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b'Appellant Antwone Ford was convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct in 2008 and was sentenced to 36 months in prison with a five-year conditional release term. Ford completed his prison term in February 2015 and was released to the Blue Earth County jail, but the Department of Corrections returned Ford to prison for failing to secure agent-approved housing in the community. Five review hearings were held before a Department of Corrections hearing officer, and each time Ford\\u2019s incarceration was extended based on a lack of agent-approved housing in the community. In May 2016, Ford filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking release from incarceration. In September 2016, the district court denied Ford\\u2019s habeas petition. Ford appealed. The court of appeals reversed and remanded Ford\\u2019s case for further development of the record. In February 2017, Ford was released from incarceration. The district court held an evidentiary hearing and granted part of Ford\\u2019s habeas petition, ordering the Department of Corrections to resolve Ford\\u2019s housing issue or modify his conditions of release. The Department of Corrections appealed. In an unpublished opinion, the court of appeals reversed the district court\\u2019s order, finding Ford\\u2019s habeas petition moot.\\n\\nOn appeal to the supreme court, the issues presented are (1) whether Ford\\u2019s appeal of the hearing officer\\u2019s decision to extend his incarceration became moot when he was released from incarceration, (2) what is the proper method for an offender to appeal a quasi-judicial decision made by a hearing officer, and (3) whether the Department\\u2019s use of review hearings to extend incarceration for a conditional release violator is constitutional. (Washington County)'