993, Ahmen pleaded guilty to the July 1992 stabbing death of her mother and was…