Two lawmakers are asking officials to consider reopening the Prairie Correctional Facility “as a permanent part of our ...

BAYPORT, Minn. — Planning to carry out the closure of the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater four years from now ...

The closure is expected to be completed in two phases upon passage of the public safety omnibus bill at the Legislature. There are currently 1,171 inmates at the prison.

The DOC says the Stillwater prison's infrastructure is crumbling, and the closure will minimize ongoing health and safety concerns. The prison was built in 1914. STILLWATER, Minn. (FOX 9 ...

Minnesota's Stillwater correctional facility is set to close by 2029, as part of a budget agreement struck by the Legislature. The facility houses between 1,100 and 1,200 inmates and employs ...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) says its Stillwater prison will be undergoing a phased closure as part of the state’s economic plan, as well as decrease the amount of current ...

Stone walls do not a prison make,” said Richard Lovelace in his poem “To Althea, From Prison.” But they do come in handy. But ...

BAYPORT, Minn. — Planning to carry out the closure of the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater four years from now has begun, with the top state prisons official describing it as an ...

State leaders have agreed to a “phased closure” of the Stillwater state prison which will be completed in 2029, citing safety and costly maintenance concerns at the historic facility.

The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) says its Stillwater prison will be undergoing a phased closure as part of the state’s economic plan, as well as decrease the amount of current ...