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

Minnesota lawmakers will return to the capitol on Monday to begin what Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders hope will be a ...

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.

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

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

In May, state lawmakers agreed to a “phased closure” of the Stillwater state prison, which will be completed in 2029. Over ...

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 ...

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 ...

BAYPORT, Minn. — The state of Minnesota announced plans to shutter the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater in a phased closure, a move some employees and labor unions strongly oppose.

A former Minnesota corrections officer was sentenced Friday to just over two years in federal prison for teaming up with an inmate to smuggle methamphetamine into the Stillwater state prison in 2022.

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.